Talk:Necropolis of Love
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[edit]Necropolis of Love, though obscure, did have at least one New Wave song that charted ("Dance", 1984) but I haven't yet been able to find what the chart position was. It was high enough to get them a record deal w. Sire, which came to grief later. Also their founder Peter Vinella supposedly played bass for Public Image Ltd. briefly (according to the NOL myspace page). Again, an obscure band, but well-known and beloved of New Wave fans, at least in California. "Dance" is still often played at New Wave/80's club nights. It is exactly because of the near-total lack of easily-found information about them that I am trying to start a Wikipedia page; they are a small but notable star in the New Wave sky, that should not be allowed to totally vanish to history. Rep07 (talk) 00:04, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- I've removed the speedy deletion tag based on your comments above. In order for the article to survive in the longer term, I suggest trying to find where the song charted or some references about the band itself. I did a quick google search to see if I could find the chart, but nothing solid came up - not that surprising for a band that predated the internet era.--Kubigula (talk) 05:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Although our 1984 release, "The Hope", received a very good review in Billboard, we did not make the Billboard charts. However, we did track on a number of college radio and independent dance pool charts that we important to Sire's A&R team (we charted for over a year on the "Dance America" chart). Three cuts from "The Hope", "Dance", "Talk", and "The Tunnel" were also in regular rotation on KROQ, KQAK, and the other "Rock of the '80's" stations, charting as high as #10 in Salt Lake City ("Talk").
We started in the summer of 1982 and played over 200 shows over the next four years supporting such acts as "PiL", New Order", "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "Sisters of Mercy", "The Call", "Icicle Works", "The March Violets", "Specimen", "The Church", "Until December", "'Til Tuesday", and Howard Jones. We also released three records and appeared on several compilations (our co-producer/engineer was Matt Wallace of Faith No More/Maroon 5 fame). And yes, I was in PiL prior to NoL during the recording of "This is Not a Love Song". (Peter Vinella)Pvinella (talk) 01:09, 5 January 2016 (UTC)