Título: Culture Club
Seção: Formation and Kissing to Be Clever: 1981-1983
Background: Culture Club are an English band that was formed in 1981. The band comprised Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Mikey Craig (bass guitar) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s. Culture Club sold more than 50 million albums and 100 million singles (including Boy George solo) records worldwide, including 7 million-records awards RIAA certificate in the United States.

Conteúdo: In 1981, Blitz Club regular Boy George occasionally sang with the group Bow Wow Wow under the stage name Lieutenant Lush. After his tenure with the group ended, George decided to start his own band and enlisted bassist Mikey Craig, drummer Jon Moss, and finally guitarist Roy Hay.  Realising they had an Irish gay man as the lead singer, a black Briton on bass, a blond Englishman on guitar and keyboards, and a Jewish drummer, they eventually decided to call themselves Culture Club. The group recorded demos, which were paid for by EMI Records, but the label was unimpressed and decided not to sign the group. Virgin Records heard the demos and signed the group in the UK, releasing their albums in Europe, while Epic Records released their albums in the United States and much of the rest of the world since Virgin did not have a US presence at the time. George began sporting a look inspired by Siouxsie Sioux with "heavy make-up and swaggy hair".  The band released two singles in May and June 1982, "White Boy" and "I'm Afraid of Me", though both failed to chart. In August the single "Mystery Boy" was released in Japan. In September of that year, the group released their third single, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", a reggae-influenced number, which became one of their biggest hits. The song went to No. 1 in the UK in late 1982 and became an international smash, peaking at No. 1 in over a dozen countries (No. 2 in the US), this track sold up to 6.5 million copies worldwide.  The band'

user: How did the band form?

assistant: George decided to start his own band and enlisted bassist Mikey Craig, drummer Jon Moss, and finally guitarist Roy Hay.

user: When did this happen?

assistant: In 1981,

user: Did they get a recording contract soon after that?

assistant: The group recorded demos, which were paid for by EMI Records, but the label was unimpressed

user: What label did then end up signing with?

assistant: Virgin Records heard the demos and signed the group in the UK,

user: Did they have a different label in the US?

assistant: while Epic Records released their albums in the United States and much of the rest of the world

user: What year was Kissing to Be Clever released?

assistant: The band's debut album, Kissing to Be Clever (UK No. 5, US No. 14) was released in October 1982,

user: Who produced the record?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What was the first single released from Kissing to Be Clever?

assistant: the follow-up single, "Time (Clock of the Heart)", became another Top 10 hit in the US (Number 2) and UK (Number 3). "

user: Did they tour in support of the album?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Were there any notable reviews of the album?

assistant: This gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group since The Beatles to have three Top Ten hits in America from a debut album.