Starting out as a trio called The Strutters, singer/songwriter Mark Kjeldsen along with rhythm section Bobby Irwin and Ron François re-branded themselves as The Sinceros, trading in New Wave and melodic power pop.
Epic Records took notice and signed the band in the late ’70s, but not before Irwin and François were tapped on the shoulder to play on Lene Lovich’s New Wave classic, Stateless, and support her on tour.
After this brief detour, The Sinceros released their debut, The Sound Of Sunbathing in 1979. A single, Take Me To Your Leader, did well in the UK and the band toured heavily there and in the States with a power pop dream line-up co-featuring 20/20 and Paul Collins’ Beat.
After picking up Don Snow as a keyboardist, the band began work on their second album in 1980, but the proposed LP was shelved by Epic. Reworking the existing tracks with Elton John’s super-producer Gus Dudgeon, the redone album was finally released in 1981 as Pet Rock.
Unfortunately, despite plenty of hard touring, Pet Rock failed to break big and The Sinceros quietly faded away.
After the group disbanded, Don Snow took Paul Carrack’s place in Squeeze. Bassist Ron Francois ended up in Australian band, Eurogliders.
Mark Moesgaard Kjeldsen
Vocals, guitar
Ron François
Bass
Bobby Irwin
Drums Don Snow
Keyboards
Video
Related Posts
Infa-Riot Infa-Riot was originally formed in late 1979 by vocalist Lee Wilson and his bass playing brother Floyd together with guitarist…
Nik Kershaw Nicolas David Kershaw was born in Bristol, England, in 1958. Son of a flautist father and opera singing mother, Kershaw's…
Ron Dante Even if you don't know Ron Dante by name, you know his voice: a smooth, youthful, pop-friendly sound that can…
Television The inaugural house band at CBGB's in New York, and contemporaries of Patti Smith and later Blondie, The Ramones and Talking Heads, Television figure large in American punk…
Tuff Darts Tuff Darts were among the first of the New York punk/new wave bands to make their mark. Playing tough-minded rock with…
Newtown Neurotics The Newtown Neurotics hailed from Harlow in Essex; a stereotypically inhospitable and lifeless post-war "new town" of grey concrete and…
Cretones, The The Cretones were a Los Angeles-based new wave and power pop group in the early 1980s. Led by singer/guitarist Mark…
Young Modern Adelaide band Young Modern was one of Australia's pioneering power pop/new wave bands of the late 1970s. Vocalist John Dowler…
Epic Records took notice and signed the band in the late ’70s, but not before Irwin and François were tapped on the shoulder to play on Lene Lovich’s New Wave classic, Stateless, and support her on tour.
Unfortunately, despite plenty of hard touring, Pet Rock failed to break big and The Sinceros quietly faded away.
