Heaven 17
UK
Formed: 1980
Years Active: 80
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Punk/New Wave, New Romantic, Synth Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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Taking their name from the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, the U.K. techno-pop trio Heaven 17 grew out of the experimental dance project the British Electric Foundation, itself an offshoot of the electro-pop outfit Human League. The core of Heaven 17 was originally comprised of Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, a pair of onetime computer operators who first teamed in 1977 as the Dead Daughters, a duo that integrated synthesizer patterns with a heavy reliance on tape loops. Soon, Ware and Marsh were joined by Philip Oakey and Adi Newton...
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