Bronski Beat were a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid 1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit " Smalltown Boy ".

Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Somerville, Steinbachek and Bronski shared a three-bedroom flat at Lancaster House in Brixton.

However, the single was shelved as tensions in the band, both personal and political, resulted in Somerville leaving Bronski Beat in the summer of that year.

" Run From Love " was subsequently released in a remix form on the Bronski Beat album Hundreds & Thousands, a collection of mostly remixes ( LP ) and b-sides ( as bonus tracks on the CD version ) as well as the hit " I Feel Love ".

Somerville went on to form The Communards with Richard Coles while the remaining members of Bronski Beat searched for a new vocalist.

Bronski Beat recruited John Foster as Somerville's replacement ( Foster is credited as " Jon Jon ").

The film Parting Glances ( 1986 ) included Bronski Beat songs " Love and Money ", " Smalltown Boy " and " Why ?".

Following Foster's departure, Bronski Beat began work on their next album, Out and About.

Also in 1987, Bronski Beat and Somerville did a reunion concert for " International AIDS Day ", supported by New Order, at the Brixton Academy, London.

1990 – 91 saw Bronski Beat release three further singles on the Zomba record label, " I'm Gonna Run Away ", " One More Chance " and " What More Can I Say ".

Foster and Bronski Beat teamed up again in 1994, and released a techno " Tell Me Why ' 94 " and an acoustic " Smalltown Boy ' 94 " on the German record label, ZYX Music.

Bronski Beat then dissolved with Steve Bronski going on to become a producer for other artists.

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Steinbachek and Bronski toured extensively with the new material and got great reviews, however the project was abandoned as the group were dropped by London Records.

Bronski commiserates with his friend and colleague, Greenberg, about always being the ones to " carry a spear ," instead of having starring roles.

Equally shocked, Bronski turns and walks out in silence, but Ehrhardt immediately thinks that Maria is having an affair with Hitler and he has just been caught trying to steal the Führer's girl.

Pursuing a more dance-orientated sound were Bronski Beat whose album The Age of Consent ( 1984 ), dealing with issues of homophobia and alienation, reached the top 20 in the UK and top 40 in the US.

The Communards formed in 1985 after singer Jimmy Somerville left his earlier band Bronski Beat to team up with classically-trained musician Richard Coles.

They were joined by bass player Dave Renwick who had also played with Bronski Beat.

He escapes the ghetto with a handful of survivors including his girlfriend Rachael Bronski.

* Paul Bronski is the husband of Deborah Bronski and, although a Jew, does not wish to be associated with other Jews in any way.

In 1994 he appeared in the film Man Of The House as Chet Bronski, the stepfather of Norman ( Zachary Browne ), and played on this stage with Chevy Chase, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Farrah Fawcett.

The performance contained many humorous re-interpretations of the script, such as continually referring to Brad Wesley by Gazzara's actual name, as well as the substitution of the film's original soundtrack with music from ' 80s synth-pop band Bronski Beat, Pavement, The Alarm, The Smiths, Wilco, Nena, Let's Active, The Misfits, Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand and the ' 90s Canadian pop-punk band, Cub.

In 1984 Somerville left Bronski Beat and he and Coles formed The Communards, who were together for just over three years and had three UK Top 10 hits, including the biggest-selling single of 1986 with a version of " Don't Leave Me This Way ", which was at Number 1 for four weeks.

On the production side, Southend have produced local and international releases for Hoodoo Gurus, Paul Holden, Acid Babies, The Whitlams, Kim Salmon and Michal Nicholas as well as a remix collaboration with Sasha Vatoff of Vagen ’ s track " Buggin " and a cover of Bronski Beat's " Smalltown Boy " which appeared on Groovescooter Records ’ Re: fashioned 2.

Scottish lead singer Jimmy Somerville, openly gay on record since his previous band Bronski Beat released " Smalltown Boy " in 1984, performed a falsetto version faithful to Gaynor's disco take, right down to the pronouns " you know you love him more and more " and " never can say goodbye, boy ".

" I Feel Love " was covered by Bronski Beat on their 1984 album The Age of Consent and released as a single by Bronski Beat featuring Marc Almond in 1985.

It's the perfect opportunity for Maria, who dashes after Bronski calling, " Mein Führer, Mein Führer!

At the height of their popularity the band consisted of singer Jimmy Somerville backed by Steve Bronski and Larry Steinbachek, both of whom played keyboards and percussion.

In 2007 Bronski remixed the song " Stranger To None " by the UK alternative rock band, All Living Fear.

Author Michael Bronski highlights the " attack on pre-Stonewall culture ", particularly gay pulp fiction for men, where the themes often reflected ambivalence about being gay or self-hatred.

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It was a major influence on the New Romantics in Britain, acts like Adam Ant and Flock of Seagulls extended it, and its androgyny and sexual politics were picked up by acts including Culture Club, Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

We discover this is a local actor, Bronski, who is playing Hitler in a new work satirizing the Nazis.

His effort fails when a young girl asks for the autograph of " Mr. Bronski.

Prominent among them is Bronski, initially without his Hitler mustache from the play.

This distracts the Führer's guards long enough for Bronski, now wearing a Hitler mustache, to emerge unnoticed from the men's room and pretend to have come out of Hitler's box surrounded by his " entourage.

He also recommends that Bronski / Hitler leave Poland immediately, and all the actors march out, get in Hitler's car and drive away.

Ehrhardt is utterly floored, however, when the door opens and Bronski walks in disguised as Hitler.