THEN JERICO

Then Jerico achieved huge critical and commercial worldwide success in the 1980's, gaining a dedicated worldwide following and building an international reputation for their legendary explosive live performances. 

Formed in 1983 by lead singer and songwriter Mark Shaw, the band quickly secured contracts with London Records and MCA Records in the USA, releasing two platinum-selling studio albums: 'First (The Sound of Music)' in 1986, which featured two Top 40 hit singles - "The Motive" (the most-played record on BBC Radio 1 in 1987) and "Muscle Deep"; followed by their most successful release - the 1989 album 'The Big Area (Outside)'. The album entered the UK National Album Chart at No.4 and included three Top 30 hits; "What Does It Take?" (featuring Belinda Carlisle on backing vocals), "Big Area" and "Sugar Box".

Then Jerico secured two Top Ten singles in the Irish singles chart "Muscle Deep" and "Big Area" which was used by Irish national broadcaster RTE as the theme music for its televised golf programming throughout the 1990's.

After the original line-up disbanded in 1990, Mark Shaw signed to EMI Records releasing the self-produced solo album 'Almost' which included the hit singles "Love So Bright" and "Under Your Spell". In 1992 he launched his own record label Murder Records releasing two live albums and pursued a successful solo career; recording two hit dance singles on the Spanish label Kong Records and performing across Europe and the UK. Shaw was also involved in various musical projects, including performing and recording with Spike Edney's all-star group The SAS Bandalongside artists such as Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen), Paul Young, Tony Hadley, Roy Wood, Kiki Dee, Chaka Khan, Fish, Edwin Starr and a host of other luminaries.