Ultravox – ROckwrok
(Island Records 1977 WIP6404)
UK Pressing
Sleeve in Very Good condition
– some wear to edges and along opening edge with small part torn away at opening edge
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Ultravox are a British new wave band, best known for a series of top ten single and album hits in the UK charts during the 1980s.
The band has been led by two different frontmen who never played together in the band at the same time. From 1974 until 1979, John Foxx was frontman and main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band to embark on a solo career. Following Foxx’s departure, with the three remaining members in hiatus, Midge Ure took over as lead singer, guitarist, and frontman. Ure revitalised the band and drove it to commercial success lasting until the mid-1980s. Ure left the band in 1987 after establishing a solo career and the group disbanded for a while. A new line-up, led by sole original band member keyboard player/violinist Billy Currie, was formed in 1992, but achieved little success.
The band’s best-known line-up of Currie, bassist Chris Cross, drummer Warren Cann and Ure reformed in 2008 and performed a series of reunion shows in 2009 and 2010 before releasing the Brilliant album in May 2012, their first together since the Lament album in 1984. In November 2013 Ultravox performed as special guests on a four date UK arena tour with Simple Minds.
“ROckWrok” is a single by the post-punk band Ultravox!, released on 7 October 1977 by Island Records. It was the last British non-free single (the next, “Quirks”, came free along initial copies of the album) released from the Ha! Ha! Ha! album and featuring Stevie Shears as guitarist. The next non-free single was Frozen Ones, released only in Germany shortly afterwards.
Track listing
7″ version
- “ROckWrok” – 3:33
- “Hiroshima Mon Amour” – 4:54
Personnel
- John Foxx – vocals
- Chris Cross – bass, vocals
- Stevie Shears – guitar
- Warren Cann – drums, vocals
- Billy Currie – keyboards, synthesizer, violin
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