Marc and the Mambas

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Black Heart 04:49 Tools
Torment 04:20 Tools
In My Room 03:00 Tools
Catch a Fallen Star 05:10 Tools
Untitled 04:53 Tools
The Bulls 02:18 Tools
Boss Cat 04:16 Tools
The Animal In You 07:27 Tools
My Former Self 02:45 Tools
Intro 03:16 Tools
First Time 03:37 Tools
A Million Manias 05:50 Tools
Caroline Says 03:38 Tools
(Your Love Is a) Lesion 05:37 Tools
Empty Eyes 05:02 Tools
Big Louise 05:04 Tools
Once Was 05:11 Tools
Angels 08:32 Tools
My Little Book of Sorrows 05:58 Tools
If You Go Away 06:26 Tools
Terrapin 04:17 Tools
The Untouchable One 06:02 Tools
Beat Out That Rhythm on a Drum 04:56 Tools
Margaret 03:44 Tools
Blood Wedding 01:51 Tools
Twilights + Lowlifes 11:31 Tools
Your Aura 06:16 Tools
Sleaze 07:23 Tools
Gloomy Sunday 02:39 Tools
You'll Never See Me on a Sunday 02:51 Tools
Mamba 12:04 Tools
Medley: Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vision 11:42 Tools
Vision 05:25 Tools
Twilights + Lowlifes (Street Walking Soundtrack) 11:08 Tools
The Untouchable One / Blood Wedding 07:56 Tools
Sleaze - Readers Wifes Club Edit 11:46 Tools
Fun City - 2016 Edit 04:09 Tools
Blood Wedding (Traditional Spanish) 01:51 Tools
Medley: Narcissus, Gloomy Sunday, Vision 00:00 Tools
Narcissus 03:38 Tools
Your Love Is a Lesion 03:38 Tools
Fun City 07:47 Tools
Medley - Narcissus,Gloomy Sunday,Vision 11:46 Tools
Sleaze (Readers Wifes Club Edit) 11:46 Tools
Fun City (2016 Edit) 11:46 Tools
Narcisus 03:38 Tools
Sleaze (Take It, Shake It) 07:17 Tools
Twilights & Lowlifes (Street Walking Soundtrack) 11:08 Tools
Discipline 07:20 Tools
Medley: Narcissus / Gloomy Sunday / Vision 11:46 Tools
Beat Out The Rhythm On A Drum 04:57 Tools
Switchblade Operator 03:25 Tools
Medley:vision 04:57 Tools
Medley-Vision 05:26 Tools
Medley-Narcissus 03:39 Tools
The Plague 04:30 Tools
Medley:narcissus 04:57 Tools
Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out 11:46 Tools
Blue Prelude 11:46 Tools
Black Heart (12" Mix) 11:46 Tools
Love Amongst The Ruined 06:34 Tools
Medley (Narcissus, Gloomy Sunday & Vision) 06:34 Tools
Muleskinner Blues 04:09 Tools
Gloomy Sunday (live) 06:34 Tools
The Untouchable One/Blood Wedding 07:53 Tools
Megamillionmania (Multimania Mix) 07:10 Tools
Medley: Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vission 04:19 Tools
Medley - Narcissus, Gloomy Sunday, Vision 11:34 Tools
Medley : Narcissus / Gloomy Sunday / Vision 11:46 Tools
Caroline says (live) 03:55 Tools
Sleaze (Taking It, Shaking It) 07:15 Tools
Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vision 11:46 Tools
Medley (Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vision) 11:46 Tools
Taking It And Shaking It 07:10 Tools
The Untouchable One, Blood Wedding 11:46 Tools
Fun City (live) 07:47 Tools
Blue Prelude (live) 07:47 Tools
Twilights+Lowlifes 11:46 Tools
In My Room (live) 11:46 Tools
Black Heart (Extended Version) 11:46 Tools
Medley: Narcissus 07:21 Tools
Medley- Narcissus, Gloomy Sunday, Vision 11:46 Tools
Dirt 11:46 Tools
Megamillionmania (Multimaniamix) 11:46 Tools
The Plague (live) 07:21 Tools
Twilights and Lowlifes (Street Walking Soundtrack) 07:21 Tools
Love Amongst the Ruined (live) 11:46 Tools
black heart (remix) 07:21 Tools
a million maniacs 05:51 Tools
Medley: Vision 11:46 Tools
Switchblade Operator (Live) 11:46 Tools
Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum 07:21 Tools
Sleaze Take It And Shake It 07:14 Tools
Medley: Gloomy Sunday 07:14 Tools
Twilights+Lowlifes(Street Walking Soundtrack) 05:51 Tools
Sleaze (Live) 05:51 Tools
Medley 11:46 Tools
Bulls 11:46 Tools
Twilight & Lowlifes 11:46 Tools
Sleaze Taking It And Shaking It 04:00 Tools
Untitled (4:54) 07:14 Tools
Empty Eyes (5:03) 05:51 Tools
Big Louise (5:05) 05:51 Tools
Take It Shake It 07:19 Tools
A Million Manias - remix 05:51 Tools
Untitled (live) 05:51 Tools
Muleskinner Blues (Live) 05:51 Tools
Torment (Single version) 05:51 Tools
Angels (8:34) 05:51 Tools
Megamillionmania - Multimaniamix 05:51 Tools
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 05:51 Tools
caroline says (3:39) 05:51 Tools
Medley- Narcissus-Gloomy Sunday-Vision 07:19 Tools
marc and the mambas - 05 caroline says 07:19 Tools
Medley (Narcissus, Gloomy Sunday and Vision) 07:19 Tools
Say hello, wave goodbye 07:19 Tools
Your Aura (Black Heart B-Side) 07:19 Tools
taking it and shaking it (b-side of sleaze) 07:19 Tools
A Million Manias (by Foetus and the Transvestites From Hell) 07:19 Tools
marc and the mambas - 10 sleaze 07:19 Tools
10 - once was 07:19 Tools
marc and the mambas - 03 angels 07:19 Tools
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Marc and the Mambas was a pop-group formed by Marc Almond as an off-shoot project from Soft Cell. Marc and the Mambas forever can be considered the blueprint for Marc Almond's solo career. As Soft Cell developed into an excellent mix of pop and electronic "dark" dance music, Marc and the Mambas picked up there - but more and more got rid of the dance beat. While their first album still was searching for its own voice - with a mix of ballads with and without dance beats, Torment and Toreros was an incredible mix of Vaudeville, French chanson, goth sensibility, guitar noise, piano, string sections and a singing hero that went mad during the course of this album. Marc Almond later noted ironically, this album was an attempted suicide put on vinyl, and in a way it was. However, looking back at it almost 25 years later, it still goes strong, since there was never anything like that before and after. Interesting was on top of that the group as such was an outfit that was closer to a jazz outfit rather than a rock group. The band members changed from album to performance and back each time something new was started. The only really consisting members were Marc Almond, of course, and Annie Hogan. Further members, such as Billy McGee and Martin McCarrick went later on to join Marc for his first solo efforts (called Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners). But Martin McCarrick left for Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1987, and the rest of that band (then called La Magia) dissolved in 1988. Since then Marc has been a true solo artist, working closely together with Neal X (of Sigue Sigue Sputnik fame) since 1993. As for the Mambas, David Ball was an associated member for their first single, "Sleaze" and Matt Johnson from The The was a member for the first and second album but did not join anymore for the last concerts in 1983 (put to Vinyl and later to CD as Black, Bite & Blues.) Never a full but an associated member was Jim Foetus (aka Jim Thirlwell/Clint Ruin), who did guest vocals and percussion on "A Million Manias" as well as "Love Among the Ruined." It was in 1983, that Marc as well as Soft Cell were very close to the avant-garde scene around Foetus, Psychic TV, and Einstürzende Neubauten. Antony from Antony and the Johnsons quotes "Torment and Toreros" as the most important influence on his life and his work. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.