{"id":131725,"date":"2023-10-06T17:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131725"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:49:26","slug":"huge-90s-group-return-for-gig-three-decades-on-from-chart-hit-and-being-rocked-by-drug-dealing-scandal-and-tragedy-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/huge-90s-group-return-for-gig-three-decades-on-from-chart-hit-and-being-rocked-by-drug-dealing-scandal-and-tragedy-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge 90s group return for gig three decades on from chart hit and being rocked by drug-dealing scandal and tragedy | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

NINETIES group 808 State are performing in London later this month – more than three decades on from their song storming the charts.<\/p>\n

The group – now fronted by\u00a0Graham Massey – were formed in 1980s Manchester and have been branded "one of the most important dance\u00a0music acts of all time".<\/p>\n


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808 State are set to perform for a gig at Dingwalls in London on October 13, 2023.<\/p>\n

Originally formed by Graham Massey, Martin Price and\u00a0Gerald Simpson, the band rose to fame in 1989 when their song Pacific State was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies.<\/p>\n

This was followed by the non-album single Let Yourself Go, as well as a 1989 one-off single for WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings. <\/p>\n

By this point, Simpson had started a successful solo career as A Guy Called Gerald and left the group.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Barker and Darren Partington, known as the Spinmasters, joined the group in 1989 following his departure.<\/p>\n

The band signed to the ZTT label later that year and their album Ninety was awarded 10 out of 101 by the NME.<\/p>\n

The Guardian declared that with this record, "808 State mapped out the future of club music, utilising techno, ambient and rock…"<\/p>\n

At the peak of chart success, 808 celebrated with a massive hometown gig filling the G-Mex stadium.<\/p>\n

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They released their biggest-selling album Ex:el in 1991 and went on to sign in the USA to influential hip-hop label Tommy Boy, where they collaborated with the likes of Quincy Jones, David Bowie and Afrika Bambaataa. <\/p>\n

With the 1993 album\u00a0Gorgeous, they delivered their most successful album in the States.<\/p>\n

Around this time, Price had decided to leave the band.<\/p>\n

They released a\u00a0greatest hits\u00a0compilation album,\u00a0808:88:98\u00a0in 1998<\/p>\n

Partington left the band after being jailed for 18 months in January 2015 for dealing\u00a0heroin\u00a0and\u00a0crack cocaine.<\/p>\n

He was a recreational drug user and owed \u00a3300 to his dealer, who then threatened him and persuaded him to work it off by dealing himself, the Manchester Evening News reported.<\/p>\n

Despite the band\u2019s success, Partington was said to be making as little as \u00a37,000 a year from DJing when he was arrested.<\/p>\n

Massey\u00a0and\u00a0Barker\u00a0continued to perform as 808 State, and they toured a 30th-anniversary live set at the end of 2018. <\/p>\n

The self-released full-length\u00a0Transmission Suite\u00a0arrived in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tragedy struck on November 6, 2021, when it was announced that Barker had died after a brief illness aged 53 – leaving Massey as the sole remaining member of the group.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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