The media coverage, and the fact that despite being on a small indie label the single reached #50, led to Age of Chance signing to Virgin Records in January 1987, and a stab at the big time. ‘You don’t have to be Prince if you want to dance You just have to get down with the Age of Chance’ The second session was recorded in June 1986, and the band chose to record their take on Kiss, which was riding high in the charts at the time, with Prince being regarded as the new King of Pop Music.Īn offer was put on the table by Sheffield-based indie label, Fon Records, for a single, as long as it included a new, studio version of Kiss, which, as it turned out, retained their wonderful new opening lines of
Mp3: Age of Chance – Liquid Jungle (RIOT 002 ‘B’ side)Įach of the singles led to John Peel inviting the band to record a session for his show. Mp3: Age of Chance – Bible Of The Beats (RIOT 002 ‘A’ side) Mp3: Age of Chance – Everlasting Yeah! (RIOT 001 ‘B’ side) Mp3: Age of Chance – Motor City (RIOT 001 ‘A’ side) The music was a combination of styles, including a form of the newly emerging hip hop sound, with strident often spoken vocals delivered over rock and punk guitar chords. They were darlings of the indie scene, often touted at the time as the band most likely to succeed, but they never really did.
Except, that is, for Age of Chance.Īge of Chance, consisting of Steve Elvidge, Neil Howson, Geoff Taylor and Jan Perry, came together after meeting at Leeds Polytechnic College and their first two singles came out on their own Riot Bible label. I followed up with a look at bands featured on a C86 compilation.Ĭycling garb is now all the rage, but in the 80’s it was only really worn by… cyclists. The thing is, two previous posts on Age of Chance said all there was to say, but as they were in August 2014 and September 2015, I think I can get away with some lazy cut’n’pastes.ĭavid, the Crumpsall Correspondent, in a guest posting referencing the visit of the Tour de France cycle race to Yorkshire, was the first to give them a mention. A cover version came up on random play recently.
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