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Amazulu was a British Ska and New Wave Band from the 1980s . CAREER Early days and success The band formed primarily as an all female band, except one member, Nardo Bailey on Drum s. The name "Amazulu" is taken from the Zulu Language word for The Zulu People . Former manager for X-Ray Spex and Adam & The Ants , Falcon Stuart discovered the act and helped promote their first Single , "Cairo" to modest success in the UK . The band started gaining appearances on TV '' Top Of The Pops '' (1985) and '' The Young Ones '' (1984) which helped trigger their fame amongst a wider audience with Hits such as "Moonlight Romance" and "Excitable". The band broke into the United States with "Montego Bay" (a Cover of the 1970 song by Bobby Bloom ) in 1986. That same year saw the release of their self-titled full length Album , released on Island Records . Break up Breaking up in 1987, Anne-Marie Ruddock, Sharon Bailey and Lesley Beach continued to play on as Amazulu II, to little success. Ruddock went on to perform in the Alex Cox Film , '' Straight To Hell ''. The most notable member of the band with later success was Clare Kenny who went on to join Coming Up Roses , and eventually became a Session player with Sinéad O'Connor , Shakespears Sister and Damien Dempsey . DISCOGRAPHY Albums Singles Compilation appearances EXTERNAL LINKS |
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