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Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England, active from 1983 to 1991. They were perhaps most known for their mutant metallic cover of Prince's "Kiss" which topped the UK Indie Chart in 1986, and peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in January the following year. Despite signing for major label Virgin, and being favourites with the UK music press, they never enjoyed a major hit in the UK, although "Don't Get Mad… Get Even" reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart.

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  • Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England, active from 1983 to 1991. They were perhaps most known for their mutant metallic cover of Prince's "Kiss" which topped the UK Indie Chart in 1986, and peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in January the following year. Despite signing for major label Virgin, and being favourites with the UK music press, they never enjoyed a major hit in the UK, although "Don't Get Mad… Get Even" reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. Musically they were a mixture of punk, hip hop, industrial rock and Northern soul. Steven E provided a distinctive strident nasal vocal style, often employing a megaphone. Striking cover art visuals were a collaboration between the group and The Designers Republic, who would go on to graphic design fame. They were the first band to be remixed by Public Enemy - AKA Hank Shocklee and Carl Ryder, who remixed “Take it” from “1000 Years of Trouble” (1988). They were contemporaries of Pop Will Eat Itself, whose music also featured rock guitar, dance beats and copious samples, and other early UK samplist groups such as Coldcut and The JAMMs. (en)
  • Age of Chance — британская группа альтернативного рока, образовавшаяся в 1985 году в Лидсе, Англия. Age of Chance, использовавшие в своём творчестве элементы панк- и нойз-рока, хип-хопа и Nothern soul, стали одной из первых dance/metal-групп, опередив более успешных Pop Will Eat Itself и Carter USM. Trouser Press определяет стиль группы как «битбокс-метал-поп с красочной, в чём-то апокалиптичной лозунговостью», Allmusic отмечает определённые сходства с двумя другими лидскими группами того времени: The Mekons и Gang of Four. Главный хит группы, «Kiss» (кавер на песню Принса) возглавил в 1987 году UK Indie Charts, но в национальном хит-параде поднялся лишь до #50. Выпустив два полноформатных студийных альбома, два EP и девять синглов, группа в 1991 году распалась. (ru)
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  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (en)
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  • Geoff Taylor (en)
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  • Charles Hutchinson (en)
  • Neil Howson (en)
  • Noel "DJ Powercut" Watson (en)
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  • These troublemakers top their agitpop with covers of "Disco Inferno" ... and "Kiss" ... Their "sonic metal disco" aims to reintroduce the Human League to the Gang of Four... (en)
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  • Age of Chance — британская группа альтернативного рока, образовавшаяся в 1985 году в Лидсе, Англия. Age of Chance, использовавшие в своём творчестве элементы панк- и нойз-рока, хип-хопа и Nothern soul, стали одной из первых dance/metal-групп, опередив более успешных Pop Will Eat Itself и Carter USM. Trouser Press определяет стиль группы как «битбокс-метал-поп с красочной, в чём-то апокалиптичной лозунговостью», Allmusic отмечает определённые сходства с двумя другими лидскими группами того времени: The Mekons и Gang of Four. Главный хит группы, «Kiss» (кавер на песню Принса) возглавил в 1987 году UK Indie Charts, но в национальном хит-параде поднялся лишь до #50. Выпустив два полноформатных студийных альбома, два EP и девять синглов, группа в 1991 году распалась. (ru)
  • Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England, active from 1983 to 1991. They were perhaps most known for their mutant metallic cover of Prince's "Kiss" which topped the UK Indie Chart in 1986, and peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in January the following year. Despite signing for major label Virgin, and being favourites with the UK music press, they never enjoyed a major hit in the UK, although "Don't Get Mad… Get Even" reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. (en)
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