JUKEBOX

Joseph Ryan-Hicks shakes things up with another listen to Dead or Alive’s Youthquake After a lukewarm response to their debut album in 1984, Dead or Alive, fronted by the late Pete Burns, were in need of a fresh new sound for their sophomore effort. The band had undergone several musical facelifts before achieving moderate chart success in 1984. But it wasn’t until lead singer Burns discovered the hi-NRG sounds of Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) and began working with the-then relatively unknown producers that the group would finally be propelled into the pop super league. Youthquake saw Burns approach music from a lighter, more frivolous perspective than on the band’s debut. Adopting the house style of SAW and mixing the romanticism of Motown-inspired lyrics with Italo disco melodies, the group concocted an instantly…

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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2023

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