MD: “It roughly works out at £1,000 for a million plays, which is appalling. In Sheffield, we seem to have a ten-year rule where somebody makes it and a few others escape, but these days every deal you’re forced to sign is a full 360 and we know what our Spotify royalty cheques look like.”ĭidn’t Gary Numan say he only got £37 from a million Spotify streams? "He had the blonde hair but used to wear a big mohair jumper and played a single oscillator like Stockhausen. Before ABC, the band was called Vice Versa and Martin Fry wasn’t the singer.
MD: “The Human League’s first two albums struggled to make any money or break through and then Gary Numan came along and blew them all out of the water. Is that electro-pop sound really reflective of the city? Synthpop bands like ABC and Heaven 17 also came from Sheffield. There was a local scene and I also remember Manchester being a big influence, but we were always aware of what was going on Sheffield.” RD: “Actually, their B-sides had a lot of obscure remixes from people you’d never heard of at the time. MD: “Just admit it, you liked Pet Shop Boys?” Warp Records was starting to show up, clubs were gravitating towards that sound and the rave scene was on the verge of kicking off.” Richard Dust: “I arrived just as the whole electronic dance music movement was beginning to drop into the mainstream. I also remember coming out of the nightclub and seeing Cabaret Voltaire queuing for a bus. Subs and another for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, with Joy Division supporting. "The other part, which sounds trivial but meant a lot as a kid, is that I remember buying two sets of tickets – one for U.K. When I saw them live I didn’t understand how they were making the noises they were and where it came from. Martin Dust: “I’m different to Richard because I’m from the Cabaret Voltaire/Human League era, which had a massive influence on me.
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