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Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet was born in Basildon, a town actually about eight miles away from where I originally come from in Essex, England. As with quite a few rock stars, she wasn't exactly cut out for school and failed her final exams when it was time for her to leave school. She took on a couple of different jobs, first as a hairdresser, then in a printers, and then she studied music. For a period of time she also worked as a organsaleswoman. Apparently, one day after having had a big argument with her boss she quit and promised to make it big as a popstar. She certainly wasn't wrong.

Before reaching fame, she formed a couple of punk groups ("Vandals", and after that the "Vicars and screaming Abdabs"). Neither were really successful, but one day, through an advertisement in the paper, she met Vince Clark. At this point in her life things started to look up for her on the music front.

Vince Clarke [who incidentally only lived a few doors away from an ex-girlfriend of mine in Wickford. Small world, isn't it?] had already tasted success with the group "Depeche Mode". After leaving the group, he formed a new band with Alison Moyet in 1982, called "Yazoo". With Clarke's technical brain and Moyet's powerful voice the team was perfect. They wrote their own music and were one of the most famous groups of the early eighties.

After some time though, both seemed to become uneasy with fame, and both decided they wanted to take different directions in music industry. Alison wanted to take up the challenge of a solo career, while Vince spearheaded the new group "Erasure", fronted by Andy Bell, which has become well known in the pop world.

In 1984 Alison released her debut album "Alf", which is incidentally her nickname. It soared up the English charts and stayed there for well over a year. She was also no stranger to success with her singles. For example "All Cried Out", "Love Resurrection", "Is this love" and the classic "Invisible".

She became a proud Mum in 1985 and decided then to shy away from the limelight and spend more time with her son. In between she did star with Paul Young for Live Aid, but in her own words she never really felt comfortable with all the glamour.

From our personal point of view we can say that motherhood's gain is certainly our loss.

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