China Crisis
- Type
- Band
- Styles
- alternative rock, new wave, art rock, synth-pop
- Fans
- 6.8k
China Crisis is a British band formed in Kirkby in 1979, playing alternative rock, new wave and art rock. The group released its first album, "Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain", in 1982 on A&M Records.
Next date in Glasgow: 11 December at Oran Mor.
China Crisis on tour elsewhere in United Kingdom
5 dates announced outside London:
- Glasgow Oran Mor See the date
- Edinburgh The Voodoo Rooms See the date
- Manchester Band On The Wall See the date
- Birmingham Wolverhampton Arts Centre See the date
- Leeds The Old Woollen See the date
Upcoming dates
6 upcoming dates
Upcoming concerts
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Pop, rock & indie
China Crisis - Warped Tour
Oran Mor
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The Voodoo Rooms
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Pop, rock & indie
China Crisis
Band On The Wall
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Pop, rock & indie
China Crisis
Wolverhampton Arts Centre
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Pop, rock & indie
China Crisis
The Old Woollen
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Profile
- Latest album
- Possible Pop Songs Live (2019)
- Formed
- 1979 · Kirkby
- Label
- A&M Records
About — The artist
China Crisis are an English new wave and synth-pop band formed in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside, in 1979 with a core of lead vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist/vocalist Eddie Lundon. Initially a politically charged post-punk band influenced by Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, China Crisis soon crossed over to a more commercial sound and had success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with ten top-50 singles, including the top-10 hit "Wishful Thinking", and three albums charting in or just outside the top 20, including Working with Fire and Steel and the top-10 entry Flaunt the Imperfection, that both received a gold certification.
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Discography
- Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain 1982
- Working With Fire And Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two) 1983
- Flaunt the Imperfection 1985
- What Price Paradise 1986
- Diary of a Hollow Horse 1989
- Warped by Success 1994
- Acoustically Yours 1995
- Wishful Thinking 1997
- The Best Songs 2002
- Scrap Book, Volume 1: Live at the Dominion Theatre 2002
- Singing the Praises of Finer Things 2007
- Greatest Hits 2012
- Autumn in the Neighbourhood 2015
- Scrapbook Vol. 2: Live At The Pavillion Theatre 2017
- Possible Pop Songs Live 2019