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Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a British Pop music|pop-cyberpunk influenced band led by former Generation X (band)|Generation X bassist Tony James. The band played a style of New Wave music|new wave music similar to New York electronica duo Suicide (band)|Suicide and Swiss techno-rock duo Yello, by layering vocals, yelps, guitar riffs, electronic sound effects and short sampling (music)|samples over pulsating synthesizer bass lines. Their use of video montage, as well as their music, is similar to that of the American New Wave act Devo. The band achieved moderate fame in the mid- to late 1980s, when the song "Love Missile F1-11" hit the pop charts around the world, helped by its use in the cult-hit movie ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''.

The themes and imagery in the band's songs were often influenced by futuristic, dystopian or post-apocalyptic films such as ''A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange'', ''The Terminator'', ''Blade Runner'' and the ''Mad Max'' trilogy. The band's music and image also mashed together a range of other pop culture influences, including the electronica/Krautrock influences of Kraftwerk, Marc Bolan's T. Rex (band)|T-Rex, and the swagger and sex appeal of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and glam rock.

1980s: Early years
The original line-up featured Tony James, Martin Degville, Neal X (Whitmore), Chris Kavanagh, Ray Mayhew and Yana Yaya. Tony J... read all