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This Violet Desire
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This Violet Desire were Keith Orbell and Phill Good. The band were formed in 1991 at the University of Hertfordshire (then Hatfield Polytechnic) near London, England. Initial rehearsals in a hall of residence resulted in original tracks such as Laura and Don't Say It's The Last Time as well as cover versions of Depeche Mode's See You and Erasure's Am I Right?. Rough demo recordings were put together in January and February 1992 which still exist today. After the summer recess that year more tracks were composed (Thousand Loves, Nobody's Perfect) and a live set compiled which was aired at several gigs in 1993, the first on January 21st of that year, then taking in various London and Cambridge venues, culminating in an epic 2 hour set at the Locomotive in Cambridge in October. More demo recordings were also made in June 1993 containing the new track Maybe Just A Day, and a cover of Pet Shop Boys' It's A Sin, as well as tracks written by a co-member of one of Keith's previous bands, Graham Rayner (who would go on to form successful industrial outfit Cubanate). Following Phill's departure from the University, the bands' output slowed down until the final concert at The Junction, Cambridge in March of 1994. The band reformed in 1997 under a new name - "Quite". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.