Stiff All-Stars

THE STIFF ALL-STARS formed as the house band of legendary UK Independent label Stiff Records . In true Stiff style, their first record deal came from an offer by Ted Carroll of Chiswick Records, who had seen them perform in between Madness and The Inmates on a hot night at Hammersmith's now-demolished Clarendon Hotel.
The first waxing 'MAYBE TONIGHT' established the post-punk pop that remains their raison d'etre. Founder members were ANDY MURRAY (Vocals/Guitar) and NIGEL DICK (Bass/Vocals) from Stiff, plus Nick Garnett from Virgin Music on drums. Their self-penned debut disc also included Dean Klevatt from Lene Lovich's band on keyboards, and was produced by Philip Rambow.
HUGH ATTWOOLL's permanent position at the drumkit, (he had been part of mythic 70’s group The End - big in Spain), signaled the start of a regular gigging lineup that added Jamie West-Oram (of The Fixx and Tina Turner) on guitar.
Another original song ‘LIES' was released on their own label, and promoted through live TV appearances, including BBC TV's ..Friday Night & Saturday Morning'.
The classic All-Stars lineup came with the arrival of guitar genius PETE GLENISTER (Guitar, ex-of The Hitmen), and NICKY GRAHAM (Keyboards), who had been in The End with Hugh, and was yet to discover and produce Bros.
The Attwooll/Dick/Graham/Glenister/Murray lineup made two records of Murray/Dick songs that both got extensive radio play - 'RUNNING AWAY' and 'SOUND OF A BREAKING HEART', both under the name of Slow Fade to capture the (theoretical) AOR audience. Confusingly, the combo continued to gig as The Stiff All-Stars, often opening the show for Stiff bright hopes Any Trouble.
The late '80's saw Nigel Dick make his name as a music Video director (Guns N' Roses, Britney Spears, Oasis, Nickelback) and move to Los Angeles, where he had the pleasure of including 'Running Away' in a feature film, ('Private Investigations'), the first of 6 .
Hugh Attwooll and Andy Murray were by then working at major record labels, but still the band existed, writing and demoing new material with various musicians and songwriters, including Mike Gaffey (also of The Hitmen), Jay Stapley (Roger Waters/Westernhagen) and Anto Drennan (The Corrs/Genesis).
Hugh Attwooll sadly died in 2007, and this site is dedicated to him.
THE STIFF ALL-STARS still exist, and in 2009 Andy & Nigel wrote and recorded a new song, 'Something For The Weekend', to finish off their debut album, only 30 years after the release of their first single. 'Something For The Weekend' was produced by The Animal Farm & Andy, in their new studio in Bermondsey.
Meanwhile, another song, 'Good As Gone', is heard in Nigel's newest feature, 'Callback' (www.callbackthemovie.com).
Stay tuned to this site for news of album release, live shows and more.