The Chameleons - Pleasure and Pain

Live,San Francisco ,October 16-18 2002
The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were a dream pop/post-punk band that formed in Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England in 1981 (see 1981 in music). They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever. Their body of work is still critically acclaimed within the music press and influenced bands as diverse as The Smiths, Protokoll, The Comsat Angels, Puressence, Interpol, Editors and Oasis.[1]

The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980s. After their third release, Strange Times, in 1987 they abruptly disbanded following the sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher. The Chameleons were, for all practical purposes, extinct for well over a decade before releasing a final studio album in 2001, entitled Why Call It Anything. The band quickly dissolved once again in 2002 due to personal differences, after a successful reunion tour which took them across Europe and the United States. The band never attained the level of commercial success or fame enjoyed by their contemporaries (e.g. U2, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division)

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• chameleons

[shaggymichelle]

it was probably the person behind you.................im kidding

[karziflora]

Another Manchester Music LEGEND!!

[kaktusman45]

there's more energy and better guitar sound in the live concerts of this band in the 80s, however i still would have loved to be in this one!

[broomas1]

@whoah1988 Really?

[SesyuaElaneay193]

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[whoah1988]

Thanks for giving this tour. See you in holland next year!

[chazzer61]

They Are Genius

[WyattTheRiot]

The Chameleon's music is just bloody incredible. I love it.

[CallmeToddy]

sorry to say so, but after the 80's why they got fc'd up so deep ? even no new songs . . they couldn't handle this thing . . win big, or loose tall . . 2nd is for them, i 'll stay with their 80's sound

[mar05asm]

Beautiful song!!! Greetings from Mexico

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

This is pretty weak. If I paid money for this I would be pretty diappointed. He changed vocal style and the acoustic guitar thing (nor bongos/tambourine) was never a part of the Chameleons motif in their heyday. This sounds more like The Sun and the Moon. Kinda bland and it's good thing they disbanded again.