{"id":5418,"date":"2012-11-25T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2017-06-24T07:30:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T11:30:02","slug":"the-true-story-of-sigue-sigue-sputnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"The True Story Of Sigue Sigue Sputnik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sigue-sigue-sputnik.jpg?resize=500%2C345\" alt=\"sigue sigue sputnik\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sigue-sigue-sputnik.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sigue-sigue-sputnik.jpg?resize=300%2C207 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sigue-sigue-sputnik.jpg?resize=434%2C300 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>There was this band in the 80s called Sigue Sigue Sputnik (you have heard them in the movie Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off) but that&#8217;s likely all you have heard \/ know about them.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the live version of <em>Love Missile F1-11<\/em>\u00a0to jog your memory.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ff974Ocxl4Q&#8221; theme=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Once you start peeling back the layers, they become more and more interesting beyond their most well-known track,<em> Love Missile F1-11<\/em>. The interest is beyond the music, and more the story behind the band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. You can grab some more information on Sigue Sigue Sputnik via <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sigue_sigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they have announced their upcoming film that explains their rise and explosive decline which is soon to be released &#8211; see the trailer below.\u00a0This documentary will definitely be an interesting watch and we are looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H5f2Ka0UT9Y&#8221; theme=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There was this band in the 80s called Sigue Sigue Sputnik (you have heard them in the movie Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off) but that&#8217;s likely <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5418\" title=\"The True Story Of Sigue Sigue Sputnik\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,13,15,28,38],"tags":[3199,1718,1717,1719],"class_list":["post-5418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary","category-electronic-music","category-film","category-music","category-upcoming","tag-documentary","tag-love-missile-f1-11","tag-sigue-sigue-sputnik","tag-tony-james"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sigue-sigue-sputnik.jpg?fit=500%2C345","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-1po","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29702,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29702","url_meta":{"origin":5418,"position":0},"title":"British cult outfit The Venus Fly Trap to release &#8216;Icon&#8217; LP","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"British cult outfit The Venus Fly Trap have announced their new 'Icon' LP, which will be out via Glass Modern Records. 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