Squeeze are an English

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band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. In the UK, their singles " Cool for Cats", "

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", and " Labelled with Love" were top-ten chart hits; "Pulling Mussels" only made it to 44 in the UK charts. Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American hits with " Tempted", " Black Coffee in Bed", and "

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", and were considered a part of the

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. The vast majority of their material is composed of lyrics by

Chris Difford Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze. Musical career Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written l ...

and music by

Glenn Tilbrook Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the music for Squeeze's son ...

, who are guitarists and vocalists in the band. The duo were hailed as "the heirs to

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's throne" during the band's initial popularity in the late 1970s. The group formed in

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, London, in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and disbanded again in 1999. The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007. In 2010, they issued ''

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Cradle to the Grave'', was released in October 2015, followed by another album, ''

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'', in October 2017.

Career

First incarnation: 1974–1982

The band's founding members in March 1974 were

(guitar, vocals, lyrics), and

(vocals, guitar, music). Difford claims that in 1973, he stole 50p from his mother's purse to put a card in a local sweetshop window to advertise for a guitarist to join his band, although he was not actually in a band at the time. Tilbrook was the only person who responded to the advertisement. Difford and Tilbrook began writing songs together, and soon added Jools Holland (keyboards) and

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(drums) to form an actual band. The group performed under several names, most frequently "Captain Trundlow's Sky Company" or "Skyco", before selecting the band name "Squeeze" as a facetious tribute to

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's oft-derided 1973 album '' Squeeze''.

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replaced Gunn on drums, and Harry Kakoulli joined on bass in 1975. Squeeze's early career was spent around

in south-east London, where they were part of a lively local music scene which included

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and

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. Though the group was initially signed to

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's BTM Records, the label went under in late 1976, and so their early singles and debut EP, 1977's '' Packet of Three'', were released on the Deptford Fun City label. Squeeze's first EP and most of their self-titled debut album (1978) were produced by

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for

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. Cale had been a member of Velvet Underground from whose album Squeeze took their name. However, the debut album's two hit singles ("

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" and "Bang Bang") were produced by the band themselves, as the label found Cale's recordings uncommercial. In the United States and Canada, the band and album were dubbed ''UK Squeeze'' owing to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called "Tight Squeeze". The "U.K." was dropped for all subsequent releases. In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called "Squeeze". Albums in Australia were credited to ''UK Squeeze'' up to and including 1985's '' Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti''. The band's second album, '' Cool for Cats'' (1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction", both of which peaked at No. 2. John Bentley replaced Harry Kakoulli on bass in 1979 following the release of the LP. ''

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'' (1980), the band's third album, was also a UK hit. It was additionally a mild breakthrough in North America, as the single " Another Nail in My Heart" was a No. 56 hit in Canada, and second single " Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)" received

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on US rock radio stations. The video for the former was frequently shown on independent video music shows in the US. Keyboardist Jools Holland left the band for a solo career in 1980. He was replaced by highly rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of both British soul-pop band

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and progressive rock band

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. In 1981, the band released '' East Side Story''. It was produced by

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and

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, and featured Carrack's lead vocals on the radio hit " Tempted". Carrack himself left after the release of ''East Side Story'', and was replaced by

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. This line-up recorded the '' Sweets from a Stranger'' LP in 1982. Negative reviews, the stresses of touring, and conflict between band members led Difford and Tilbrook to break up the band later that year, after releasing a final single, " Annie Get Your Gun".

Difford and Tilbrook years: 1983–1984

Difford and Tilbrook continued to work together, and released one self-titled album as the duo

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in 1984. Although it is not officially a Squeeze album, to many fans ''

'' is considered a "lost" Squeeze LP because Difford and Tilbrook were themselves the only constant members of Squeeze. Several Difford & Tilbrook tracks have been featured on officially sanctioned Squeeze compilations, and Tilbrook's official site lists ''Difford & Tilbrook'' as a Squeeze album. The duo also contributed to a musical written and staged in Deptford during this period, entitled ''Labelled with Love'' and based in large part on the music of Squeeze.

Second incarnation: 1985–1999

Squeeze re-formed to play a one night charity

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in 1985, with all five members from the 1980 ''Argybargy'' period—Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Lavis, and Bentley. The performance was such a success that the band unanimously agreed to resume

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and touring as Squeeze. Searching for a different sound, the band replaced Bentley with bassist Keith Wilkinson from the ''Difford & Tilbrook'' sessions. This line-up released the 1985 LP '' Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti''. The new LP featured complex double-tracked keyboard parts which could not be duplicated by a single keyboard player in a live setting; hence, Jools' brother Christopher Holland, then aged 17, played and toured as a second keyboardist in 1985. Christopher had also played

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on the album's fourth single "Heartbreaking World", which was sung by Jools Holland. However, Christopher Holland's tenure was short-lived, for he had signed to I.R.S. Records and was pursuing a solo career, so he was replaced by an official new member:

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and The Egyptians. A bassist in those groups, Metcalfe played keyboards with Squeeze. His tenure as the band's sixth member lasted until 1988. In 1987, the sextet recorded the album ''

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''. A successful release on both sides of the Atlantic, this album contained the band's only US top 40 hits in "

" and "

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". Metcalfe left the band in 1988, leaving the Difford / Tilbrook / Holland / Wilkinson / Lavis line-up to record 1989's ''

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''. The LP was a commercial disappointment, from which no charting singles were taken in the UK, and the band was dropped from their long-time label A&M. Adding a new second keyboard player in the person of

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, the band issued the live album ''

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'' on I.R.S. Records in March 1990. Jools Holland left Squeeze again in early 1990, and was not immediately replaced. In his stead, the band used session musicians such as Irving (who was no longer an official band member),

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, and

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for the 1991 release ''

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'', which came out on the Reprise label. This release again spawned no UK hits, although in the US the singles "Satisfied" and "Crying in My Sleep" received significant airplay on modern rock stations, and in Canada "Satisfied" was a top 50 hit. However, Reprise dropped the band after this album. Following this, drummer Gilson Lavis was let go in 1992, and replaced by Nieve's

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bandmate Pete Thomas. Paul Carrack also returned to the band in 1993, although by this point Squeeze was not so much a band as it was a trade name for Difford and Tilbrook plus

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. Squeeze re-signed to A&M in time for 1993's '' Some Fantastic Place''. After a period of commercial decline in the UK, lead single "Third Rail" hit No. 39, becoming Squeeze's first UK

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hit in six years. Squeeze's line-up during the mid-1990s changed constantly. Though not an official Squeeze member,

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was featured on vocals and guitar at many Squeeze shows during 1994. Thomas also exited the band that year, and Carrack doubled on snare and keyboards for a few gigs before session drummer

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was brought in. Then—still in 1994—Carrack left, which allowed keyboardist Andy Metcalfe to return to the band for a short spell, playing on some live dates. Drummer

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(no relation to bassist Keith), formerly of

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, was also added around this time, replacing Newmark. He lasted through the 1995 album ''

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'', which was recorded by the quartet of Difford, Tilbrook, Wilkinson and Wilkinson. The album spun off three minor hits in the UK: "This Summer", "Electric Trains" and "Heaven Knows". ("Heaven Knows" was used as the closing song in the 1995 film ''

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'' starring

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.) In addition, a minimally remixed version of "This Summer" became a No. 32 UK hit in 1996, a year after the original version peaked at No. 36. Despite this, A&M once again dropped Squeeze from their roster in late 1996. Following the release of ''Ridiculous'',

(now known as Jonn Savannah) returned to Squeeze yet again as their touring keyboard player, but by 1997, the Squeeze line-up had officially dwindled down to just Difford and Tilbrook. That year the duo, billed as Squeeze, released the non-album single "Down in the Valley" as a fundraising single for Charlton Athletic F.C. Tilbrook formed the Quixotic label for this and future Squeeze-related releases, as well as releases by other artists. For the 1998 album ''

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'', the band was again a quintet consisting of Difford, Tilbrook, bassist Hilaire Penda, ex- Del Amitri drummer Ashley Soan, and yet another returning keyboardist in the person of Christopher Holland.

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often performed with this version of Squeeze as a guest touring musician, providing additional guitar and vocals. In January 1999, just days before a planned tour, Chris Difford suddenly announced that he was taking a "hiatus" from Squeeze. The last venue at which Squeeze played with Difford was at The Charlotte,

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, England. The band subsequently continued as a quartet led by Tilbrook, with Jim Kimberley replacing Soan on some tour dates, and Christopher Holland exiting in the autumn to be replaced by Tilbrook's other frequent writing partner

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. On 27 November 1999, in

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, Squeeze played their final gig before breaking up again. Difford and Tilbrook embarked on separate solo careers shortly thereafter.

Solo years: 2000–2006

In 2003 Difford and Tilbrook collaborated on a song for the first time since ''Domino''. The track "Where I Can Be Your Friend" appeared on Tilbrook's well-reviewed second solo album, ''Transatlantic Ping Pong''. In 2004, the pair worked with

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Jim Drury on the retrospective ''Squeeze: Song By Song''. In this book they declared they had become better friends since breaking up the band than they ever were while Squeeze was together. However, a 2004 attempt by the VH1 show ''

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'' to reassemble the mid-1980s line-up of Squeeze (Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Wilkinson and Lavis) ended in failure. While Difford and bassist Keith Wilkinson were both favourable to the idea and drummer Gilson Lavis expressed interest, Jools Holland felt he was too busy with current projects to participate. Even more crucially, Glenn Tilbrook eventually decided against a band reunion at that point in time. Still, Difford and Tilbrook's friendship continued, and Difford sat in for a few songs at a Tilbrook solo gig in Glasgow in December 2005. Squeeze 2020-02-26

Third incarnation: 2007–present

In early 2007 it was announced that Difford and Tilbrook would re-form Squeeze for a series of shows throughout the latter half of the year, in support of Universal and Warner's re-issuing of the band's back catalogue and the release of a new 'best of' album, ''Essential Squeeze'', on 30 April. Jools Holland and Gilson Lavis were unable to take part in the series of shows, as they were touring under the "

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" name for most of the year. However, John Bentley re-joined on bass for the first time since Squeeze's last reunion show in 1985. The rest of the line-up was fleshed out by members of Tilbrook's touring band, the Fluffers: Stephen Large (keyboards) and Simon Hanson (drums). On 7 July 2007, at the "Return to the Summer of Love Party" at

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, Kent, Difford and Tilbrook, each singing and playing acoustic guitars, played a seven-song set. They played, in order, "Take Me I'm Yours", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Is that Love?", "Tempted", "Labelled with Love", "Cool for Cats" and "Up the Junction". The first actual full-band Squeeze show since 1999 took place less than a week later, at their old haunt The Albany (in Deptford) on Thursday 12 July; this was actually billed as a "warm up" gig prior to the upcoming US tour, and was followed by GuilFest 2007. They toured the US in August 2007, supported on various dates by

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. In November 2007, the band released ''Five Live: On Tour in America'', a

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CD consisting of recordings from the American tour. Television appearances and live shows in the US and UK followed in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The band were honoured with a

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in March 2010. A plaque was erected at

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, London where they had performed their first gig. Squeeze embarked on their 'Spot The Difference' tour of the US in July 2010, which continued in the UK in November and December. The CD ''Spot The Difference'', a re-recording of Squeeze's classic hits, was released in August 2010 to accompany the tour. On the US tour, during a performance of "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" live on the ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' show, Stephen Large played the keyboard solo on an

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. In September 2010, Stephen Large left the band and was replaced by Steve Nieve, who had played as a session musician with Squeeze and Difford in the past, but had not—until this line-up change—ever been an official member of the group. However, within a matter of months, Large returned to the Squeeze line-up as Nieve left the band. This line-up of Difford/Tilbrook/Bentley/Large/Hanson continued to tour throughout 2011 and 2012. A 20-track live recording, ''Live at the Fillmore'', was issued on iTunes and as a limited-edition white vinyl double LP in April 2012. Prior to their 2012 UK tour, Squeeze announced on the ''

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that they would be selling live recordings of every night's show on the tour at each venue via a 'Pop up Shop'. When the tour commenced, each live recording the band sold also came with a 4-song bonus disc entitled ''Packet of Four''; these were studio recordings of new Squeeze songs, their first studio recordings of new material in 14 years. On 11 February 2013, Tilbrook and Difford performed a live cover of

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" on

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. They were joined by Paul Jones on harmonica. Alongside other contemporary artists, the performance was part of a 50th anniversary celebration of the original recording of the first Beatles album of the same name in the same period of time. A documentary of the recordings was shown by

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on 15 February 2013. Beginning in the autumn of 2014, Difford and Tilbrook began touring as a duo, playing Squeeze hits in smaller venues in the UK. Squeeze, still operating as a full band, also continued to play occasional festival shows through 2014 and 2015. In early 2015, Squeeze announced that bassist John Bentley would play his final gig with the band on 24 July. In an interview, Bentley announced his replacement will be Lucy Shaw (also the bassist for Tilbrook's backing band The Fluffers), which was officially confirmed by Squeeze in August. In 2016–2018 the band continued to tour, in the US, Australia and extensively in the UK.

''Cradle to the Grave''

From 2008 forward, Difford and Tilbrook repeatedly stated in interviews that they planned to produce an album of new Squeeze material; they alluded to this in on-camera interviews at V Festival in both 2008 and 2011. In January 2010, it was announced that they would be spending part of the coming summer in Italy together writing songs for a new Squeeze album, and in an interview on

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on 10 November 2013, Tilbrook stated that Squeeze would be recording between January and March 2014. However these sessions never took place and Tilbrook ended up recording and releasing the solo album ''Happy Endings''. Around the same time, it was announced that Squeeze would be providing the music for a BBC drama called ''

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'', based on the autobiography '' Going To Sea in a Sieve'' by

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. Squeeze debuted the song "Cradle to the Grave" on their 2013 tour, whilst Difford and Tilbrook were photographed with Danny Baker on the set of ''Cradle to the Grave''. Recording for the album finally got underway sometime in 2014/2015, and in April 2015, Difford announced on his Twitter feed that he had listened to a "first mix" of the new album. In July, Squeeze announced on their Facebook page that the album was entering the mastering stage. ''Cradle to the Grave'', the band's first album of original material since 1998 received its official release on 2 October 2015. A limited edition of 1000 copies were released through the band's own Love Records at the end of August.

Present activity

Squeeze performed in front of

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on BBC's

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in January 2016 and used the performance to protest against the then-Prime Minister by changing the lyrics to their song "Cradle to the Grave". In July 2017, the band announced a North American tour, along with two line-up changes: the replacement of Lucy Shaw as bassist with

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and the addition of

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frontman

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as percussionist and backing vocalist. The band also announced an Australian tour for 2018, and revealed that they were in the midst of recording a new album. In August 2017, Squeeze revealed the title of their fifteenth studio album as ''

''. A new single, "Innocence in Paradise", was released ahead of the album. ''The Knowledge'' was released on 13 October 2017. The band has continued touring through the UK, Ireland and North America. A tour was announced on the official Squeeze website for 2020 in Australia and New Zealand, however it was indefinitely postponed due to scheduling problems as of November 2019. On 25 June 2019 ''

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'' listed Squeeze among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. On 13 August 2019, the band officially announced the addition of a seventh member, guitarist Melvin Duffy. Duffy had played as a session musician on Squeeze's previous two albums, and at occasional live shows. In September 2019, Squeeze were joined at the

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Bourbon & Beyond Festival by ex-

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drummer and

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front-man

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on drums, for a performance of the 1982 hit " Black Coffee in Bed". In February 2020, it was announced that Yolanda Charles had departed the band, and new bassist Sean Hurley (who had filled in for Charles on bass on a few 2019 dates, including the date Dave Grohl guested) would be replacing her. In April of that year, Tilbrook, while discussing an upcoming scheduled gig, mentioned that it would be the "very first gig with our new bass player! A chap called Owen Biddle, who used to play in a band called

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." However, the show in question was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new line-up of Squeeze, with Biddle permanently replacing Hurley, began touring in 2021. In November 2022, in response to the

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, the band announced that proceeds from their ''Food for Thought'' EP would be donated to food banks and asked fans attending their UK tour to bring donations for the

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Style and influences

Style

Stylistically, Squeeze have been characterized as new wave,

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and

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of ''

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'' proclaimed the band to provide "one of the links between classic British

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and post-punk". Squeeze have also been labeled as

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. In a January 1988 interview by ''

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'', when addressing Squeeze being thought of as a punk band, Glenn Tilbrook commented "I never thought that we were punk band– although I thought we were influenced by it to a certain extent".

Influences

Squeeze were inspired by 1960s

bands

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and

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, and the songwriting partnership of Difford and Tilbrook has attracted comparisons to that of

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and

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, a likening the band have expressed "mixed feelings" about. In addition, members of Squeeze have cited artists including

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

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and Greg Lake,

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and

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, and

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as sources of influence or inspiration.

Legacy and influence

Squeeze have been cited as an influence by several bands and artists. American new wave singer

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cited Squeeze as one of the primary influences for his 1982 self-titled debut album. College rock band the Replacements, particularly bassist

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, also professed an admiration for the band. Many artists in the

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genre also took influence from the band, particularly Blur, whose guitarist

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called Squeeze an "amazing band" and named Tilbrook's voice as "one of my favourite ever English singing voices." Later artists who named Squeeze as an influence include

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, and

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. Many bands and artists who would later achieve phenomenal success would begin their careers opening for Squeeze, including

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, U2 and

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Members

Current members *

– lead guitar, keyboards, vocals *

– rhythm guitar, vocals * Stephen Large – keyboards, backing vocals *

Simon Hanson Simon Hanson is an English drummer, songwriter and producer. He was the former drummer of Death in Vegas and is the current drummer of British band Squeeze. Early life Hanson's father and sister both died in a plane crash in 1983. Career ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals *

– percussion, rhythm guitar, vocals *Melvin Duffy – pedal and lap steel guitars, dulcimer * Owen Biddle – bass, backing vocals

Discography

* '' Squeeze'' (1978) * '' Cool for Cats'' (1979) * ''

'' (1980) * '' East Side Story'' (1981) * '' Sweets from a Stranger'' (1982) * ''

'' (1984) * '' Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti'' (1985) * ''

'' (1987) * ''

'' (1989) * ''

'' (1991) * '' Some Fantastic Place'' (1993) * ''

'' (1995) * ''

'' (1998) * ''

Spot the Difference Globe and high court (Spot the difference)

Cradle to the Grave'' (2015) * ''

'' (2017)

References

External links

*
packetofthree.com
The Squeeze Archive with exclusive photos, tour history, international discography and memorabilia
Squeeze on A&M Records
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