Boy George

Boy George是八十年代英國(guó)新浪漫時(shí)期最具號(hào)召力的流行偶像，一個(gè)男扮女妝的漂亮人物，瘋魔萬(wàn)千樂(lè)迷的英國(guó)樂(lè)隊(duì)Culture Club的靈魂人物，世界名牌時(shí)裝店Boy London的老板。Boy George自小被母親象女孩子一般帶大，長(zhǎng)大后打扮、舉止都象女孩子，但他卻偏偏稱(chēng)自己為“男孩喬治”。在成為歌手前，他曾是英國(guó)相當(dāng)有名的櫥窗設(shè)計(jì)師。1981年，Boy George組成新浪漫樂(lè)隊(duì)Culture Club，樂(lè)隊(duì)成員還包前Clash/Damned樂(lè)隊(duì)鼓手Jon Moss、鍵盤(pán)手兼吉他手Roy Hay及貝司手Michael Craig。這支樂(lè)隊(duì)的音樂(lè)風(fēng)格主要是以現(xiàn)代電子浪漫音樂(lè)為基調(diào)，并集結(jié)雷吉、靈歌等音樂(lè)元素。音樂(lè)很浪漫很歡快，但你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)它的內(nèi)容其實(shí)是冰冷和陰暗的。1982年，樂(lè)隊(duì)有兩首歌曲同時(shí)打入美國(guó)與英國(guó)榜前3名，它們分別是“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me&（你是否真想傷害我）和“Time（Clock of the Heart）”[時(shí)間（心靈之鐘）] 。
 
BORN: June 14, 1961, Bexleybeath, Eltham, Kent, Englan
 
British singer Boy George combined a strong, soulful singing voice with a provocative sense of fashion, both of which were first brought to the attention of English and American audiences in the group Culture Club, for which be served as lead singer from 1982 to 1986. The group wrote and played impeccable pop music, and Boy George's androgynous persona -- heavy makeup, outrageous costumes -- gave the group a distinct video image in the dawn of MTV.
 
That very distinctiveness, however, made the group date quickly, and at the same time Boy George encountered highly publicized personal difficulties. He re-emerged as a solo singer in 1987 with Sold, which contained a UK #1 cover of Bread's &Everything I Own,& but was unable to duplicate this success in the U.S. Boy George enjoyed four British singles chart entries in 1987 and another three in 1988. His second album, Tense Nervous Headache (1988) was not picked up for release in the U.S.; his third, Boyfriend (1989) was a Europe-only release, though Virgin Records cobbled the second and third albums together to present a second U.S. album, High Hat (1989).
 
In 1991 came The Martyr Mantras, another patchwork album largely made up of previously non-LP dance singles. In the U.K., it was credited to a new group, Jesus Loves You, and released on Boy George's own More Protein record label, though Virgin in the U.S. billed it as a Boy George album. By 1992, Boy George had faded at home, and in the U.S. his solo career had never taken off. Then he was brought in to sing a version of the '60s chestnut &The Crying Game,& in a production by the Pet Shop Boys, as the title song for a movie that became the sleeper hit of the winter of 1992-1993, resulting in his first substantial U.S. hit as a solo artist.