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Gloria Mundi was an early punk rock/gothic rock band. The name comes from the Latin for the glory of the world. This could be a reference to the phrase "Sic transit gloria mundi" meaning "this is how the glory of the world passes".[citation needed]
The members of Gloria Mundi included Eddie Maelov, their male vocalist, and Sunshine Patteson (now working as Sunshine Gray)[citation needed], their female vocalist and keyboard player, cc played tenor saxophone. A bassist known as Ice (real name Roland Oxland, a Dagenham native who had learned his craft in a band called "Yours" with Stevie Shears of Ultravox and Faith Global and John Clarke of "Daddio Clarke and the Macon Wailers") played on the I Individual record. When he left to form a band with Stevie Shears he was replaced by later bassist Nigel Ross Scott. The guitarist, known as 'Beethoven,' was Pete Vos (pronounced 'vass'), who later went on to have very limited success as a solo artist on RCA.[citation needed]
After Gloria Mundi disbanded Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patteson went on to produce music for Survival Records as Eddie and Sunshine. cc contributed a memorable saxophone solo to the Ultravox song "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and Nigel Ross Scott went on to play bass with Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club and Re-Flex, a 1980s pop group.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- 1978 "Fight Back" b/w "Do it" 7" PB 5068,
- 1978 "Glory of the World" b/w "Nothing to Say" 7" PB 5118,
- 1979 "YY?" b/w "Do you Believe?" 7" PB 5169,
- 1979 "Dangerous to Dream" b/w "Temporary Hell ( PART 2 )" 7" PB 5193,
[edit] Studio albums
- I Individual (1977 ) PL 25157,
- The Word is Out (1978) produced by John Punter PL 25244, cassette PK 25244
- Punk Collection Vol 2 RCA PLWL-1007
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