Midge Ure
b. James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Ure worked as an apprentice engineer at the National Engineering Laboratories in East Kilbride while playing part-time with the Glasgow-based Stumble. He began his professional career as guitarist/vocalist with Salvation, a popular Glasgow-based act that evolved into Slik in 1974. By this time, he had adopted his more famous nickname, which came about by reversing the name Jim to Mij and altering the spelling! Although accomplished musicians, Slik's recording contract bound them to ill-fitting, "teeny-bop" material, reminiscent of fellow-Scots the Bay City Rollers. Frustrated at this artistic impasse, and despite enjoying a UK chart-topping single ("Forever And Ever"), Ure opted to join the Rich Kids, a punk/pop act, centred on former Sex Pistols bass player Glen Matlock. However, despite strong support from EMI Records, the band's chemistry did not gel and they unofficially disbanded in December 1978, barely a year after inception. Ure subsequently joined the short-lived Misfits before founding Visage with Steve Strange (vocals) and Rusty Egan (drums). Ure's involvement with this informal New Romantic act was disrupted when he replaced Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy midway through an extensive US tour. His position, however, was purely temporary as he had already agreed to join Ultravox, who rose from cult status to become one of the most popular acts of the early 80s.
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- Cold Cold Heart
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- Answers To Nothing
- Call Of The Wild
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