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At this stage, The Human League commandeered an adjoining commercial recording studio (Axis, now called Manna) where Ian Stanley re‑located with his Mitsubishi 32‑track and set to work. A strict work schedule was established with constant liaison between the two studios.
Nov 16, 2023 · The Human League's bandleader and founder Phil Oakey wrote 'Don't You Want Me', their only constant member since the band was founded in 1977. After reading a photo-story in a girl's teen magazine, Oakey penned the iconic lyrics about meeting a waitress in a cocktail bar.
PHIL OAKEY – Ian used to come up to Sheffield quite a lot and he used to drop into the studio. JOANNE CATHERALL – I think that, if we’re all in the same hotels on the tour, then we’ll end up sitting down with them and having a drink after the show…
Formed in Sheffield in 1977 by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, the original incarnation of the Human League had little time for the frivolities of pop music. For their first single Being Boiled, singer Phil Oakey wrote about the plight of silkworms (“Boiled alive for some god’s stocking”).
Nov 13, 2015 · I was working as a porter in hospital doesn’t have quite the same ring as “I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar…” but that’s exactly what Phil Oakey was doing when he was asked by ex-schoolmate Iain Craig Marsh to join him and Martyn Ware as singer with their band—The Human League.
Ware then decided to invite an old school friend, Philip Oakey, to join the band. Oakey was working as a hospital porter at the time and was known on the Sheffield social scene for his eclectic style of dress. Although he had no musical experience, Ware thought he would be ideal as lead singer for The Future as "he already looked like a pop star".
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Aug 1, 2008 · By John Anson. Share. Interview: Phil Oakey of The Human League. In the early 1980s the city of Sheffield shaped the music scene. The recently-announced Steel City tour aims to show modern...
