Steve Strange

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Stephen John Harrington (28 May 1959 – 12 February 2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer and nightclub host and promoter. Strange began his career in several short-lived punk bands of the late 1970s. Quickly becoming disaffected by the British punk scene, he became one of the most influential figures behind the New Romantic subcultural movement of the late 1970s and…

Known for

• Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self2011
• Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self2011
• Ashes to Ashes — Steve Strange2008
• The Salon2003
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self1996
• A Mind to Kill1994

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United States

Active from

2007-01-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

239

Total plays

980

Steve Strange (born Steven John Harrington on 28 May 1959 in Newbridge, South Wales; died 12 February 2015) was a British pop singer, best remembered as the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage. Since the late 1970s, he was also a prominent nightclub host and promoter. Punk era In mid-1977 Strange formed the punk band The Moors Murderers along with future Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde. The band also included drummer Vince Ely (later with The Psychedelic Furs) and drumme

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Steve

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Newbridge

Place of death

Sharm el-Sheikh

Occupation

businessperson

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

synth-pop

Instrument

voice

Record label

EMI

Image

Steve Strange at Harrachov World Ski Championships.jpg

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