Kate Tate (vocals), Andy Sage (guitars), Mark Tinka (keyboards) and Mike Doran (drums, later Surface Tension, Electric Morning) had been playing together since 1980, but came together as a band under the name Europe after the Rain at the very end of 1981. Most probably the band was named after the opening track of John Foxx’s Ep The Garden, released in September 1981.
Europe after the Rain played their first gig in February 1982.
This is how Breakout Magazine review the show:
‘They played an adequately long set and at a volume that made them very comfortable to listen to, generating a mellow, pensive atmosphere.
‘Their songs are about people and their situations, politically motivated but not political in themselves.
‘Continuity is provided by the keyboards and soft basslines, punctuation from the drums, intense droning vocals and the occasional rythm (sic) guitar. There is no bass in the band, the guitar being used both for bass and rythm (sic) parts.
‘The overall effect is controlled, intense and melancholy but melodic music. Worth trying to get to see.’
No recording has survived of the band, which by the end of 1982 turned into The Rain.
Europe after the Rain played their first gig in February 1982.
This is how Breakout Magazine review the show:‘They played an adequately long set and at a volume that made them very comfortable to listen to, generating a mellow, pensive atmosphere.
‘Their songs are about people and their situations, politically motivated but not political in themselves.
‘Continuity is provided by the keyboards and soft basslines, punctuation from the drums, intense droning vocals and the occasional rythm (sic) guitar. There is no bass in the band, the guitar being used both for bass and rythm (sic) parts.
‘The overall effect is controlled, intense and melancholy but melodic music. Worth trying to get to see.’
No recording has survived of the band, which by the end of 1982 turned into The Rain.
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