Visage Singer Steve Strange Has Died

Visage frontman Steve Strange died today following a heart attack in Egypt, BBC News reports. He was 55 years old.

Strange was born Steve Harrington on May 28, 1959. He co-founded the Blitz Club in London’s Soho district in 1979-- a venue that would pioneer the U.K.'s New Romantic movement in the 1980s, giving the likes of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, and Boy George’s Culture Club a place to perform en route to mainstream success.

Later, he formed the pop band Visage with with Rusty Egan, Midge Ure, Barry Adamson, John McGeoch, and Dave Formula. They released their first single, "Tar", in 1979, before debuting their breakout hit, "Fade To Grey", as part of their eponymous debut album in 1980.

Strange starred in the video for David Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes" in 1980. Watch that video, and listen to some of Visage's other hits, below.

"Fade To Grey":

See Strange in Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes":

Listen to "Tar":

via Molly Beauchemin