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History

1970 — 1971

Neil plays in a group in Newcastle called Dust: Their most popular song is a preposterous affair he has written called “Can you hear the dawn break?”. They are heavily influenced by The Incredible String Band. “We were convinced we would become terribly famous. It was a very kind of stoned seventies but we used to think it was absolutely brilliant at the time”.

On this day

1986

Disco is released.

1990

Behaviour debuts on the U.S. album chart.

1998

Neil records the lead vocals for ‘I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More.’

2003

‘Miracles’ is released as a single. On the same day, Neil and Chris take part in a live BBC Radio 2 webchat, during which they briefly talk about this website.

2008

Working with Pete Gleadall, Neil re-records his brief vocal part for ‘Joseph, Better You Than Me.’ He and Chris also work some more on their ballet, which they will continue to do for the next several days.

2010

The Boys appear on the U.K. morning TV show Daybreak.