Presence were a British rock band started by Gary Biddles, Lol Tolhurst, and Michael Dempsey. Dempsey and Tolhurst were founding members of The Cure, and Biddles was a former Cure roadie who previously played in Fools Dance with longtime Cure bassist Simon Gallup.
History[]
In their brief existence, the band only recorded two albums. Their debut album, Inside, was released in 1993 through Smash Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. They initially began recording their second album, Closer, that same year with former The Smiths producer John Porter[1] at the helm but it wound up being shelved for a little over two decades. The album was posthumously released on 28 April 2014, a year after the death of Gary Biddles.
Members[]
- Gary Biddles — vocals
- Michael Dempsey — bass guitar (early recording sessions)
- Lol Tolhurst — keyboards
- Chris Youdell — keyboards
- Alan Burgess — drums
- Roberto Soave — bass guitar (on Inside)
- Rob Steen — guitar
- Paul Redfern — bass guitar (on Closer)
Discography[]
- Studio albums
- Singles
- "All I See" (1991)
- "Act of Faith" (1992)