A band from the decaying heart of London's docklands, formed in 1982 by ex-drummer and guitarist of four piece Goth/Punk band the Orange Cardigan, Steven Humphreys and Winston Detleiv released their first 12" EP, "The Incision" in Nov. 1982. Guitarist Paul Shewan and bassist Richard Moore soon joined the duo for a string of live dates around London and the UK.
This line-up self destructed in 1983 and a new line-up, Winston's brother Ian on backing vocals, Garfield on Saxaphones, Peter Collins on Drums, recorded a 12" EP in 1983, called "I Could Forget Myself". After meeting up and performing with Martin McCarrick on Cello/Piano and Bill McGee on Double Bass, for Marc (Almond) and the Mambas farewell shows in Dec.1983, Martin and Bill both played live with Seventh Seance, followed by the release of the third 12" EP "Another Empty Face" in April 1984.The band recorded an unreleased acoustic album for Chrysalis Music in mid 1984 and split soon after. A temporary line up then formed for a BBC radio session and Chrysalis demos featuring Dave Addams on drums, Phil Steriopoulos on double bass, Rachael and Caroline on flute and violin, Garfield still on sax.A more stable line-up, Chris Calvert on drums, Richard Spyers on bass, then formed shortly after with a radical change in direction back to an electric/alt./rock/goth sound. Extensive gigging around London and UK then followed, before tape releases on Icon in 1986. Inspired by the Velvet Underground's, "Exploding Plastic Inevitable", this line-up went on to organise and perform the multi-media show, "The Divine Nightmare", featuring dance, performance art, pyrotechnics, film and slide projections.After Winston set up and was DJing, a 60's/70's/alt./glam/goth club, "The Velvet Goldmine", the club needed a house band and the Clockwork Orange formed with new drummer Alan Mogg playing covers of Velvets, Doors, Stooges, Bowie, Bolan, Stones, Talking Heads, and even Sinatra. This brew seemed to go down extremely well and after some prestigious London support slots the band went on to write original material, releasing another tape on Icon and recording a single "Kissing the Skylight" in 1987.Following Alan Mogg's departure to join the Batfish Boys the band folded. Winston going on to form the Lightning Call in 1988.http://www.pimpmyarea.com
