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(guitar), Michael Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Dorothy Prior (drums, generally known only as "Max").

History

Asquith and Allen went to the same school. After his departure from

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, Allen asked Asquith to join in a new project, called Rema-Rema. However, the group dissolved when Marco Pirroni joined

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. Pirroni had been an original member of

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, and was a short-time member of

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. Asquith, Allen, and Cox went on to form another short-lived band

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, which then split up to form

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(Asquith) and

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(Allen and Cox). Max later joined

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, and also recorded a single "I Confess" under the name Dorothy, co-written with Alex Fergusson, released on

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in 1980. Their sole four-track EP, ''Wheel in the Roses'' (released 1980 on

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), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered by

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and

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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. In 2022, a documentary about the group
''What You Could Not Visualise''
was directed by Italian-Canadian filmmaker Marco Porsia and premiered on 10 November 2022 at the Doc N Roll Film Festival in London.

Discography

;Releases * ''Wheel in the Roses'' EP (1980) * ''Fond Reflections'' 2x CD (2019) ;Compilation appearances * "Feedback Song" on ''Natures Mortes – Still Lives'' (1981)

References

External links

4AD Rema-Rema ProfileDoc'n'Roll documentary ''What You Could Not Visualise'': REMA REMA - 2022 by Marco Porsia
{{Authority control 4AD artists English post-punk music groups