Rusty Egan (born 19 September 1957 in London) is the former drummer for the British new wave

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Rich Kids Rich Kids were a short-lived new wave band from London, founded in 1977 by Glen Matlock following his departure from the Sex Pistols. The band also included future Ultravox member Midge Ure and Rusty Egan, who both later founded Visage toge ...

. They were founded by former

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(bass guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), with

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(guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals) and fronted by Jim

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(guitarist, lead vocals and occasional backing vocals and keyboards player), from their inception in March 1977 to their disbanding in December 1978. He continued working with Ure, and later collaborated with The Misfits,

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, and Visage. However, Egan did not return to Visage when they reformed with a new line-up in 2004. He was the DJ at

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, the influential

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in London where he worked with

Steve Strange Stephen John Harrington (28 May 1959 – 12 February 2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer. From the late 1970s he was a nightclub host and promoter. He became famous as the leader of the new wave synth-pop group ...

from 1979 until 1981. Whilst there, he introduced German (

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), Japanese (

Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO for short) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is conside ...

) and British ( Eno,

Ultravox Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was ...

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)

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to the British

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, almost single-handedly putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement. Egan also owned The Cage, a New Romantic-era

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on London's

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. As the club grew in popularity, Egan began to be recognised as a central figure in London's nightlife. In 1982, he, Strange and Kevin Millins opened up the

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nightclub in London, where he continued to spread and influence the development of electronica in the UK. For a time, he switched to producing

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for many of the bands he used to DJ, including

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, Shock, Visage and The Senate. Egan was later brought back into his career as a disc jockey by the allure of the internet as a medium for sharing music he suffered from delusional disorder around this period. On 13 June 2008, Egan appeared DJing at the 'Big Top' as part of the

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. Egan appeared alongside former Visage bandmate Steve Strange on makeover show ''Pop Goes the Band'' in early 2009 on

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. He had his teeth and hair drastically reconstructed as part of his makeover. Egan won the category for lifetime achievement at the 2009 Viagra Awards. In January 2011, Egan and Strange hosted Return to the Blitz on the site of the original Blitz Club with performances from

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's band Paradise Point and electro punk artist

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plus DJ sets from Egan himself. 2017 saw the release of Rusty's first solo album, 'Welcome to the Dancefloor'. It featured appearances from

Tony Hadley Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English pop singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the new wave band Spandau Ballet and launched a solo career following the group's split in 1990. Hadley returned to the ban ...

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and Erik Stein of Cult With No Name. The album was subsequently released in remix form as 'Welcome to the Remix' and 'Welcome to the Beach'. Both of the album's cover photos were made by Adam Szigeti a web designer, photographer and illustrator. On Friday 18 October 2019, Rusty performed a DJ set overlaid with a commentary of the post punk music scene at the

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, followed by a performance of a number of Visage hits with long time collaborator and friend Midge Ure.

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