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Rema-Rema

 
Artist: Rema Rema
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Public Image Ltd., Bauhaus

Formal Connection With:

Mass, The Wolfgang Press, Adam & the Ants, Renegade Soundwave
  • Genres: Rock

Biography

Emerging from the dissolution of the Models, noisy post-punks Rema Rema were a short-lived quintet that consisted of Mick Allen (bass/vocals), Marco Pirroni (guitar), Mark Cox (keyboards), Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), and Max (drums). They broke up a couple months before issuing their lone EP on 4AD in 1980, which was reissued on vinyl once in 1984. Since then, it's remained out of print. Wheel in the Roses featured one side of studio recordings and a flip of live material. 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell would later adopt one of the EP's tracks for the first This Mortal Coil record and transform it; Big Black also covered the group's "Rema Rema." Pirroni later found fame with Adam and the Ants. Max would delve into ballroom dancing, as well as sporadic drumming slots. Asquith, Allen, and Cox immediately formed the equally brief Mass, adding Danny Briottet. Cox and Allen's later involvements were with the Wolfgang Press, and Asquith with Renegade Soundwave. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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Rema-Rema
Origin England
Genre(s) New Wave
Post-punk
Years active c. 1979–c.1980
Label(s) 4AD
Associated acts Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Models, Adam and the Ants, Mass, The Wolfgang Press
Former members
Gary Asquith
Marco Pirroni
Mick Allen
Mark Cox
Max

Rema-Rema was a short-lived English music group, consisting of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni (guitar), Mick Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Max (drums).

Asquith and Allen went to the same school. After his departure from punk band Models, Allen asked Asquith to join in a new project, called Rema-Rema. However, the band dissolved when Marco Pirroni joined Adam and the Ants.[1]

Pirroni had been an original member of Siouxsie & the Banshees, and was a short-time integrant of Cowboys International, but shortly afterwards went on to fame as a member of Adam and the Ants. Asquith, Allen, and Cox went on to form another short-lived band Mass, which then split up to form Renegade Soundwave (Asquith) and The Wolfgang Press (Allen and Cox). Max later joined Psychic TV, and also recorded a single "I Confess" under the name Dorothy, cowritten with Alex Fergusson, released on Industrial Records in 1980.

Their sole four-track EP, Wheel In The Roses (released 1980 on 4AD), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered by This Mortal Coil and Big Black respectively. Two live tracks from the Acklam Hall gig of April 1979, 'Why Ask Why?' and 'Christopher' appeared on the tape only release The Men With the Deadly Dreams on White Stains in 1981.

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