Queer Dale

Queer Dale-The Band

Queer Dale was a 90s pop band. Although they were not very famous in the era, some of there songs were remembered especially by the gay community. They were managed by Darren Miles of Polydor.

Queer Dale was made up of front man, Dale McIndoe born August 19, 1968, who provided lead vocals . Brian Wilson, born June 29, 1969 was on keyboards. Shane Tilzey born March 2, 1968 was on bass and Danny Barbiosa born July 6, 1970 was on drums. They were all born in Bristol,England and met in college where they started off making a band there.

They released and album in January 1990 after their first single 'That Mans Watching Me'. The album was called 'Harder, Faster', but later had to be changed after many public complaints. The album was re-released as 'The Rainbow Club'. The band were known for there singles being aimed towards the gay community, which might have been the reason that they were not so famous with the general public.

TV

Queer Dale frontman Dale McIndoe once apeared on an episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1998 in the identity parade where the contestants were shown the video to the single 'Im Into That' and had to guess which man was the 'real' Dale McIndoe.

Queer Dale also appeared on Top Of The Pops with there first single 'That Mans Watching Me' in 1989.

Singles
Released Singles inlude:-
* That Mans Watching Me (1989)
* Im Into That (1990)
* Man-iac (1992)
* Put Your Hand Here(Oh Yeh) (1992)
* Rainbow Club (1995)
* Enough For Tonight (1995)

All singles except 'Rainbow Club' reached the UK Top 40 and where in the charts in countries like Germany, Spain, Poland and Romania where there single 'Man-iac' reached No 2 in the Spanish Charts.
1995

Queer Dale split up after band mate Brian Wilson married and moved to Turkey that year. As they could not find a willing keyboard player to take a place, they decided to end the band and was publicy announced December 1995. There manager Darren Miles called them a "weird and wondeful piece of musical creation" and announced at their split "I will never forget working with this band, I hope that one day if there is not a comeback, some other band will bring back the sound of Queer Dale".

Recently singers like Mika have been compared to the music style of Queer Dale. Also newcomer Katy Perry with single 'I Kissed a Girl' has been said to have the same lyrical style as "long lost 80s sensation" Queer Dale.

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