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Severed Heads
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<p>Severed Heads were an Australian <a href="/facts/Electronic_music/zfGNfUvR">electronic music</a> group founded in <a href="/facts/1979_in_music/u1C8ngQN">1979</a> as Mr and Mrs No Smoking Sign. The original members were <a href="/facts/Richard_Fielding/f4pIYqTp">Richard Fielding</a> and Andrew Wright, who were soon joined by <a href="/facts/Tom_Ellard/jIhk9kwD">Tom Ellard</a>. Fielding and Wright had both left the band by mid-1981 with Ellard remaining the sole consistent member for the rest of the band's existence. Throughout the next decade, several musicians joined Severed Heads' ranks, including <a href="/facts/Garry_Bradbury/dEtDkJql">Garry Bradbury</a>, Simon Knuckey, <a href="/facts/Stephen_Jones_(musician)/YCaJMFTJ">Stephen Jones</a> and Paul Deering. </p><p>In 1984 the band released "<a href="/facts/Dead_Eyes_Opened/nWos5n35">Dead Eyes Opened</a>" as a single, which was remixed in 1994 and re-released, reaching No. 16 on the <a href="/facts/ARIA_Charts/aUXUHRK7">ARIA Singles Chart</a>. Two of their singles, "Greater Reward" (1988) and "All Saints Day" (1989), reached the top 30 on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/facts/Hot_Dance_Club_Songs/TNav6YJl">Hot Dance Club Songs</a> chart. Ellard disbanded the group in 2007 and continued with other projects. Subsequent Severed Heads reunions have occurred: in 2010 for a 30th-anniversary concert, in 2011 in support of <a href="/facts/Gary_Numan/w7XWpqwh">Gary Numan</a>'s tour of Australia, again in 2011 at BimFEST in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a>, in 2013 with a gig at the <a href="/facts/Adelaide_Festival/qBcG927R">Adelaide Festival of Arts</a> and in September 2015 with a tour of the United States for the first time in more than 20 years. In November 2016, Severed Heads played at the <a href="/facts/State_Library_of_Victoria/jtUl3b3z">State Library of Victoria</a> as part of Melbourne Music Week and in November 2017 they headlined a one-off double act along with <a href="/facts/Snog_(band)/QvpPNvnk">Snog</a> at the Corner Hotel in <a href="/facts/Richmond,_Victoria/JruooznA">Richmond, Victoria</a>. Severed Heads announced that they would again disband following headlining shows in September 2019. </p>