Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a popular British pop music act of the mid-1980s, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Line-up: · Lloyd Cole, vocal and guitar, lyricist - (born January 31 1961) · Blair Cowan, keyboards · Lawrence Donegan, bass guitar · Neil Clark, guitar - (born July 3 1955) · Stephen Irvine, drums - (born December 16 1959, in Scotland) Formed in 1982 and signed to Polydor in 1984, the band was known for combining Clark's encyclopedic, yet often twangy, guitar savvy with Cole's low-key singing style. Their auspicious debut effort Rattlesnakes (1984) was initially dismissed as a "student bedsit classic", but now is regularly cited as one of the important works in rock music (and is much revered as a student bedsit classic...). NME included in its top 100 album of all times list, the title track was also covered by Tori Amos and Manic Street Preachers included it amongst their

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