PSEUDO ECHO//FROM FUNKYTOWN AND BACK.

AUSTRALIAN NEW WAVE BAND PSEUDO ECHO FORMED IN 1982 IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THEY HAD A STRING OF TOP 20 HITS DOWN UNDER, INCLUDING "LISTENING", " A BEAT FOR YOU ", " DON'T GO", "LOVE AN ADVENTURE" ,"LIVING IN A DREAM" , AND THE REMAKE OF THE 70'S HIT BY LIPPS, INC, "FUNKYTOWN". FUNKYTOWN PEAKED AT #1 IN 1986. IN 1987, IT REACHED #1 IN THE U.S , CANADA, AND ELSE WHERE. THE BAND WAS ON THE EMI LABEL, AND WERE INFLUENCED BY THE NEW ROMANTIC BANDS OF THE TIME, LIKE DURAN DURAN,SPANDAU BALLET AND ULTRAVOX. IN OCTOBER OF '86, "FUNKYTOWN" WAS ISSUED ON THE NEWLY RE-RELEASED VERSION OF THE LP, "LOVE AN ADVENTURE". IN 1987, PSEUDO ECHO RE-RELEASED "LISTENING". IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR, THE BAND WON THE WORLD POPULAR SONG FESTIVAL,WITH A PRIZE OF 10.000 AMERICAN DOLLARS. THEIR 3RD LP, "RACE" WAS RELEASED IN 1989,AND TOOK A MORE HARD ROCK/METAL STYLE. THEY DISBANDED IN 1990. THE BAND RE-UNITED IN 1998, AND RELEASED 'FUNKYTOWN:Y2K:RMX, WHICH CONTAINED 6 DIFFERENT MIXES OF THE SONG. IN 2000, THEY SUPPORTED CULTURE CLUB AND THE VILLAGE PEOPLE. THEY ALSO RELEASED "TELEPORTER", A 2 DISC SET WITH 4 NEW TRACKS,AND A 2ND DISC THAT IS LIVE. 2010 SAY THE BAND PLAY 2 SOLD OUT SHOWS IN ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. JULY, 2012 BROUGHT THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE BAND IN OVER 20 YEARS, ENTITLED "SUDDENLY SILENTLY". THEY ARE TOURING AUSTRALIA IN AUG/SEPT OF 2012.