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Animal Nightlife were a pop-funk outfit formed around the London club scene in 1980 with core members Andy Polaris on vocals, Leonardo Chignoli on bass, Steve Brown on guitar, Billy Chapman on saxophone and Paul Waller on drums. After gaining positive critical response as a live act, expanding to include other musicians and backing singers, and some minor success with their initial independent releases, the group eventually signed to Island records and had hits with Mr. Solitaire in 1984 and a re-recording of their debut single Love Is Just The Great Pretender in 1985. Their debut album Shangri-La also made the Top 40 in 1985 although the group disbanded after their second album Lush Life in 1987.

Frontman Polaris has since re-emerged on-line and on Twitter as "Animal Nightlife Native Boy Creative London Visual Stylist".

Links to Peel[]

Peel seems to have expressed some interest in their early independent releases, including their track which featured on the NME's Racket Packet (NME 006) cassette. No sessions were recorded for Peel although the group did record one session for David Jensen in October 1983.

Sessions[]

  • none

Shows played[]

  • 11 July 1985 (TOTP) - Love Is Just The Great Pretender - song features over closing credits, band not present in the studio or on video.

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