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Freur


Freur was the name of the first band of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, presently of the dance act Underworld. Formed 1982 in Cardiff, Wales by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (who previously released the single 'I Don't Like Cars' in 1981 as The Screen Gemz) and Alfie Thomas. The band originally had only a graphic 'squiggle' for a name. In 1983, after recruiting John Warwicker and drummer Bryn Burrows, they struck a recording deal with a major label, CBS Records, and met the label's insistence on a pronouncable name with the compromise that the squiggle was pronounced Freur. Their first and only hit (number 59 in the UK charts), Doot Doot (1983), was typically 80's pop, with drum machine, reverse live drums and phased vocal. It was recorded/co produced by Alex Burak at The Point studio in Victoria, London, which was controlled by Rupert Merton of Point Music Publishing. Merton (who also had an early version of the Thompson Twins on his roster of artists) signed Freur. The band's look was a cross between goth, rock, glam and new romantic - something that 80's chart terrorists Sigue Sigue Sputnik pulled off to better effect, not long after Freur had failed with it. The band released five further singles after Doot Doot, between 1983 and 1985: Matters of the Heart, Runaway, Riders in the Night, Devil and the Darkness and Look in the Back for Answers. All failed to dent the UK charts. Warwicker left the band in 1986 and Freur went into recess. In total, the band released two albums: Doot...

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