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‘If you release that, I’m leaving’: how Cutting Crew made (I Just) Died in Your Arms

‘So many people asked us about the origins of our name that we put the answer on a T-shirt. An Italian journalist was so disgusted by this he walked out’

Our drummer arrived for his audition with headphones on, said he was listening to the test match, then blew the roof off I made a demo in my schoolmate Pete Birch’s front room, with him singing harmony. He was such a character – no ego, never played the obvious thing – and the combination of his King Crimson orchestral chords and my XTC/Police influences gave us a sound. So he knew all nine of the drummers we auditioned before Martin “Frosty” Beedle turned up with headphones on, declared “I’m listening to the test match” – and then just blew the roof off.

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