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Dead or Alive was an influential new wave band from Liverpool that rose to Anglo-American popularity during the 80s, also gaining a cult following in Japan during that time. With a mix of strident vocals and aggressive dance beats, they became best known for the hit singles "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and "Brand New Lover", though releasing many tracks in their multi-decade career. They were lead by English singer-songwriter and transgressive LGBT icon Pete Burns.
Before Burns founded Dead or Alive, he was involved with a 70s Liverpool-based band named Nightmares In Wax (no relation to Nightmares On Wax). That group centered around dark, moody alternative rock music. They released their only record to achieve real notoriety, 'Black Leather', at the turn of the decade. Publication The Guardian later remarked that "Burns was famous before he was famous" due to his talent and image.
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