EP157 - Chris Free - A Craze - Songwriter, Musician, Respond Records

On this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, I am joined by
songwriter, musician Chris Free.


He was one half of the duo A Craze who were
signed to Paul Weller’s Respond record label in the early 1980s.


We chat about his love of punk including The Jam and The Clash
and his first band The Users, to meeting Lucy Barron, forming A
Craze and getting signed to the project.


The band played on the Respond package tours, on line ups
featuring Tracie Young, The Questions and Vaughan Toulouse. They
were also on the bill for the BBC broadcast gig featuring The
Style Council at the Paris Theatre in London.


A Craze released one single, the Paul Weller
produced Wearing Your Jumper and featured on the
Respond sampler LP, Love the Reason with their song
Keeping the Boys Amused.


Chris and Lucy also wrote Give It Some Emotion
which got to 24 in the UK charts and You Must Be
Kidding which was the b-side to Soul's On Fire...


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