Visage was a New Romantic band that began life in 1978, mainly to provide some danceable music to be played on Steve Strange's and Rusty Egan's Blitz London nightclub in Great Queen Street. Strange commented about the meaning of the band's name: "The meaning of Visage, apart from being French for face, is that the Vis is for the visual side of the band... and the Age is the new age in dance music. That's how I see it."[LINK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/steve_strange/] [1] History First incarnation (1978-1984) Initially, the band was comprised of Steve Strange, Rusty Egan and Midge Ure. Ure and Egan began working with Strange after the demise of power pop band The Rich Kids and Steve being at a loose end after the demise of new wave band The Photons (managed by punk legend Andy Czezowski creator of the Roxy Club and owner of the The Fridge) . The trio recorded a demo which included a

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