Yazoo
UK
Formed: 1982
Died: 01 January 1983
Genres: Pop/Rock, Electronic
Styles: Dance-Pop, Dance, Club/Dance, Synth Pop, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Post-Punk
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Yazoo (known in the U.S. as Yaz) were a short-lived but quite successful synth-dance duo from the early '80s. Comprised of synthesizer player Vince Clarke and singer Alison Moyet, the group formed in 1981, after Clarke left Depeche Mode (Clarke had penned almost all of Depeche Mode's debut album, Speak & Spell, including their early dancefloor hit "I Just Can't Get Enough") and Moyet had recently exited an obscure R&B cover band, the Screaming Abdabs. The newly formed group scored a hit right off the bat with the single "Only You" b/w "Situatio...
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