Cinerama from Leeds, UK started life as a duo in 1997,
The Wedding Present's
David Gedge and his girlfriend Sally Murrell, together with a shifting line-up of collaborators. 1998's
Va Va Voom "turbo-driven melodies and bittersweet vignettes taking in everything from John Barry to the Zombies" (The Times) featured
The Church's
Marty Willson-Piper and
Emma Pollock from
The Delgados. Then later in 1998, Gedge rescued the rhythm section of the disbanded
Goya Dress ([Terry de Castro and Simon Pearson) and combined them with Wedding Present guitarist Simon Cleave.…
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