Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the s and s, centered on singer Carole Pope and multi-instrumentalist Kevan Staples. The band was noted for their provocative lyrics and stage antics; singer Pope often performed in bondage attire, and their hit " High School Confidential " was one of the first explicitly lesbian -themed Top 40 hits in the world.
The band began in in Toronto, when Carole Pope vocals, guitars and Kevan Staples keyboards, guitars began performing in a folk group known as "O". InSmith left the group, and Pope and Staples changed their name to "The Bullwhip Brothers", performing as a largely acoustic duo at Toronto art festivals and at private events.
They were the first rock band to record a direct to disc album with 's Rough Trade Livewhich despite the title was actually a studio recording. Each side was performed live without an audience all the way through, and cut directly to the mastering disc for greater audio fidelity.
As would be the case throughout the all touch by rough trade entire career, the majority of the album's songs were written by Pope and Staples. On December 19,the band presented a newly created live musical called Restless Underwearwhich co-starred Divine alongside the band who by this time had added an additional back-up singer, Luci Martin-Keyes. However, aside from Pope and Staples the rest of the band quit after Restless Underwear had completed its one-show run in a dispute over payment.
The group resumed playing regular Toronto shows, most often at the Horseshoe Tavern. Pope and Staples were also at the time involved in writing music for film and television soundtracks, and in they picked up a Genie Award for their work on the made-for-TV film One Night Stand.
However, the event was promoted by the venue as a show by Divine, who in fact only sang two songs in the revue, both in act two. As a result, the show was received poorly. Later that year, all touch by rough trade band line-up was again reshuffled, settling into a stable five-person line-up of All touch by rough trade Pope vocalsKevan Staples guitars, keyboards, etc. This new iteration of Rough Trade landed a record contract with True North Records in mid, and recorded the group's second album Avoid Freudwhich was released in October The controversy surrounding the raunchy lesbian-themed second single " High School Confidential " helped propel the song into the Canadian top 20, and made the band stars.
The band sang this song on a notable appearance on SCTVa prominent Canadian comedy show that also aired in the U. Although not as widely remembered as "High School Confidential" today, the LP's first single, the sexually charged "All Touch", was all touch by rough trade band's most successful single on the Canadian charts during their career, peaking at no. The release of both "All Touch" and its parent album was delayed by nearly a year in international markets, with "All Touch" peaking in Australia at no.
Although the song widely was believed to have the potential to break into all touch by rough trade top 40, the bankruptcy all touch by rough trade the band's American distributor Boardwalk Records [4] halted its progress on the charts as the single ceased to be available in stores. By this point, the group was explicitly identified in the album credits as simply Pope and Staples, augmented by other musicians as needed on a track-by-track basis. Shaking the Foundations spawned a top 20 Canadian hit in "Crimes of Passion".
Dusty Springfield sang backing vocals on the album, and would also cover two Rough Trade songs that same year on her album White Heat. Many years later, Pope would reveal that she and Springfield were in a relationship around this time. InRough Trade were offered a Pepsi commercial to air in the Canadian market, but the ad was soon pulled from the airwaves as Pepsi had featured people wrapped in bandages and wearing tuxedos and sunglasses similar to Canadian musician All touch by rough trade the Slash without his permission.
However, Rough Trade's album Weapons failed to place a single on the Canadian charts, marking the beginning of the group's commercial decline. Inthe duo of Pope and Staples were paired with new producer Terry Brownafter having previously co-produced all their True North material all touch by rough trade Gene Martynec. The duo was supported by session musicians in the studio, including Berger, Wilkins, Ayee, and Anderson, as well as guests such as Dalbello and Neil Chapman of Pukka Orchestra.
The band's album O Tempora! Rough Trade returned to a stable five person line-up in for performance purposes, with Pope, Staples and Ayee joined by Tony Springer guitar and Tony Craig drums.
Their final full-scale tour "Deep Six in '86" took place in[9] although they performed a few local concert dates in Toronto in and Around all touch by rough trade same time, guitarist Springer changed his stage name to Wild T and found modest fame as a solo artist in Canada. After all touch by rough trade final break-up inRough Trade performed several reunion shows, with varying personnel supporting Pope and Staples.
The first reunion show was in Toronto in December A handful of one-off shows later took place at various times through the late s and into the next decade, mostly in Toronto. InRough Trade undertook a mini-tour of a several venues in eastern Canada. Since the break-up, Staples has busied himself as a composer for film, television and theatre, and still lives in Toronto.
Pope has issued a few solo singles and EPs; her full-length solo debut album Transcend was released in21 years after all touch by rough trade last full-length album with Rough Trade. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 April Rough Trade Rises from Canadian Underground.
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