Global Nav Open MenuGlobal Nav Close Menu The group formed in 1981 after vocalist Jordan Luck and guitarist Brian Jones disbanded their first group, Basement, and relocated from the South Canterbury town of Timaru to Christchurchwith their ex-Splash Alley friend, Steve "Fingers" Cowan. As Birss had not had time to settle with the band before they recorded their second album, Vince Ely from the Psychedelic Furs was hired by producer Ian (Fab) Taylor[3] to drum on the album. With drummer Vince Ely on loan from the Psychedelic Furs to replace the exited Harralambi, the Dance Exponents returned to the studio to begin work on their sophomore album, 1985's Expectations. Formed in 1981, they went … Interest in the UK demos from PolyGram Records NZ brought the band back to New Zealand in 1990, although Sheehan remained in the UK and went on to form the Starlings. In 1997, the Exponents signed to Sony Music and released their sixth studio album Better Never Than Late, which featured the singles "One in a Lifetime", "Close" and "Change Your Mind". In 1999, Dave Gent took a break from the group and Steve Simpson was drafted in on bass.
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[14], This article is about the musical group. Their 1985 hit "Christchurch (In Cashel Street I Wait)" became the theme song for the concert and the band closed the show with a mass chorus of the song featuring all the artists who performed at the concert. "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)", Single of the Year "Why Does Love Do This To Me", This page was last edited on 16 July 2020, at 23:10. The album featured one disc of the hits and a second of b-sides and rarities.
In December 1983 the group's debut album Prayers Be Answered was released. Cowan died in 1986. The band's fourth album Amplifier was co produced by John Jansen and Doug Rogers[4] and released on Roger's Zulu label in 1986. His first contribution to the group was his song "La La Lulu", which was backed by a song co-written with Luck called "Summer You Never Meant". Brian Jones returned to New Zealand in the early 2000s and began working with former Bird Nest Roys singer Little Ross Hollands in their new group the Diamond Rings which also included a rhythm section of fellow Exponents David Gent and Harry. Show all songs by The Exponents Popular The Exponents albums Hello, Love You, Goodbye. Searching for a drummer in Christchurch, the trio met David Gent (bass) and Michael "Harry" Harallambi (drums) from punk band Channel 4. The Exponents are a rock band from New Zealand. In December 2014 the Exponents heard the news that Chris Sheehan, who had done so much to shape the group's sound in the eighties, had died in Spain after a long battle with cancer. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Cowan moved from bass to keyboards and guitar and the five piece became the Dance Exponents. In 1992, the Exponents signed to Phonogram Records in Australia and relocated to Sydney to record their fifth album Grassy Knoll. In 2005 the four original Exponents – Luck, Gent, Jones and Harry got together to record "Geraldine" and "Or A Girl I Knew" with producer Neil Finn for inclusion in a new Exponents hits compilation called Sex and Agriculture: The Very Best of The Exponents.
They wrote a few classic tracks such as 'Who Loves who the most?' Formed in 1981, they went by the name 'Dance Exponents' until dropping the 'Dance' in 1991.