Stare were an early 1990s four-piece
indie
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band from
Norfolk
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,
England
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. Members of the band were Michael Brown, Karl Goodbody, Richard Hammerton and Derek O'Sullivan, joined by second guitarist in March 1992 David Donley.
They released three
EPs entitled ''Stare'', ''Mood'' and ''Work'' between 1991 and 1992 on the Fusebox and
Big Life
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record label
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s and split in 1992.
Stare were broadcast live, as part of
BBC Radio 1
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's Sound City at the
Norwich Waterfront in Norwich, on 26 April 1992, and were on the nights bill with
Carter USM,
Nick Cave,
The Farm and
Catherine Wheel
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.
The band reformed in 2011 and released the previously unreleased album, ''The Luxury of Anger'', in May 2012 on Eastzone Records.
English rock music groups
British indie pop groups
Big Life artists
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