Gary Kemp, Steve Norman and John Keeble were fellow students who recruited
Gary's brother Martin and Steve Norman's friend Tony Hadley to form a band,
initially inspired by classic British rock bands like The Kinks and The Rolling
Stones. Controversially adopting Spandau Ballet from the name of a German prison
camp, they triggered a record company bidding war after a series of high profile
appearances around fashionable London clubs. Their dreamily electronic first
single To Cut A Long Story Short was an instant hit, placing them at the heart
of a new surge of fashion-conscious B...