After the Fire
After The Fire were formed in the UK in 1972 by keyboard player Peter Banks, Andy Piercy (guitar, bass), Ivor Twidell (drums) and John Russell (guitar). The market was responsive to UK adult-orientated rock during the early 70s but the band's mixture of "pomp Christian pop" was slow to break through. They eventually secured a contract following the release of their debut album on their own label. CBS Records invested in them and they were rewarded with a UK Top 40 hit, "One Rule For You", in 1979. The accompanying album, although polished, sold only to the converted. The band's subsequent recordings were minor hits until the unexpected major success of "Der Kommissar". Originally recorded by Falco in his native Germany, After The Fire's version went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, and made the US Top 5. However, by the time it charted, the group had already broken up, frustrated by record company indecision and the Christian ethos that "made things worse, as we couldn't have a good old swearing and slanging match." Banks built his own studio before becoming managing director of Maldon Computer Company, a software and networking enterprise. Twidell released three Christian rock solo albums, Waiting For The Sun (1981), Secret Service (1981) and Duel (1983), after leaving the group following the debut album. He then became a member of the Bedfordshire police force. Russell was last sighted working in a hi-fi shop. Piercy retained the rights to the name, although it was now abbreviated to ATF. Still a practising Christian, after submitting an unreleased solo album for CBS he went on to do production work for the Truth, T'Pau (when they were known as Talking America) and Gary Numan. (Source : VH1)
Who's Gonna Love You
Who's gonna love you when you're old and fat and ugly
And everything about you's turning grey
Who's gonna love you when the jokes no longer funny
Who's gonna give you your own way
And who's gonna love you when they've seen you in the morning
With all your hair down in your eyes
Who's gonna smile when all you do is sit there yawning
And everyone can see through your disguise
You better think about your running round or you could finish up so lonely
You could be the one who's missing out some day
Who's gonna love you when they've seen your nasty habits
And heard about the things you've done
Who's gonna love you when you go through your theatrics
When you don't get what you want
Who's gonna love you when you get too old to boogie
And you're too tired to hit the town
Who's gonna love you when you get all mean and moody
Who's gonna want you hanging round
You better think about your running round or you could finish up so lonely
You could be the one who's missing out some day
Who's gonna love you when you're old and fat and ugly
And everything about you's turning grey
Who's gonna love you when the jokes no longer funny
Who's gonna love you anyway
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