associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
the models , mass , the wolfgang press c. 1979 & ndash ; c. 1980 4ad rema-rema
 gary max prior asquith marco pirroni mick allen mark cox dorothy group_or_band post-punk england rema-rema
rema-rema

rema-rema was a short-lived english music group , consisting of gary asquith -lrb- guitar/vocals -rrb- , marco pirroni -lrb- guitar -rrb- , mick allen -lrb- bass/vocals -rrb- , mark cox -lrb- keyboards -rrb- and dorothy max prior -lrb- drums , generally known only as `` max '' -rrb- .
asquith and allen went to the same school .
after his departure from punk band the models , allen asked asquith to join in a new project , called rema-rema .
however , the band dissolved when marco pirroni joined adam and the ants .
pirroni had been an original member of siouxsie and the banshees , and was a short-time integrant of cowboys international , but shortly afterwards went on to fame as a member of adam and the ants .
asquith , allen , and cox went on to form another short-lived band mass , which then split up to form renegade soundwave -lrb- asquith -rrb- and the wolfgang press -lrb- allen and cox -rrb- .
max later joined psychic tv , and also recorded a single `` i confess '' under the name dorothy , cowritten with alex fergusson , released on industrial records in 1980 .
their sole four-track ep , `` wheel in the roses '' -lrb- released 1980 on 4ad -rrb- , featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material .
their songs `` fond affections '' and `` rema-rema '' were later covered by this mortal coil and big black respectively .
two live tracks from the acklam hall gig of april 1979 , `` why ask why ? ''
and `` christopher '' appeared on the tape only release , `` the men with the deadly dreams '' , on white stains in 1981 .
