Heaven 17
Heaven 17 | |
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Heaven 17 performing live in Liverpool, 2021 Left to right: Martyn Ware (keyboards), Glenn Gregory (vocals) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | |
| Spinoff of | British Electric Foundation |
| Members | |
| Past members | Ian Craig Marsh |
| Website | heaven17 |
Heaven 17 are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980. The band were originally a trio of vocalist Glenn Gregory and Human League co-founders Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, both on synthesizers.
The band achieved their biggest critical and commercial successes with their first three albums, Penthouse and Pavement (1981), The Luxury Gap (1983), and How Men Are (1984). Originally a studio-only group, they did not play their first live concerts until 1997. Marsh left the band in 2006, since which time Gregory and Ware have continued as a duo.