Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As it happens, the song that changed the lives of the band and their fans was the very first single they put out. Released in 1984 ...

He was part of a British trio whose songs often directly addressed gay themes and issues in a way few other pop music acts were doing. By Neil Genzlinger Steve Bronski, part of the 1980s British synth ...

A Bronski Beat classic is getting a 40th anniversary makeover! The pioneering British synth-pop band’s 1984 worldwide Top 10 hit, featuring piercing vocals by the band’s Jimmy Somerville, is being ...

Thirty-five years ago, director Bernard Rose lensed two very important music videos that shifted the needle of ‘80s queer culture. One was the original, wild, and widely banned version of Frankie Goes ...

When Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy” hit the airwaves in 1984, listeners heard a soaring synth-pop anthem filled with melancholy, longing, and Jimmy Somerville’s unmistakable falsetto. But beneath the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His bandmate Jimmy Somerville described him as a "talented and very melodic man Working with him on songs and the one song that ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of The Age Of Consent, the landmark debut album from British synth-pop trio Bronski Beat, initially made up of musicians Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski, and ...

In the ’80s, the LGBTQ+ community was often still largely silenced and marginalized, but a few poignant moments in pop music marked a shift in empowerment within queer culture. Bronski Beat’s ...

Steve Bronski, a cofounding member of the British synth-pop trio Bronski Beat, died Thursday. The BBC reported his age as 61. No cause of death or other details were given. His bandmate Jimmy ...