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The Escape was an English pop rock band that officially
formed in London in 1982. The band was a mixture of members from
the bands The Expressos and Mad Shadows, both of which met with their
own level of success. The band's first gig as The Escape Club was
in 1983. Their sound began catching on, and more and more club
dates were booked. Before long, they released their first single,
"Breathing", on an independent label.
After much hard work, The Escape Club finally landed a
record deal with EMI, and their first album, White Fields, was
released in 1986. This initial album did not fair very well, but
EMI agreed to give the band one more chance, and
Wild Wild West was released in 1988. It was this album
that featured the No. 1 Billboard Top 100 song
"Wild Wild West", the video of which found much airplay on
MTV. Another single from this album that made it into the top 40
was "Shake for the Sheik". Some of you may even remember the song
cover of The Door's "20th Century Fox", which appeared on the the TV
show The Wonder Years soundtrack.
In 1990, The Escape Club tried to follow up their
previous success with the release of Dollars & Sex. The
song "I'll Be There" from this album reached No. 8 on the Billboard
charts. It was not long after this final release that the band
broke up. Interestingly enough, at the time of this writing, The
Escape Club was the only band to have had a no. 1 hit in the USA that
did not chart in the UK. The band did reform in the 2000's, and at
the time of this writing in 2013, they were still very active with plans
to release a best of album. The current The Escape Club
Discography is as follows:1986: White Fields
1988: Wild Wild West
1991: Dollars & Sex
2005: Cloud 10
2012: Celebrity |
