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Freeze Frame | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | New wave, synth-pop |
| Years active | 1981–1985 |
| Labels | Inevitable Records |
| Website | Freeze Frame site |
| Past members | Steve Byrne Ronnie Stone Clive Gee |
Freeze Frame were an English new wave band from Liverpool, England, which consisted of vocalist Steve Byrne, instrumentalist/producer Ronnie Stone and later, keyboardist Clive Gee. They released six singles between 1981 and 1985.
Steve Byrne and Ronnie Stone first met around 1980/81, while Byrne was singer in a punk/new wave band called The Posers. [1] Stone was a member of 1970s duo Next, with Philip Franz Jones who would later become a member of Afraid of Mice.
The band's name Freeze Frame was named after the album by Godley & Creme. Before Freeze Frame, the band was known as In a Glass Darkly, doing gigs alongside China Crisis. [1]
Clive Gee from Afraid of Mice joined Freeze Frame around the release of the single "Foxhole", which was their only charting single at No. 105. [1]
The band did Radio One sessions for John Peel in 1983 and 1984. A new version of "Touch" was released in 1985, renamed "Touch (Re-Touch)". [1]
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