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25: 361:, who did the production for that album, he's a brilliant artist in his own right, but he wasn't the producer we needed. He was just brought into the studio to mix, it wasn't like he was an active part of the team, so they fucked that up. So, no wonder the second album wasn't as commercial as they were expecting, because they didn't give us any guidance" according to Lee. 429:, Lee Fraser met and began working with Johnny Borden, herself a singer and musician working within similar circles. Johnny was soon brought on board as Lee's partner in Sheep on Drugs' new 21st century incarnation and they began gigging, developing new material which was released on their new album 401:
in 1998. By this time, they had tired of their situation in the States and were unsatisfied with Invisible. Frontman Duncan X departed Sheep on Drugs shortly afterwards to become a professional tattooist (though he does perform live with the band on rare occasions). Fraser continued his relationship
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scene of the late 1980s. Fraser had played various instruments in bands since he was 14 and had experimented with sampling prior to meeting Duncan, but together they were inspired to create electronic music with a more energetic stage presence.
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King Duncan) (vocals) and Lee Fraser (a.k.a. Dead Lee) (guitar/keyboards), and currently composed of Fraser and Johnny Borden (vocals/keyboards).
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Duncan and Fraser met in 1988 and conceived of Sheep On Drugs while ruminating on the potential direction of the burgeoning
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in 1993 to some acclaim from the UK music press and a peak position of 55 on the UK Albums Chart. However, with their
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on vinyl and download formats in 2019. This album sees an orthogonal shift in Sheep On Drugs' sound with melodic and
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with Invisible Records, releasing two more albums as "Bagman", and was briefly a member of Atkins' bands
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Kirchoff, Veronica (Winter–Spring 1997). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Sheep on Drugs - Double Trouble".
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and headed to the United States. With Invisible, they released the two EPs as
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in 1995 on the band's own label, The Drug Squad. The band was then signed to
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style stage shows, and a musical mixture of sleazy rock, hard techno and
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as "Sex Drive"). "15 Minutes of Fame" reached the lower reaches of the
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Covered in Black: An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage
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Moonstone (Summer 1994). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Sheep on Drugs".
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RPM Charts, peaking at #4, and hit #40 on the UK Singles Chart.
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movement, the duo emerged in the early 1990s with a string of
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After being dropped by Island, the band released two EPs:
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