Sadly vocalist Vaughn Toulouse died of AIDS-related illness in 1991
Department S were:
Vaughn Toulouse - Vocals
Mike Herbage - Keyboards
Tony Lordan - Bass
Stuart Mizon - Drums
Anthony Lloyd-Barnes - Synth
Mark Taylor - Guitar
Hear some more music and watch some videos at the Department S myspace page.
Go to the download page to get Department S - "Going Left Right" 12" version
The purpose of this site is to give exposure to great music that never had a chance to be heard but should have. My goal is to share these relatively unknown bands and send you on a desperate search to find hard-to-find, expensive singles and lps. If you are the creator or copyright owner of a song and would like me to remove the file, please let me know. It is not my intention to violate copyrights.
Comments are appreciated!
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16 Comments:
I love this band. Was very disappointed that they never made it. "Is Vic There?" is an ace tune. So it this. Thanks.
Thank you for keeping the New Wave alive! (I got my Police tickets for July in Chicago!) For a great fiction read with heavy New Wave overtones, check out "Gutter Boys." Best, Bill S.
Great as always. You're one of my most favorite bloggers. Thanks for all the awesome music. ~Cinka
"(Sub) Stance" is wonderful.
I missed this one first time around. I bought 'Is Vic There' single and loved it. Good cover of T-Rex's Solid Gold Easy Action on the b-side too. Any chance of hosting the MP3 again as I'd love to get this track. I must check out the album link too.
Keep up the good work
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Great site... great song. I got it from EMusic where lots of other obscurities lurk so it's well worth a visit.
Cheers
Roy
One Of The Really Lost Bands Of The New Wave. Great Post. Great Blog.
F***king Fantastic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJzQCeToTo
What a great band. The b-side of "Going Left Right" is a real classic too - "She's Expecting You". Very enigmatic and atmospheric and original. Very 80s too!!!!!
I m looking forward to next update.
Correction. Mike Herbage was the lead guitar player and co-song writer. Paul Weller once listed him as one of his favourite guitarists.
They had a great sound, love the video as well, admittedly i know very little about this band.
guns for hire was actually a joke. it started as buttons and press, so they finally did a single and played around a bit.
the single was i'm going to rough my girlfriend's boyfriend up tonight. the second guns for hire single was a joke and does not exist. i have their only release and it's fucking decent.
Thanks for all Music stuffs that you always shared. No other music can take place Live Music Band.
Department S are playing a gig in Brighton on Saturday December 10th at The Green Door Store, BN1 4FQ. Former keyboard player Eddie Roxy replaces Vaughan Toulouse on vocals.
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/134886
Department S lived on in spirit as the fictional band Drive Shaft on the TV serial Lost. This was a clever way of alluding to the plot's partial derivation from episodes of the TV series Department S.
Meanwhile, the origin of Department S as Guns For Hire parallels that of the novel Naked Came The Stranger, or that of the fictional recreational downer mint Vip in the movie Lover Come Back.
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