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Formed in the summer of 1981 by Paul Lerwill (ex Rosetta Stone) while still
under copyright as a songwriter to Rosetta Stone management and/or Private Stock
Records which is why he adopted the name Gregory Gray. He stuck with this new
name after the copyright restrictions expired a year or so later. Pete Kerr had
previously been with Decontrol.
The Perfect Crime supported O.M.D. on the Belfast leg of their Architecture
and Morality 1981-82 Tour. They recorded a demo at Clive Culbertson's No Sweat
Studios in Dervock, one track from which was played several times on Dave
Fanning's show on RTE Radio ("Fast Life Neon Ice").
Several major labels were interested in the band though Gregory reputedly
signed what was basically a solo deal with MCA in the summer of 1982.
Pete Kerr left the band at this time.
He was replaced by Colin Mairs.
Perfect Crime did a series of support slots with Eurthymics and then played to what
was arguably their biggest ever live audience
on 14 August 1983 when they appeared at U2's Day At The Races gig at the
Phoenix Park. Colin Mairs had been replaced
by Barry Walker (ex Saigon, Ten Past Seven)
by this time. They toured as support act with Paul Young in August and Talkign Heads
in September and undertook their first solo UK tour in November and December 1983.
They appeared on TV several times including BBC Northern Ireland's Channel One rock tv show
along with Talk Before Thought and Feargal Sharkey; ITV's The Saturday Show
hosted by Isla St.Clair;
The band
released two singles on MCA in 1983-84 which are reputedly dance/funk
oriented, but I have not heard them. The first of these was "Brave".
An 8-track machine was installed at Gregory Gray's house and he was promised
he could produce the band himself if "Brave" was a hit. It wasn't. A second single
followed in 1984. When originally announced the A-side was to be "The Greatest Hit",
but "I Feel Like An Eskimo" was chosen as A-side instead. Hot Press described it as follows:
"Perfect Crime appear to be out of their depth. Their crisis of confidence
interferes with their output. They will never make great music without raw
passion".
The band split in 1986. Gregory Gray contined
as a solo artist and was
considered as a potential replacement for Tom McLaughlin in Light A Big Fire in
1988. Donal Boyle and George Nelson formed Uncertain Trumpet.
Pete Kerr is now based in Sligo
producing demos and managing local bands.
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