Thompson Twins

In 1977, the original Thompson Twins line-up consisted of Tom Bailey{{cite web|url=http://www.spock.com/Tom-Bailey-(Thompson-Twins)|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090118005714/http://www.spock.com/Tom-Bailey-(Thompson-Twins)|url-status=dead|title=People Search & Background Check Information | US Search|archive-date=18 January 2009}} on bass guitar and vocals, Pete Dodd on guitar and vocals, John Roog on guitar, and Jon Podgorski (known as "Pod") on drums.{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thompson-twins-mn0000567570/biography |title=Thompson Twins | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 January 2014}}

Arriving in London with little money, they lived as squatters in Lillieshall Road, Clapham. Future Thompson Twins member Alannah Currie lived in another squat in the same street, which is how she met Bailey. Their roadie at that time was John Hade, who lived in the same house, and who later became their manager.{{cite web|url=https://thevogue.com/artists/thompson-twins/|title=Thompson Twins|website=The Vogue|publisher=Forty5 LLC|date=9 July 1987}}

As Podgorski had decided to stay in the north, the group auditioned for drummers at the Point Studio in Victoria, London. Andrew Edge joined them on drums for 18 months, and went on to join Savage Progress, who later toured with the Thompson Twins as the support act on the band's 1984 UK tour.

In 1980, the band (now consisting of Bailey, Dodd, Roog and drummer Chris Bell, who had replaced Edge the previous year) released their first single, "Squares and Triangles", on their own Dirty Discs label.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/417477-Thompson-Twins-Squares-And-Triangles|title=Thompson Twins – Squares And Triangles|website=Discogs|date=1980}} A follow-up single, "She's in Love with Mystery", was issued later that year.

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In 1981, the line-up became Bailey, Dodd, Roog, Bell and two new members: former band roadie Joe Leeway on congas and percussion, and Jane Shorter on saxophone. This line-up recorded the debut Thompson Twins studio album A Product Of... (Participation), documented in the film Listen to London (1981).{{cite web |url=http://www.listentolondon.net |title=The "Lost" Listen To London Documentary! – 1981 Film about Post Punk Indy Rebellion in UK |website=Listentolondon.net |access-date=31 January 2014}} Currie, who had been associated with the band for a few years, played and sang on their debut studio album, but was not yet a full member.

After their debut studio album, the band's line-up shifted yet again. Saxophonist Jane Shorter left and was replaced by Currie (who also played percussion), and bassist Matthew Seligman, a former member of the Soft Boys and the Fallout Club, joined; leaving Bailey to switch to keyboards, with Leeway starting to handle lead vocals on some tracks.

The band signed a recording contract with Arista Records and released their second studio album Set. Thomas Dolby played some keyboards on Set and some live gigs, for Bailey at that time had little experience with synthesizers. Set contained the single "In the Name of Love", sung and largely written by Bailey. It became a No. 1 dance club hit in the US,{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thompson-twins-mn0000567570/awards |title=Thompson Twins | Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=31 January 2014}} and an album titled In the Name of Love (consisting mainly of tracks from Set, with two others from A Product Of... (Participation)) was released in the US to capitalize on the song's popularity. It entered the US Billboard 200.

File:Thompson Twins in Hollywood (1984 Arista Promo Photo).jpg

After the success of "In the Name of Love", Bailey, Currie and Leeway, wanting to pursue the single's different sound, toyed with the idea of starting a new band on the side, which they planned to call 'The Bermuda Triangle'.{{cite web|url=http://www.lostidols.com/files/t/twins.html |title=Lost Idols |website=Lostidols.com |access-date=31 January 2014}} When "In the Name of Love" (and its parent studio album Set) failed to make a substantial impact in the UK record charts, this plan was abandoned. However, at the same time, manager Hade convinced Bailey, Leeway and Currie to downsize the Thompson Twins to a core of the three in April 1982. Accordingly, the other four members of the band were notified that the band was breaking up; they were each paid £500 and were allowed to keep their instruments and equipment in exchange for an understanding not to perform together under the name "Thompson Twins".

The remaining Thompson Twins, who had not in fact broken up, decided to go abroad to free themselves of any UK influence, as well as to combine the songwriting for their first studio album as a trio with a long holiday. They first went to Egypt and then to the Bahamas, where they recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau with record producer Alex Sadkin.

File:Thompson Twins Feb84.JPG (left) and Joe Leeway (right), performing in 1984]]

Bailey commented on the band's reduction to a trio in a 1983 interview: "When we reformed the band, we were making a statement. We weren't going to be a rock 'n' roll band, we weren't going to have a guitar. We were going to move on. You know, Lou Reed said whenever he played live he ended up going back to heroin music. There are old associations, associations we don't want because they don't reflect the way we feel today. ... Right now, technology is what's important, and that's what our music tries to reflect."{{cite journal |last=Mehler |first=Mark |title=Either Get into Context or Butt Out of Life Altogether |journal=Record |date=June 1983 |volume=2 |issue=8 |page=6}}

The band broke into the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at the beginning of 1983 with "Lies" and "Love On Your Side", which became the band's first UK Top 10 single.{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |edition=19th |year=2006 |page=557 |isbn=1-904994-10-5}}{{cite web |last=Wallace |first=Gary |title=British Chart Singles: Love On Your Side – Thompson Twins |url=http://britishchartsingles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/love-on-your-side-thompson-twins.html |website=Britishchartsingles.blogspot.co.uk |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234447/http://britishchartsingles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/love-on-your-side-thompson-twins.html |archive-date=18 April 2014 }} They then released their third studio album, Quick Step & Side Kick (called simply Side Kicks in the US), which peaked at number 2 in the UK and was later certified platinum. Further singles followed with "We Are Detective" (another Top 10 UK hit){{cite web|url=http://www.britishchartsingles.com/index.php/2013/05/01/we-are-detective-thompson-twins/ |title=We Are Detective – Thompson Twins |date=May 2013 |publisher=British Chart Singles |access-date=17 April 2014}} and "Watching" (UK No. 33). All three band members worked collectively on songwriting with Currie providing lyrics and Bailey melodies. In addition Leeway was responsible for stagecraft, Currie for music videos and imagery and Bailey for musicianship and production.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/10/1073437513674.html|title=Hear Me Now by Gilbert Wong |website=Theage.com.au |access-date=27 October 2009 |location=Melbourne |date=11 January 2004}} During 1983, the band had the opening spot on the Police's concert tour in the US.

Following the band's reduction to a trio, designer Andy Airfix created a logo consisting of outlines of their heads and respective hairstyles. It was voted fourth best out of 13 candidates by Classic Pop Magazine in May 2022.{{cite web |title=13 of the best and most iconic band logos |url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/05/13-of-the-best-and-most-iconic-band-logos |website=Classic Pop |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=24 May 2022}}

"Hold Me Now" was released in late 1983. The song was an international chart success, peaking at No. 4 in the UK{{cite web |url=http://www.britishchartsingles.com/index.php/2013/12/04/hold-me-now-thompson-twins/ |title=Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=British Chart Singles |access-date=17 April 2014}} where it became the band's biggest seller earning a gold disc,{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2948-480-1|title=Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|date=1 January 1984}} and reached No. 3 in the US in the spring of 1984 becoming their biggest American hit.

The band's fourth studio album, Into the Gap, was released in February 1984 and became one of the year's biggest sellers, selling five million copies worldwide. It topped the UK Albums Chart and was later certified double platinum there. Further hit singles from the album followed with "Doctor! Doctor!" (UK No. 3){{cite web |url=http://www.britishchartsingles.com/index.php/2014/02/19/doctor-doctor-thompson-twins/ |title=Doctor Doctor – Thompson Twins |date=19 February 2014 |publisher=British Chart Singles |access-date=17 April 2014}} and "You Take Me Up" (UK No. 2, their highest UK singles chart placing and which earned a silver disc).{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315204844/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|url-status=dead|title=BPI database|archive-date=15 March 2015|access-date=15 October 2021}} Other singles included a new version of the album track "Sister of Mercy" (UK No. 11), and "The Gap" (though this was not released in the UK). The band embarked on a world tour in support of the album, which had also made the US top ten.

File:Thompson Twins in Lakeland Florida 1986 (4).jpg, Florida, 1986.]]

A brand new single, "Lay Your Hands on Me", was released in the UK in late 1984 and reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, the band parted company with their producer Alex Sadkin and opted to produce their fifth studio album, Here's to Future Days, by themselves in Paris. However, in March 1985, while promoting their new single "Roll Over" and the forthcoming studio album, Bailey collapsed in his London hotel room from nervous exhaustion. The "Roll Over" single was then cancelled at the last minute and the new album postponed. Though the band had chosen to produce themselves, the postponement caused them to rethink the project and producer Nile Rodgers was subsequently called in to rework the album with them. The album was eventually released in September 1985, reaching the UK Top 5 and US Top 20, though failed to come close to the success of Into the Gap. It was preceded by the single "Don't Mess with Doctor Dream" (UK No. 15) and followed by the single "King for a Day", which peaked at No. 22 in the UK, but reached No. 8 on the US chart. Other singles included a new US version of "Lay Your Hands on Me" (US No. 6), and a cover of the Beatles' 1968 hit "Revolution", which failed to make the UK Top 40.

Prior to the album's release, the Thompson Twins performed on the American leg of Live Aid in July 1985 and were joined onstage by Madonna. The planned summer 1985 tour of the UK (and a headlining appearance at the Glastonbury Festival) had to be cancelled due to Bailey's health problems (fans with tickets received a free live album as compensation), though international dates were rescheduled and the latter half of 1985 saw sell out tours for the band in the US and Japan.{{cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |edition=1st |year=1992 |page=408 |id=CN 5585}} A second planned tour of the UK in 1985 was also scrapped due to the promoter declaring bankruptcy.

Leeway left the band in 1986, and the remaining duo of Bailey and Currie carried on making music for another seven years. The act's first release as a duo was the North America-only single "Nothing in Common", released in July 1986. It peaked at No. 54 in the US, and No. 68 in Canada.

1987 saw the release of their sixth studio album Close to the Bone and the single "Get That Love", which climbed to No. 31 in the US but only reached No. 66 in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19863/the-thompson-twins/ |title=The Thompson Twins | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com}} The album was a commercial flop. It spent only one week on the UK Albums Chart at No. 90 and yielded no further chart singles.

"In the Name of Love" was given a new lease on life in 1988, after a remix by Shep Pettibone made the Top 50 in the UK. 1989 saw the release of another studio album, Big Trash, and a new recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. The single "Sugar Daddy" peaked at No. 28 in the US and would be their last brush with mainstream chart success. 1991's Queer would be the band's swansong, and was supported by various techno-inspired singles under the moniker of [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Feedback+Max Feedback Max] (in the UK) to disguise the identity of the band to club DJs. The single "Come Inside" reached No. 7 in the US Dance Chart and No. 1 in the UK Dance Chart.

Prior to this, Bailey and Currie (who were now a couple) had their first child together in 1988, and in the following years they spent a lot of time writing material for other artists including the hit single "I Want That Man" for Deborah Harry of Blondie in 1989.{{cite book |editor=Colin Larkin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Virgin Books |date=1997 |edition=Concise |page=1176 |isbn=1-85227-745-9}} In 1990, Bailey and Currie contributed the song "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization. In 1991, Bailey and Currie were married in Las Vegas, US and the following year moved to New Zealand. In 1992, the Thompson Twins contributed the song "Play with Me" to the soundtrack of the Ralph Bakshi film Cool World; Bailey alone contributed a second track, "Industry and Seduction". The following year, the duo teamed up with engineer Keith Fernley and changed their band name to Babble. They released two studio albums: The Stone (1993) and Ether (1996).

Thompson Twins declined to follow the example of many of their contemporaries and reform in order to tie in with a trend of nostalgia for the 1980s, although Bailey, Currie and Leeway appeared together on the UK Channel 4 show Top Ten Electro Bands in 2001. Thompson Twins were placed ninth.

Babble released two studio albums, The Stone (1993) and Ether (1996), with songs featured in the films Coneheads (1993) and With Honors (1994).

In the mid-1990s, Currie gave up the music business to set up her own glass-casting studio in Auckland and concentrated on raising her two children. In 2001, she founded and ran the anti-genetic engineering group called MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in food and the environment), and networked thousands of women across New Zealand in a resistance movement, aimed at keeping the biotech industry from using New Zealand as an experimental playground. Currie described this group as a "rapidly growing network of politically non-aligned women who are actively resisting the use of genetically-engineered material in our food and on our land". During that time she designed a billboard to spark a debate on the ethics of genetically modifying cows with human genes to produce a new milk.[http://www.investigatemagazine.com/jan3ge.htm/ Alannah Currie: Anti-GM Queen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174732/http://www.investigatemagazine.com/jan3ge.htm |date=3 March 2016}}, Investigate magazine, January 2003. The billboard, featuring a young woman with four breasts hooked up to a milking machine, caused huge controversy but won several international art awards.[http://www.usfcam.usf.edu/CAM/exhibitions/2004_01_DNA/DNAonline/index.html DNA: Art & Science / Double Helix], USF Contemporary Art Museum, 2004.[https://www.cabi.org/agbiotechnet/news/3191 NZ 'Milked Woman' Billboard Campaign], Cabi.org, October 2003. Bailey and Currie divorced in 2003, and both left New Zealand to live separately in the UK. Currie later married Jimmy Cauty (formerly of the KLF) and now lives and works in London. She is a visual artist who works under the pseudonym "Miss Pokeno",{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/26/homes |title=To Die For – She was the crazy-haired singer in 80s synth-pop band the Thompson Twins. Now Alannah Currie is back, in a new incarnation as artist-upholsterer |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 October 2009 |location=London |date=26 April 2008}} as well as the Armchair Destructivists[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCI1jroMm68 The Armchair Destructivists Action 1], YouTube, 2009. and The Sisters of Perpetual Resistance.[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/09/fire-the-potato-cannon-the-sisters-of-perpetual-resistance-take-their-art-to-the-streets Fire The Potato Cannon! The Sisters of Perpetual Resistance Take Their Art To The Streets], The Guardian, October 2015. As well as several solo shows in London her work has also been exhibited at both the Guildhall Art Gallery and the Geffrye Museum.[https://www.timeout.com/london/art/sonia-solicari-talks-us-through-victoriana-the-art-of-revival Sonia Solicari Talks Us Through Victoriana: The Art of Revival], Time Out London, September 2013.

In 1999, Bailey produced and played keyboards on the studio album Mix by the New Zealand band Stellar, and won the Producer of the Year Award at the 2000 New Zealand Music Awards.[http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Thompson+Twins] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210114245/http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Thompson+Twins|date=10 December 2007}} He has also arranged soundtracks and has provided instrumental music for several films. He continues to make music under the moniker International Observer and has released the studio albums Seen (2001), All Played Out (2005), and Felt (2009).{{cite web|first=Rick |last=Anderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/felt-mw0000828280 |title=Felt – International Observer | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=8 September 2009 |access-date=31 January 2014}} He also performs with the Holiwater group from India.{{cite web|url=http://www.holiwater.com/ |title=Holiwater |website=Holiwater.com |access-date=31 January 2014}} He began performing live again as Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey in 2014 and has since toured the UK, North America and Japan. In 2016 he released his debut solo single, "Come So Far". In 2018 Bailey released his debut solo studio album titled Science Fiction.{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/tom-bailey-thompson-twins-interview/|title=The Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey: interview|last=Shapiro|first=Eileen|date=29 May 2018|website=Louder Than War|access-date=22 May 2022}}

After leaving the Thompson Twins in 1986, Leeway briefly dabbled in acting and attempted a solo music career, though neither were successful. {{As of|2006}}, he resides in Los Angeles, and works in the field of hypnotherapy. He is on the staff at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute (HMI) in the Los Angeles district of Tarzana, and is also a certified trainer in neuro-linguistic programming.{{cite web |url=https://hypnosis.edu/aha/videos/109 |title=Changing Timelines with Joe Leeway |publisher=HMI |access-date=22 May 2022}}

The earlier members went on to do other things:

• Dodd and Roog formed a band called Big View (with Edge on drums) and recorded a single called, "August Grass", which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1331606 |title=BigViewAugustGrass |website=Discogs |date=27 November 1982 |access-date=11 November 2008}} Dodd is now living back in Chesterfield working as a freelance journalist – and has released his own History of Rock album billed as Peter & the Wolves. Dodd still sees Podgorski on a regular basis. Dodd and John Roog play in a band called "The Flow"{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/1051244851618856/|title=The Flow|website=Facebook|access-date=24 April 2018}}
• Roog lives in Chesterfield, and was previously in a senior position in Tower Hamlets Adult Services, and the London Borough of Lambeth, until his retirement in 2011. He now plays in a band with Pete Dodd called the Flow.{{cite web|url=https://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/whats-on/musicians-and-singers-support-record-store-day-by-performing-at-real-time-live-chesterfield-1-7217213|title=Musicians and singers support Record Store Day by performing at Real Time Live, Chesterfield|website=Matlockmercury.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2018}}
• Seligman worked for a law firm in London and has played in the Soft Boys reunions as well as releasing his own studio albums.{{cite web |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/soft-return/Feb-03/582 |title=October Spooktacular Eventide H910 and H949 Harmonizer TDM Plug-in Combo Only 99 |website=Bassplayer.com |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203081637/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/soft-return/Feb-03/582 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead }} He had moved to Sendai, Japan with his Japanese wife and their daughter and, in 2009, contributed to the Thomas Dolby studio album A Map of the Floating City. In 2012, he collaborated with Jan Linton on the CD Sendai, a fundraiser for reconstruction after the 11 March Tōhoku earthquake. Seligman died in 2020 of complications from COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Corey |title=Bassist Matthew Seligman Dead of COVID-19 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/matthew-seligman-covid-19/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 }}{{cite news |last= Crowley |first= James |date= 18 April 2020 |title= Musicians Mourn the Loss of Soft Boys, David Bowie Bassist Matthew Seligman |url= https://www.newsweek.com/matthew-seligman-soft-boys-david-bowie-rip-coronavirus-1498753 |work= Newsweek |access-date= 21 April 2020}}
• Bell moved from London to Bath, and played in or for Spear of Destiny, Gene Loves Jezebel and Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers.{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Thompson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/spear-of-destiny-mn0000001311/biography |title=Spear of Destiny | Biography |website=AllMusic|access-date=31 January 2014}}
• Booth helped Chinese music artists in production and development. She is now a consultant and executive producer at RIBA since 9 February 2022.{{cite web |title=Caralinda Booth on LinkedIn |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/caralindabooth |website=LinkedIn |access-date=23 May 2022}}

File:Tom Bailey performing Hold Me Now, Northcote Theatre, October 2022.jpg

Bailey performed Thompson Twins songs live for the first time in 27 years on 17 August 2014 at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, for the Rewind South Festival.[http://www.rewindfestival.com/lineup/view/artist/107/thompson-twins-tom-bailey] {{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

In 2014, Bailey also took part in the Retro Futura Tour in the US, along with Howard Jones, Midge Ure, China Crisis and Katrina Leskanich formerly of Katrina and the Waves.{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Spears |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/regeneration-tour-2014-to-feature-thompson-twins-tom-bailey-howard-jones/2163384 |title=Regeneration Tour 2014 to feature Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, Howard Jones, Midge Ure and China Crisis |website=Tampabay.com |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092402/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/regeneration-tour-2014-to-feature-thompson-twins-tom-bailey-howard-jones/2163384 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}

He continues to tour internationally, under the moniker "Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey," performing in the UK and also in North America in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.songkick.com/artists/7809964-thompson-twins-tom-bailey/calendar |title=Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey Full Concert Listings on |website=Songkick.com |access-date=5 April 2014}}

In 2016, Bailey received the Classic Pop magazine's 'Best Live Show' award.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicpopmag.com/2016/03/new-issue-classic-pop-sale-now-4/|title=New issue of Classic Pop on sale now! – Classic Pop Magazine|date=18 March 2016|website=Classicpopmag.com|access-date=24 April 2018}}

In 2018, Bailey toured the US with the B-52's and Culture Club, dubbed The Life Tour.{{cite web|title=The Life Tour: Boy George & Culture Club and The B-52s with special guest Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey|url=https://www.visitrenotahoe.com/event/life-tour-boy-george-culture-club-b-52s-special-guest-thompson-twins-tom-bailey/|website=Visitrenotahoe.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}

On 3 September 2022, Bailey performed the entire 'Into the Gap' studio album for the first time ever along with his band consisting of Alice Offley (bass guitar and backing vocals), Charlotte Raven (keyboards and cello) and Paulina Szczepaniak (drums and percussion) collectively known as 'The Sisters of Mercy' in Aylesbury, UK (at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre) to a sold out audience.

This performance also featured a surprise full live performance of Thompson Twins hit "We Are Detective". Bailey had produced a reimagined purely instrumental version of the song that had served as the band's walk-on music for live performances since 2014, but this was the first time the full song appeared as part of the actual set since Bailey's return to performing Thompson Twins material. Alice Offley performed Alannah Currie's vocal parts, in addition to playing bass.

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Classic line-up

• Tom Bailey – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals (1977–1993)
• Joe Leeway – congas, percussion, keyboards, vocals (1981–1986)
• Alannah Currie – drums, percussion, vocals (1981–1993)

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Other members

• Pete Dodd – guitar, vocals (1977–1982)
• John Roog – guitar (1977–1982)
• Jon Podgorski – drums (1977–1978)
• Andrew Edge – drums (1978–1979)
• Chris Bell – drums (1979–1982)
• Jane Shorter – saxophone (1981)
• Matthew Seligman – bass (1981–1982)
• Michael White – guitar (Briefly in the extended line-up 1982)

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Studio albums

• A Product Of... (Participation) (1981)
• Set (1982)
• Quick Step & Side Kick (1983)
• Into the Gap (1984)
• Here's to Future Days (1985)
• Close to the Bone (1987)
• Big Trash (1989)
• Queer (1991)

• The Thompson Twins – An Odd Couple (The Official Biography) by Rose Rouse. Virgin Books, 1985.
• Thompson Twin – An '80's Memoir by Michael White. Publisher: Little, Brown (4 May 2000).

• List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
• List of Second British Invasion artists

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