On August 19th, Neil and Chris meet by chance in an electronics shop on the Kings Road. Realizing they have a common interest in dance music, they begin to write together. Initially they call themselves West End; later they come up with the name Pet Shop Boys, a name derived from some friends who work in a pet shop in Ealing. “We thought it sounded like an English rap group”.
Chris Lowe’s London flat is the subject of a nine-page photo spread and article in the current issue of Elle magazine.
The Boys perform in Sheffield, U.K.
2007: Neil and Chris appear live with DJ Fat Tony at Abbey Road Studios as part of the Fashion DJs radio broadcast. Six records of their own choice are played during their part of the program, perhaps the most surprising being a Cass Elliot track from 1969, ‘It’s Getting Better.’
They perform at the Oxegen Festival in County Kildare, Ireland.
Although they continue to work on ‘Brick England,’ the Boys also start on a new track, ‘Groovy.’