Perfect Disaster

Having tested the water as Orange Disaster, then the Architects of Disaster, these calamitously inclined types finally settled on the Perfect Disaster in 1984, as the original rhythm section departed to form Fields of the Nephilim. The initial U.K.-based lineup comprised Phil Parfitt (guitar/vocals), Allison Pates (guitar), John Saltwell (bass) and Malcolm Catto (drums), although personnel changes were to plague the band's career. Ignored by the British music scene, the Perfect Disaster took their twisted, broody guitar sound to France for their self-titled debut album in 1985...