The Escape Club are an English pop rock band, formed in London in 1983. The band are composed of former Mad Shadows members' lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo (a.k.a. John Christoforou) and drummer Milan Zekavica. Zekavica had also previously played with Steel and Holliday on an album by the obscure early 80s New Wave outfit, Planning by Numbers.
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The Escape Club are an English pop rock band, formed in London in 1983. The band are composed of former Mad Shadows members' lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo (a.k.a. John Christoforou) and drummer Milan Zekavica. Zekavica had also previously played with Steel and Holliday on an album by the obscure early 80s New Wave outfit, Planning by Numbers.
In 1985, The Escape Club signed with EMI and recorded the album White Fields, which was released in the following year. In 1987, the group moved to Atlantic Records and began recording their next album, Wild Wild West. The album was released in the summer of 1988 and spawned the single single, "Wild, Wild West", which climbed to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while the song's distinctive video received a lot of MTV airplay. However it was banned from being used in their homeland for being allegedly sexist and offensive.
In 1989, they released...
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