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SSQ was a synth-pop outfit formed in the early 80’s from already-in-existence band Q (named after the James Bond character). Q consisted of Stacey Swain and Jon St. James. After John Van Tongeren, Rich West, and Karl Moet joined, the group changed their name to SSQ to shift focus to lead singer Stacey Swain. They released one album, Playback, in 1983 on Enigma/EMI America. Singles from the album included “Big Electronic Beat” (on Enigma Records) and “Synthicide.” John Van Tongeren left the band, and Skip Hahn was added on keys, vocoder and bass, halfway through the recording of the “Playback” album.
The new lineup carried on with Swain under the name Stacey Q and they acted as musicians on her first three albums, Better Than Heaven, and Hard Machine. They went on to success with dance-pop tracks like “Two of Hearts” and “We Connect. In addition, the recorded but unused title track for Playback was included on Enigma Variations, Volume 1.”The group also contributed the tracks “Tonight (We’ll Make Love ‘Til We Die)” and “Trash’s Theme” to the soundtrack of the 1985 zombie flick The Return of the Living Dead.
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dark_path wrote:
come on ladys & gentlemen, vote for a "new" pic here finally... :)
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dark_path wrote:
The return of SSQ was announced on the EP for "Going Goth" by lead singer of the group, Stacey Q, right after the hidden bonus track on the disc. This was later confirmed by Stacey on her Facebook page as true. The group will be working on new music in 2011.
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Tizzy-Trash wrote:
Return Of The Living Dead got me into SSQ/Stacey Q and i think Playback is one of the greatest albums ever! SYNTHICIDE! :D
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CaCoffiny wrote:
SEND MORE COPS
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aMAt_0ry wrote:
-how do you kill something that is already dead? -that’s a good question
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MushroomCap wrote:
Screaming in my Pillow sounds just like The Metro by Berlin. SSQ knows good synth when they steal it.
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boomstickblonde wrote:
BEST.MOVIE.EVER! I'm desperately seeking SSQ CDs!!!!!!!!! I can't find them anywhere! Someone help me :s
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tristanrodgers wrote:
<3
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Powerslide14 wrote:
Because this movie is great :D
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25zero1 wrote:
Notice how the top played tracks for this bands are the songs on the Return of the Living Dead soundtrack?
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ehafh wrote:
great sounds and lyrics
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MushroomCap wrote:
Masking identity Lost in a memory Of how it used to be Anonymous Safe in the dark of night In the shadow of a streetlight Uncover the wrong from right Anonymous We are anonymous
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BimboBoy wrote:
Hey! Check out the new Stacey Q group!
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fensterrecht, vjtorroni, Tarinnz and 2 other people added SSQ to their libraries. 10 days ago
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damarischloe tagged SSQ with ‘my favorites’. December 2011
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damarischloe, endenov and 1 other person added SSQ to their libraries. December 2011
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dark_path uploaded Q-SSQ to SSQ’s images. October 2011
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dark_path linked SSQ to Q-SSQ. October 2011
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cesaw70, KingFahtah and pmoffatt4 added SSQ to their libraries. October 2011
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SpectrulVizual connected SSQ to the group A Spectrum of Dark to Light. October 2011
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dark_path wrote about SSQ in a deleted journal. October 2011
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AlanaDevotional tagged SSQ with pop, synth wave, 80s synthpop and 19 other tags. September 2011
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