The group’s lineup was fluid, with members changing with each recording or performance the only consistent members were Almond, Annie Hogan and Steve James Sherlock.Further members included Billy McGee and Martin McCarrick, who also later joined Almond when he formed Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners.Īlmond’s Soft Cell partner David Ball was an associated member for the Mambas' first single “Sleaze”, and Matt Johnson from The The was a member for the first and second album, but did not join for the last concerts in 1983 (put to vinyl and later to CD as Black, Bite & Blues). Marc and the Mambas continued the dark themes explored in Soft Cell, but musically used different instruments and more complex rhythms. Almond also took part as one of four members of The Immaculate Consumptive, with Jim Foetus, Nick Cave and Lydia Lunch they never released any album but did a few shows in New York and Washington D.C. In 1983, Almond and Soft Cell were very close to the avant-garde scene around Foetus, Psychic TV and Einstürzende Neubauten. Marc and the Mambas marked the start of Marc Almond’s career outside of Soft Cell.
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