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England, United Kingdom (1990 – 2005)
Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. Dean Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics’ live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, Touch and Be Yourself Tonight. Toni Halliday was signed to Stewart’s Anxious Records label as a solo artist. She also sang with The Uncles and Bonk in the early 1980s.
Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia briefly formed the unsuccessful group State of Play in the late 1980s before parting ways. She attempted a solo career, releasing the album Hearts & Handshakes in 1989. The album was produced by Toni Halliday and Alan Moulder, who will later got married. Alan Moulder also produced music for artists like Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and My Bloody Valentine.
In 1991, Halliday reunited with Garcia to form Curve. Their alchemy the second time around created sonically charged music, setting heavy beats and Garcia’s densely-layered guitar tracks and feedback against Halliday’s airy vocalization of lyrics that frequently explore such topics as alienation, addiction and love on the wane.
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Lukinhas_44
There's no truth, There's no lies.
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rj_eliza
Curve are amazing. Garbage are amazing. End of story. [2]
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alin1
"Horror Head" must be from another world. Such an incredibly beautiful song...
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Rud-Johns
oh bitch. I thought Curve was on tour, but it is just a stupid japanese band
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MarkoB87
Curve are amazing. Garbage are amazing. End of story.
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sweetnanda
v
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RussellChap
Garbage had better songs but didn't have better sonics.
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diogoxara
I like both curve and garbage, but they followed different paths. Garbage is a pop band, whether you want to admit it or not. Curve stayed on the 'dark' side for most of their career
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SimonePerrota
Garbage owe Curve a heavy debt though...
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skinnydrifter
I remember this
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Juriat
no com!
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alin1
The Canadian female-fronted synth-rock band The Birthday Massacre was influenced by Curve (their 2 guitarists are fans). Their music is VERY catchy and addictive. Just 2 examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPgVESNjPg & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzHnGAOrjyk So, if you like Curve I highly recommend you to check TBM.
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limpicatto
Thank you alin1
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Lukinhas_44
Coast Is Clear!
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sweetnanda
garbage and curve are my favourite bands
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alin1
@ionreflex, ValerieHarsh, enid_coleslaw_: This is exactly what I wanted to say: both bands are great on their own.
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ionreflex
Same here alin1! I for my part didn't know Curve before not even 2 months ago... and why compare? Just enjoy what your ears want...
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ValerieHarsh
Totally agree with alin1
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enid_coleslaw_
I like both bands. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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alin1
I want to see the day when ANOTHER band (Garbage) will not be mentioned here in a poor light. This is a weird case, when some fans of Curve can't sleep at night because a different band had success on their own. It's ridiculous to think that Garbage stopped Curve to have success, when you consider that each band is independent. Did Garbage sabotaged Curve' sales? Clearly not. Let's suppose that Garbage failed; who you'd blame for Curve's lack of success? Too much envy will prevent the haters from enjoying the music of both bands.
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