Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Where Are They Now?
Martin Aston, Q, October 1992
THERE ARE FEWER more meteoric sagas than that of Liverpool's Frankie Goes To Hollywood – from almost complete obscurity to the hottest, and the most controversial, act on the mid-'80s scene, with three Number 1 singles out of three in under a year, via a contract with Trevor Horn and his fledgling ZTT label, a Radio One ban for that first single, 'Relax', a whole nine weeks at the summit with the follow-up, 'Two Tribes', and a Xmas chart-topper with 'The Power Of Love'.
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