BIOGRAPHY
Curve were an English alternative rock and electronica duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming). Halliday wrote also the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. An important collaborator was the producer Alan Moulder, who helped them to shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.
HISTORY
Dean Garcia, half Hawaiian and half Irish, had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. The English-born Toni Halliday met Dave Stewart of Eurythmics after he had read a rock magazine interview with her in which she praised his pre-Eurythmics band, The Tourists. Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by Stewart. Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, while Halliday was signed to Stewart's Anxious Records label as a solo artist. The pair formed an ill-fated group named State of Play in the mid-1980s before parting ways, embarking on a no less ill-fated solo career (Halliday) and further stints as a backing musician (Garcia), and then reuniting for a more long-term partnership in Curve.
As Curve, Halliday and Garcia released three acclaimed and increasingly successful EPs (Blindfold, Frozen, and Cherry) throughout 1991 on Anxious Records. They also made an impact on the UK album charts in 1992 with their debut studio album Doppelgänger. The group toured extensively during this period, with Halliday and Garcia being supported on stage by two additional guitarists (Debbie Smith, later of Echobelly, and Alex Mitchell) and a drummer (Steve Monti, formerly of Ian Dury and the Blockheads). Highlights of Curve's live career included a performance at the 1992 Glastonbury Festival, and a package tour of the United States and Canada with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spiritualized.
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums:
Doppelgänger 1992
Cuckoo 1993
Come Clean 1998
Gift 2001
The New Adventures of Curve 2002
Compilation albums:
Pubic Fruit 1992
Radio Sessions 1993
Open Day at the Hate Fest 2001
The Way of Curve 2004
Rare and Unreleased 2010
Singles, EP's:
1991 Blindfold EP
1991 Frozen/Coast Is Clear EP
1991 Cherry EP
1992 "Faît Accompli"
1992 "Horror Head"
1993 "Blackerthreetracker"
1993 "Superblaster"
1996 "Pink Girl With the Blues"
1997 "Chinese Burn"
1998 "Coming Up Roses"
2002 "Perish"
2003 "Want More Need Less"
MORE INFO https://www.discogs.com/artist/5373-Curve
