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Crime & the City Solution

Australia • 1977-01-01 – 1993-01-01

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Biography

Crime & the City Solution is an Australian rock band formed in late 1977 by singer-songwriter and mainstay Simon Bonney. They disbanded in 1979 leaving only bootleg recordings and demos. In late 1983, Bonney moved to London and in 1985 he formed a new version of the group which included members of the recently disbanded The Birthday Party. They eventually settled in West-Berlin and issued four albums – Room of Lights (1986), Shine (1988), The Bride Ship (1989) and Paradise Discotheque (1990) – before disbanding again in 1991. In 2012, Bonney reformed the band in Detroit with two veterans of its Berlin era and a handful of new members. Critic David Sheridan described the band's music as characterized by slow tempos, dark moods and Bonney's forlorn vocals, all of which can range from "endurance testing" at worst to "hauntingly beautiful" at best.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

101 releases · 16 albums · active 1986–2023

  • Production · 65
  • Performance · 27
  • Engineering · 19
  • Other credits · 7

Studios: Hansa Tonstudios · Preußen Tonstudio · Worldwide International · Conny's Studio

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