I thought since I have been addicted to music since I was a kid I would add a feature here that will allow me to reflect on the favourite music through out my life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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I fell in love with this band Curve in the early 90s. I had the privilege of seeing them live at The Town Pump here in Vancouver. I still love her voice, and the darkness of this band. I still throw on the albums and feel good.


"Fait Accompli" (1992)

I've come to crush your bones (Fate)
I've come to make you feel old (Fate)
I've come to mess with your head (Fate)

Curve were an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.


"Horror Head" (1992)

There's a horror in my head
When the blanket is gone
From the floor in my castle
Where I see the sun from

In the comfort of this room
The challenge died
Remember you and me
We laughed 'til we cried


Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by fellow musician Dave Stewart of Eurythmics; Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, while Halliday was signed to Stewart's Anxious Records label as a solo artist.

Curve released three acclaimed and increasingly successful EPs throughout 1991 on Stewart's label Anxious Records, and made an impact on the UK album charts in 1992 with their debut Anxious LP Doppelgänger. The group also toured extensively during this period, with Halliday and Garcia being supported on stage by two additional guitarists (Debbie Smith, later of Echobelly, and Alex Mitchell) and a drummer (Steve Monti, formerly of Ian Dury and the Blockheads). Highlights of Curve's live career included a performance at the 1992 Glastonbury Festival, and a package tour of the United States with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spiritualized.


"Ten Little Girls" (1991)

You think of no-one but yourself
You see the rest of us as fools
You think of no-one but yourself
You see the rest of us as fools
He said, don't feel guilty
Don't go crazy, don't
get, paranoid with me
You play the prophet like a man
It makes no sense in the
overall master plan

Curve's second LP, the harder-edged Cuckoo (1993), did not repeat the UK Top 20 success of the band's debut. That fact, and the stressfulness of the tour in support of the record, may have contributed to Halliday and Garcia's decision, in 1994, to disband the group.


"Superblaster" (1993)

don't start playing games
you can't finish
don't open doors
when you don't know what's waiting
don't try to close your hands
they're smaller than the rain
have you got anything left to say
oh no
oh no
i will reach out
to switch you on
i will reach out
to steal your youth


Curve returned to the music business in 1996 with the EP Pink Girl With the Blues; the following year, they released "Chinese Burn", the first single to be taken from their third all-new album Come Clean (1998). That LP, a set of songs displaying a more pronounced influence of electronic music than earlier releases, was met with a certain amount of acclaim and commercial success, which encouraged the group to continue their recording career. They continued to do small-scale live shows in and around Europe.

Dean Garcia is currently composing for, performing with, and producing the bands SPC ECO and The Chrono Logic.

The songs are credited Halliday/Dowd/Salmon. Halliday is currently recording for her new project, Chatelaine slated for a 2009 release.

Watch these videos and a lot more on YouTube.

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