Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a British Pop-
cyberpunk band that achieved moderate fame in the mid- to late 1980s, when the song
Love Missile F1-11 hit the pop charts around the world. "Love Missile F1-11"'s success was due in part to the song's use in the hit movie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Led by former
Generation X bassist
Tony James, the band created a unique style of
new wave music by layering vocals, yelps, guitar riffs, electronic sound effects, and short samples over pulsating synthesizer bass lines. The themes and imagery in the band's songs were often…
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