Uropa Lula

1982: Edge, Fromm, Lloyd, Dias
Background information
Origin London
Genres Pop, Dance, Synthpop
Years active 1982–1985
Labels Arista Records
Associated acts Public Image Ltd. (PiL), Savage Progress, Indigo Girls, Bryan Ferry
Past members
David Lloyd (voc/kybd/gtr)
Allan Dias (bass)
Pete Fromm (kybd)
Andrew Edge (drums/perc)
Carol Isaacs (kybd)
Chester Kamen (gtr)

Uropa Lula was a British pop group, consisting of David Lloyd (vocals and guitar), Allan Dias (bass guitar), Pete Fromm (keyboards), Andrew Edge (drums/percussion), Chester Kamen (guitar), and Carol Isaacs (keyboards).

The group were managed by Hilde Swendgaard, who had previously worked for Mute Records, dealing with artists such as Depeche Mode and Yazoo. The group signed a recording contract with Arista Records in 1982, releasing three singles in 7" and 12" formats.

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Formation [link]

Lloyd formed Uropa Lula with Kevin Smith (drums), Peter Fromm (keyboards), Colin Prior (bass), and Swendgaard as manager in 1980. Dias replaced Prior in September 1981, and Edge replaced Smith in November 1981 (after an audition at the Blackwing Studios in South East London). Although forming in London, Lloyd was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Dias in New York, Fromm in London, and Edge in Leeds. Fromm left the band after the group signed a contract with Arista Records and was replaced by Kamen and Isaacs. Kamen is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen. Isaacs and Kamen were both born in London.

Concerts [link]

The group played a headlining tour of the Eastern United States for six weeks in early 1983, performing at The Ritz in New York (1 February 1982), Mudd Club (7 February 1982), the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. and shared the bill with Holly and the Italians at the Brooklyn Zoo (26 February 1982). Upon their return to the UK, on 2 June 1982 the group played at the Camden Palace (now called Koko), opened for Big Country at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool (19 June 1982), and John Cale at the The Venue, Victoria, London (5 July 1982).

They also toured with Big Country in June 1983: 12 June 1983, Swansea Brangwyn Hall. 13, Bath Pavilion. 14, St Austell Coliseum. 15, Salisbury City Hall. 16, Dunstable Queensway Hall. 17, Poole Arts Centre. 22, Llandudno Astra Theatre. 23, Redcar Coatham Bowl. 24, Hull City Hall. 25, Leeds Town Hall. 26, Oldham Queen Elizabeth. 27, Mansfield Leisure Centre, and on 2 July 1983, Leicester De Montfort Hall.[1]

Singles [link]

Arista Records released three singles by the group:

  • "Our Love Has Just Begun" b/w "I've Suddenly Remembered Something" (ARIST476, 1982) as Uropa Lula.[2]
  • "Fell Upon A Jewel" b/w "She Appears to Vanish" (ARIST498, 1983) as Uropa Lula.
  • "Dad Sings The Blues" b/w "Surely There Must Be Some Mistake" (ARIST 540, July 1983) as Viva Lula.[3][4]

After Uropa Lula [link]

After Uropa Lula, Lloyd embarked on a solo career, albeit continuing to work with Kamen and Dias throughout the 80’s. Dias joined Public Image Ltd in 1986 (becoming one of their longest serving band members[5] outside of John Lydon) whilst Kamen worked with a number of artists, most notably Bryan Ferry, Madonna (Like a Prayer), Massive Attack (Protection), Robbie Williams (Angels) and Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon Tour). Edge and Isaacs played together in Savage Progress[6] before Edge moved to Austria to begin a solo career with YOYO, solo and Drumsing.[7] Isaacs went on to play with Sinead O’Connor, Ian Dury and the Indigo Girls.

In 1992, Lloyd co-wrote and recorded "Really Something" with Kamen (under the name The Playground) for the film Split Second starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall and Peter Postlethwaite. The film was directed by Tony Maylam and featured Alun Armstrong, Ian Dury and Sarah Stockbridge. In 1994, "The Sacrifice of Love" (written and recorded by Lloyd, with Kamen on guitar) was featured on the soundtrack of the film Funny Man. The film was directed by Simon Sprackling.

Lloyd is currently writing and producing the Dumb Baby Sounds debut album 'He Had it Coming,' due for release in 2011.

References [link]

  1. ^ Milburn, Trev (2009-05-14). "Official Big Country Forum". Big Country. https://www.bigcountry.co.uk/forums/viewmessage/index.php?o=0&t=6070. Retrieved 2010-04-12. 
  2. ^ "Our Love Has Just Begun". discogs. https://www.discogs.com/artist/Uropa+Lula. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  3. ^ "Dad Sings the Blues". 45cat. https://www.45cat.com/record/arist540. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
  4. ^ "Dad Sings the Blues cover". Vinyltap. https://www.vinyltap.co.uk/shop/item/660391728181333.aspx. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
  5. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_Public_Image_Ltd.
  6. ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/Savage+Progress
  7. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/412726

External links [link]

Dumb Baby Sounds official site Uropa Lula official site


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