Animal Nightlife

Animal Nightlife were a pop-funk outfit formed around the London club scene in 1980 with core members Andy Polaris on vocals, Leonardo Chignoli on bass, Steve Brown on guitar, Billy Chapman on saxophone and Paul Waller on drums. After gaining positive critical response as a live act, expanding to include other musicians and backing singers, and some minor success with their initial independent releases, the group eventually signed to Island records and had hits with Mr. Solitaire in 1984 and a re-recording of their debut single Love Is Just The Great Pretender in 1985. Their debut album Shangri-La also made the Top 40 in 1985 although the group disbanded after their second album Lush Life in 1987. 
Frontman Polaris has since re-emerged on-line and on Twitter as "Animal Nightlife Native Boy Creative London Visual Stylist". 
==Links to Peel==
Peel seems to have expressed some interest in their early independent releases, including their track which featured on the NME's Racket Packet (NME 006) cassette. No sessions were recorded for Peel although the group did record one session for David Jensen in October 1983.
==Sessions==
*none
==Shows played==
*21 March 1983 ‎- Mighty Hands Of Love (Pt. 1) 
*28 March 1983 - Shark Fin Soup (v/a cassette - Racket Packet) 
*11 July 1985 (TOTP) - Love Is Just The Great Pretender - song features over closing credits, band not present in the studio or on video.
==See also==
*Karl's Tape Early November 1982 - early play by Jensen of debut single
*Karl's Tape April 1983
*Karl's Tape August 1984
*Karl's Tape June 1985
==External links==
*Official site - on web.archive.org, last update Sept. 2010
*Andy Polaris (Wordpress)
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists