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WORLD WIDE Coverage from UK, Italy and Germany spanning the years 1980-2005 of mostly performances along with some interviews. Collectively a rare find of Steve Strange of both past and present.
1. UK TV Documentary 1981?: An edited down version with just comments about the Punk movement New Romantic moment starting with Steve Strange with Blonde hair and comments from Jordan who was rarely interviewed on UK TV during this period. Both discuss the public backlash of being a Punk and/or New Romantic.
2. UKTV Kim Wilde Documentary “Wilde Life” Jan. 2001: Steve Strange comments on Kim
3. UK TV segment on hairstyles 2001: Steve Strange comments on various hair styles along with other members of The Blitz club from The New Romantic period. Steve discusses being suspended from school for styling his hair like Bowie. Toyah is also interviewed. In the segment they move from hair styles o the punk period to the New Romantic period introducing the segment with Steve Strange as an example. Archival footage of The Camden Palace circa 1980/1981.
4. UK TV The Big Breakfast Show Year Unknown: Steve Strange in studio for short interview about the day’s head lines
5. Italy TV (ROMA TV) The “Popcorn” Show 1981: Fade To Grey Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports an all beige outfit
6. Italy TV (RAI UNO) Show title unknown 1980: Fade To Grey Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports beige trousers, red ruffled shirt and green vest.
7. Italy TV (RAI UNO) probably from re-broadcast in Italy of a UK TV appearance “Saint Vincent Estate 1980: Fade To Grey performance. Steve sports a bolero sombrero and red poncho.
8. Italy TV (RAI UNO) Children’s Show 1980: Fade To Grey Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports an all grey jump suit and bolero hat
9. Italy TV (RAI UNO) Show title unknown 1980: Fade To Grey Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports beige trousers, red ruffled shirt and green vest. (Better Quality)
10. Italy TV (RAI UNO) Show title unknown 1981: “Visage” Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports red hair with red hat and black suit. Following later in the program a performance of “Fade To Grey”
11. David Bowie: Ashes To Ashes 1980: (Music Video featuring Steve Strange)
12. UKTV “A Fashion Extravaganza by Anthony Price” 1983: Recording of a North London fashion show at The Caden Palace featuring the designs of Anthony Price. Commentator Anne Nightingale interviews Steve Strange regarding collaborating with Price not only in clothes but also cover art fro sleeves.
13. Germany TV (3 Sat) “Rock and Pop” 1982: Mind Of A Toy Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) along with ballerinas miming as puppets. Steve sports an all black outfit and highlighted blonde hair.
14. Germany TV “Show title Unknown” 1982: Mind Of A Toy Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) along with ballerinas miming as puppets. Steve sports a yellow pirate shirt and black trousers, bandana and highlighted blonde hair.
15. UK Film 1982/1983?: Nothing on the net about what appears to be a clip from a movie here. This is because after the following performance Steve Strange has some lines he delivers to a girl after the performance as to assume a film of some kind….Fade To Grey Performance and the girls (Perri Lister & Lorraine) Steve sports white ruffled shirt, red vest and sash.
16. UKTV Top Of The Pops June 1982: Night Train Performance
17. UKTV (Channel 4) The Tube November 1982: The late Paula Yates interviews Steve Strange at The Camden Palace. Discusses Pleasure Boys single not charting well amongst other issues. Later Jools Holland interviews an Asian Hairdresser who demonstrates his most famous hairstyle using chop sticks. Hairdresser worked with Japan, Duran Duran and John Taylor.
18. UKTV (Channel 4) The Tube November 1982: The Anvil and The Pleasure Boys Featuring LA Richards (audio slightly out of sync great visual quality)
19. UKTV (Channel 4) The Tube November 1982: The Anvil and The Pleasure Boys Featuring LA Richards (audio synced average visual quality)
20. Italy TV (RAI UNO) 1982: The Damned Don’t Cry Performance
21. Italy TV (RAI UNO) September 1984: Love Glove Performance
22. Visage “Love Glove” Music Video September 1984 RARE
23. Italy TV (TMC 2) “The Roxy Show” 2001 ?: Interview with Midge Ure and he comments on working with Visage and then they show a LIVE performance of Steve Strange as Visage with an updated version of Fade To Grey
24. Germany TV (Sat 1) France TV “Giganten” 03/2005: a LIVE performance of an updated version of Fade To Grey.
25. Germany TV “Formel Eins” Best of 11/09/2005: Fade To Grey performance (See behind the scenes of this performance as Steve Strange prepares back stage as part of the documentary “Whatever Happened To The Gender Benders? 10/25/2005” on “Visage Steve Strange Video Archives Volume III”)
cannon crombie (verified owner) –
The picture and sound quality of the DVD was superb! Visage seems to be just as relevant now and more poignant since the passing of Steve Strange.