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Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville
Scottish pop singer and songwriter
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The Communards
The Communards
British band
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Visage
Visage
British band
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Depressive Age
Depressive Age
German band
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Head East
Head East
band
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Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive
British band
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The Specials
The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
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The Woodentops
The Woodentops
British post-punk pop group
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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
American rock and pop band
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Dazz Band
Dazz Band
American funk band
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Culture Club
Culture Club
English pop band
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Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw
English singer-songwriter
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The Attractions
The Attractions
UK musical group; best known as Elvis Costello's backing band
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Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey Steele
American country musician
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Toto
Toto
American rock band
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Kate Ryan
Kate Ryan
Belgian singer and songwriter
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The Jam
The Jam
English rock band
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Skyy
Skyy
American band
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
British band
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
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Kansas
Kansas
American rock band
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Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout
English rock band
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Slave
Slave
American band
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Simply Red
Simply Red
English soul band
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The Farm
The Farm
British band from Liverpool
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The Style Council
The Style Council
English band active 1983–1989
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Argent
Argent
English rock band
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The System
The System
American band
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Associates
Associates
Scottish rock band
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The Real Thing
The Real Thing
British soul group
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Erasure
Erasure
British synthpop dui
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The Lords of the New Church
The Lords of the New Church
English/American gothic rock supergroup
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The Crickets
The Crickets
American rock and roll band
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The Connells
The Connells
American band
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Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals
British band
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Then Jerico
Then Jerico
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Switch
Switch
American musical group; R&B/funk band
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The Shadows
The Shadows
British rock group

Bronski Beat were a British synthpop trio which achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy", from their debut album The Age of Consent. "Smalltown Boy" was their only US Billboard Hot 100 single. All members of the band were openly gay and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay-related issues. The initial line-up, which recorded the majority of the band's hits, consisted of Jimmy Somerville (vocals), Steve Bronski (born Steven William Forrest, keyboards, percussion) and Larry Steinbachek (keyboards, percussion).

Somerville left Bronski Beat in 1985, and went on to have success as lead singer of the Communards and as a solo artist. He was replaced by vocalist John Foster, with whom the band continued to have hits in the UK and Europe through 1986. Foster left Bronski Beat after their second album, and the band used a series of vocalists before dissolving in 1995.

Steve Bronski revived the band in 2016, recording new material with 1990s member Ian Donaldson. Steinbachek died later that year.