The Flaming Mussolinis

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The Flaming Mussolinis were a 1980s pop/rock band from Teesside who released two albums, and had a minor UK hit with "My Cleopatra".

History[edit]

The band formed in 1984 in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, although various members had been in local Teesside (North-east England) bands since the late 1970s. The most notable of these bands was Basczax. They signed to CBS in-house label Portrait Records in 1985 and were tipped for big things. The band released five singles: "Swallow Glass", "My Cleopatra" (a minor UK hit at #79), "Masuka Dan", "Girl on a Train" and "Different Kind of Love". They also released two albums: Watching the Film (1986) and Charmed Life (1987). The band's song "Angels Fall Down" was a finalist in the World Popular Song Festival in 1986.^[1]

Critical coverage was mixed. Billboard touted them in 1986 as "a band with something new to say",^[2] and Fanfare described Watching the Film as "good noise of the post-'87 boomlet: laid back, languid, and cleaner than most",^[3]

The band split up in 1988. Alan Savage later became a school teacher.

Members[edit]

• Alan Savage - vocals/guitar (Now works as a teacher)
• Kit Haigh - guitar
• Jeff Fogarty - saxophone and keyboards
• Doug Maloney - bass guitar, keyboard programming, backing vocals
• Craig McClune - drums

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

• Watching the Film (1986), Portrait
• Charmed Life (1987), Epic

Singles[edit]

• "Swallow Glass" (1985), Portrait
• "My Cleopatra" (1985), Portrait - UK No. 79^[4]
• "Masuka Dan" (1986), Portrait
• "Different Kind of Love" (1987), Epic
• "Girl on a Train" (1987), Epic

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