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JEREMY HEALY
Jeremy
was one third of the early eighties pop group Haysi Fantyzee, doing
front man duties and male vocals. Haysi bandmates Kate Garner and
Paul Caplin went on to become a world famous photographer and the
record producer responsible for Marilyn, respectively. But Jeremy's
relationship with George goes back to their teenage years growing
up in London inspiring each other to further and further over the
top fashion and attitude. After the untimely demise of Haysi, Jeremy
searched his fortunes in a group called Bonaventura and writing
jingles for such high-profile clients as Kodak and Pepsi. He kept
his hand in the pop music industry, though, working as a successful
DJ and occasionally producing tracks for friends and new talents.
One of those production jobs was a selection of tracks on Boy George's
"Tense Nervous Headache" He was also responsible for the
highly sought after Business Mix of George's "Live My Life".
This single features street rapper MC Cyndee, and the dual vocals
may be the inspiration for E-zee Possee's revolving vocalists attitude.
His first More Protein release (in fact, More Protein's first release)
came about in an unusual way. He approached George with a instrumental
dance track full of wild rhythms and samples from Jimi Hendrix,
Lost In Space, and classical music. George felt it needed vocals,
and suggested MC Kinky. Together, they worked out a melody and lyric
and took the track to various labels. They were met with a resounding
"NO" everywhere they went. Not for lack of substance,
but for the inclusion of substance! The lyrics were full of blatant
drug references, but it was an ANTI drug rant if you choose to believe
MC Kinky's take. Nonplussed, George finally decided to front the
money himself and pressed up enough copies to get him in the door
at the best clubs in London. The song became a theme of sorts to
the countless Raves around the country and Virgin decided to give
in and release the record. But it wasn't until it's THIRD release
in 1989 that the song broke the top 20 and a video was made. Jeremy
& possee weren't allowed on Top Of The Pops to promote the record,
and no one was brave enough to show the video. The song proved itself
on it's own, however and is still the proud flagship for the label.
E-zee Possee continued on, releasing and rereleasing singles cumulating
in the album "The Bone Dance" featuring a whopping 14
vocalists. Jeremy has decided to now focus more on his DJ career,
but lends a hand as remixer or songwriter when the time is right.
(As witnessed on the recent projects with Amos, "Stomp!"
and "Argentina"). Recent remixes of several classic E-zee
Possee hits ("Everything Starts With An E", "Love
On Love" and "Breathing Is E-zee") have been issued
on the new More Protein, and hint at a reissue of the album. The
first release of the album was rushed out before Virgin pulled the
plug on the original More Protein and proper promotion was never
seen.
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