Bite-sized posts about 7″ singles I own – shameless nostalgia from the days of vinyl.
The Chameleons – In Shreds b/w Less Than Human (Epic Records, 1982)
Trenchcoats, skinny ties, existential angst and Manchester bands epitomised what it felt like to be “part of the machinery” in Thatcher’s Britain.
Three years into the Iron Maiden’s regime it was not hard to identify with Mark Burgess’ melodramatic self doubt on this song :
“Ignored by you all
I stumble and fall
I suddenly knew
My life meant nothing at all”.
‘In Shreds’ was The Chameleons‘ storming first single and the only one released on CBS offshoot Epic. Continue reading
