Alien Heat (1979-1980)

Birkenehead band formed in 1979 by David Hughes (guitar), Ian Powell (bass) (later Oklamotif, 11:59), Neill Buckley (keyboards), and Dave Hughes (drums), as a jazz-prog rock-oriented act. In 1980, after recruiting vocalist Paula Molyneux and under the guidance of manager Andy ‘Mally’ Jones (of Pink Moon record shop), the band changes their style towards a more pop-oriented sound. They only released one single (on their own label Alien Heat Record) in 1980, produced by Richard Brobyn:

Was it Love? (1980)

a. Was it Love?

b. Colours

The single reflects the two souls of Alien Heat, Colours being the space-jazz type of number the band used to write before Molyneux joined, and Was It Love? pointing to mainstream pop territories.

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