Europeans were a new wave band formed in

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, England in 1977. The line-up was Jonathan Cole (formally of Colortapes, on vocals, guitar and synthesizers), Jon Klein (ex-Emergency Exit on lead guitar), Steve Street (ex-Public Enemy Number One on bass guitar) and James Cole (drums and percussion). According to Klein, ‘we were going to be called 'The Noses.' Their single "Europeans" / "Voices" was engineered by David Lord at his

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in Bath and was the second release of Bristols'

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. This single was heard by

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and led to a licensing agreement between them and Heartbeat. The band later contributed the track "On the Continent" to the label's ''

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'' compilation album. The band split in 1979 when Rialto Records signed Jonathan Cole as a solo artist. Jon Klein went to London with Kevin Mills from

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to form

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(and was involved with the

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); he later joined

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and played on three of their albums. Steve Street joined

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, then

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; he then moved on to recording bands as an engineer-producer, and later worked with

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. The band had originally recorded an album's worth of material, but this was not released until 2008, when Bristol Archive Records brought out a downloadable album called ''Take Me To The Continent''. This was followed in 2009 with a recorded live set, ''Live 1978 – Bower Ashton College'', and a collection of demos, ''GBH Demos 1978''.

Post break-up

*Jonathan Cole – Signed to Rialto Records, his single "Keys to my Car" was never released. * Jon Klein – formed

, and later went on to record with

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. *Steve Street – joined

as bass guitarist, then

. He had originally recorded demos for

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and in 1978/79 the

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. He subsequently went on to engineer and produce a number of other Bristol-based bands including those on the Bristol Beat tape,

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and

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. He was also involved in working with other bands like

. He currently works for

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and its re-release subsidiary Bristol Archive Records.

Discography

Albums

*''Take Me to the Continent'' (2008, Bristol Archive, UK, Download, ARC002) *''Live 1978 – Bower Ashton College'' (2009, Bristol Archive, UK, Download, ARC095) *''GBH Demos 1978'' (2009, Bristol Archive, UK, Download, ARC098)

Singles

*"Europeans"/"Voices" (1978, Heartbeat, UK, 7", PULSE 2) *"Europeans"/"It Wasn't Me" (1979, Rialto, UK, 7", TREB-105)

Compilation appearances

*''Labels Unlimited - The Second Record Collection'' (1979, Cherry Red, UK, LP, ARED 4) *''Avon Calling'' (1980, Heartbeat, UK, LP, HB 1) *''Avon Calling eissue + Unreleased Tracks and Heartbeat Singles Collection' (2005, Cherry Red, UK, CD, CDMRED292) *''I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart - The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978-1983'' (2008, Cherry Red, UK, 8xCD, CRCD BOX 4)

References

External links

Listen to Europeans at last.fm (even though they mix up Europeans and The Europeans)
* Europeans at AllMusic (even though they mix up Europeans and The Europeans)br>Europeans at Discogs.comJon Klein Myspace pageSpecimen Myspace page
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