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You may think Ultravox were a synth-pop band. They know they were prog
Midge Ure and Billy Currie aimed to create timeless music by crossing previously-closed musical borders – and they argue that their biggest hit worked because of human imperfections rather than digital precision
"The Sex Pistols were like the One Direction of their time": Midge Ure on why he turned down Malcolm McLaren's invitation to join the Sex Pistols
Midge Ure on why he didn't join Malcolm McLaren's "manufactured" Sex Pistols
“Look at Kate Bush or Queen: sometimes when you don’t do the norm, that’s what changes the world a little bit” - How Midge Ure finally embraced his prog tendencies
Ultravox’s Vienna and Band Aid might have made his name but Yes, Uriah Heep and ELP figured in his musical education - even if no one noticed
New Midge Ure photo book captures the rise of Ultravox in the early 80s
in a picture frame captures 1980-1985, includes images of Ultravox band members, Phil Lynott, Spandau Ballet, Peter Saville, Conny Plank and George Martin and more...
“In Britain we rarely heard European music, until Kraftwerk’s Autobahn made the charts. And then we started to unravel all these threads." Why Ultravox were more prog than new romantic...
The Midge Ure-fronted Ultravox may have been 80s chart regulars but their sound owed more to prog and Krautrock than 80s pop
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