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”.
‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’ peaks at #2 on the U.S. singles chart. On this same day, ‘I’m Not Scared,’ produced by PSB for Eighth Wonder, is released as a single in Europe.
The Boys record ‘Friendly Fire.’
Madonna’s new single, ‘Sorry,’ is released in the U.K. featuring the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Maxi-Mix’ of the track.
Chris Lowe sits down over beers with Chris Heath at London’s Groucho Club for a lengthy evening interview that later appears in the May 2007 issue of the official PSB Fan Club magazine Literally.
Neil is interviewed on BBC Radio 2 by host Dermot O’Leary to discuss his ‘pre-PSB’ work at Smash Hits magazine.