| Go West |
Richard
Drummie and Peter Cox in 1987
|
| Background information |
| Origin |
London, England |
| Genre(s) |
Pop |
| Years active |
1984 - 1993 |
| Label(s) |
Chrysalis |
Associated
acts |
Level 42 |
| Website |
The
Official Go West Forum |
| Former members |
| Peter
Cox, Richard Drummie |
Go West were an English pop duo, formed in 1982, by Peter Cox
(born 17
November 1955,
in Twickenham,
London, England); and
Richard Drummie (born 20 March 1959, in Twickenham, London, England).
|
Contents
- 1 Musical
career
- 2 Trivia
- 3 Discography
- 3.1 Go
West singles
- 3.2 Go
West albums
- 3.3 Peter
Cox solo releases
- 4 References
- 5 External
links
|
Musical career
Go West quickly had a publishing deal and possessed a portastudio,
but lacked a band or recording company. Cox and Drummie decided, with
support from John Glover, their manager,
to find a musical producer, and record just two of
their songs.
The tracks "We Close Our Eyes" and "Call Me" found Go West
developing a record deal with Chrysalis
Records. The songwriting duo specialized in radio friendly,
white soul
sounds.
The band's debut single, "We
Close Our Eyes," was released in 1985 and managed to reach Number 5 on
the UK Singles Chart, and #41 on the Billboard
Hot 100. The video for the song became an early
favorite on MTV.
This helped them to be voted the "Best Newcomers" at the 1986 Brit
Awards. The song was part of the soundtrack for the Italian low-budget
horror film Demoni,
also known as Demons. The single would prove to be
their highest-placing UK single, and only appearance in the
UK Top
Ten.
In 1990, Go West scored a Top 10 U.S. hit
with the song "King of Wishful Thinking"
from the movie,
Pretty
Woman.
Trivia
- Peter Cox was quickly brought in to replace Then
Jerico's Mark
Shaw on ITV reality
TV show Reborn in the USA
when Shaw stormed off the series in the first few days of the show's
tour. Even though he had success as part of Go West, he was able to go
on the show as none of his solo singles had found success in the United
States. He was tipped to be one of the finalists, along with Tony
Hadley from Spandau Ballet and Elkie
Brooks, until he forgot the words to the Norah
Jones hit he was singing at the time.
- In February 2006 Drummie went on a charity trek to the
summit of Mount Roraima with Spandau Ballet's
Hadley and Martin
Fry from ABC. He spent most of his free
time shopping and whittling a six-foot long branch into the "Drummie"
stick. [1]
- Go West guitarist Alan Murphy later joined Level
42, and has been Kate Bush's session
guitarist
as well.
- Their song "Call Me" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City, on Flash
FM. It was also featured on the closing credits of an episode of the BBC One comedy, I'm
Alan Partridge.
- One of their songs entitled, "One Way Street," was featured
on the Rocky
IV motion picture soundtrack in 1985. This song
was written for the movie, at the request of Sylvester Stallone.
Discography
Go West singles
- 1985
"We Close Our Eyes" - #5 UK, #41
US, #1 NZ
- 1985 "Call Me" - #12 UK, #54 US, #2
NZ
- 1985 "Goodbye Girl" - #25 UK, #15 NZ
- 1985 "Eye to Eye" - #73 US
- 1985 "Don't Look Down - The Sequel" - #35 US, #13 UK, #10 NZ
- 1986
"True Colours" - #48 UK
- 1987
"I Want To Hear It From You" - #43 UK
- 1987 "The King Is Dead" - #67 UK
- 1990
"King of Wishful Thinking" -
#18 UK; #8 US, #4 NZ, #6 Australia
- 1992
"Faithful" - #13 UK; #14 US, #12 NZ, #42 Australia
- 1993
"What You Won't Do For Love" - #15 UK; #55 US
- 1993 "Still In Love" - #43 UK
- 1993 "Tracks Of My Tears" - #16 UK
- 1993 "We Close Our Eyes" - remix - #40
UK
Go West albums
- 1985
Go West - Chrysalis
Records UK #8; US # 60
- 1985 Go West / Bangs And
Crashes (remix album) - Chrysalis Records
- 1987
Dancing On the Couch - Chrysalis Records UK #19;
US #172
- 1992
Indian Summer - Chrysalis Records UK #13; US #154
- 1993
Aces and Kings - The Best Of Go West - Chrysalis
Records UK #5
- 2001
Live At The NEC - Blueprint Records
- 2004
Tony Hadley vs Peter Cox & Go West -
Blueprint Records
Peter Cox solo releases
- 1997 Peter Cox
- Chrysalis Records UK # 64
- 2001 Flame Still Burns (EP) - Blueprint
Records
- 2002 Nine Miles High (EP) - Blueprint
Records
- 2004 Desert Blooms - Blueprint Records
- 2004 Tony Hadley vs Peter Cox & Go West
- Blueprint Records
- 2005 Game For Fools (EP) - Blueprint
Recording Corporation Ltd
- 2006 Motor City Music - Curb Records
References
- Guinness World Records British Hit Singles (16th Edition) -
ISBN
0-85112-190-X
- The Guinness Book Of British Hit Albums (7th Edition) - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
External links
