The Christians
Last Show: Friday 9 th July 2021
PizzaExpress Live (Holborn)
The Christians burst onto the music scene in the late 80s when their triple platinum selling debut album THE CHRISTIANS (which still remains to this day Islands records highest selling debut album) containing no less than 7 singles including Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again, Hooverville was being played in every household... the bands follow up album COLOUR knocked off Phil Collins from the Number One slot in 1990 and the band went on to enjoy years of UK european success with Words, Father and other hits from subsequent album HAPPY IN HELL. Their cover HARVEST FOR THE WORLD for Unicef was complimented by the Isley Brothers and is played constantly to this day, Garry Christian’s distinctive lead vocals can also be heard alongside Paul McCartney and Holly Johnson on the Ferry Across the Mersey (recorded after the tragedy at Hillsborough 1989).