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The formation of the band was composed of guitarist John Spinks, the vocalist and bassist Tony Lewis and drummer Alan Jackman. Formation and first name [ To edit ] At the end of the 1970’s, the trio formed by the vocalist\/bassist Tony Lewis, guitarist John Spinks and drummer Alan Jackman played in a power pop band called Sirius B. But after rehearsing and playing together for about six Months left the band because their style was not coupled with the punk rock that at that time was gaining great popularity in London. Years later the trio regroups in the east of London under the name of The Baseball Boys, with which they touched some concerts and recorded some models, calling the attention of the American seal Columbia Records, with whom they signed a contract in 1984. Spinks adopted the name ‘Baseball Boys’ from a teenage gang called “The Baseball Furies” in the cult movie The Warriors, a movie that had just seen. Although he used the name as a joke and “only to be outrageous” the people of the record company responded favorably. The band won the reputation of being a group with a “very American sound” and signed in the United States after playing only a few months in England. His manager, an American who lived in England, recommended a new band name with a similar attitude, since ‘Baseball Boys’ seemed too “sticky and” ironic. ” Spinks said: “The outfield was the most leftist type of thing we liked” [ required appointment ] Commercial success [ To edit ] The British band enjoyed a commercial success in the United States, but never enjoyed similar success in their country. They began their recordings in mid -1980, [ first ] And they released their first album, Play Deep , in 1985, through Columbia Records. To promote her album, the band made an international tour, of openings for Journey and Starship. The album reached number 9 in the Billboard 200 list and then reached triple platinum in America. [ 2 ] His most successful “Your Love” single, reached number 6 in the Billboard Hot 100, as well as number 7 in rock mainstream, [ 2 ] And became his flagship song. It became highlighted in a number of compilations of the 1980s, [ 3 ] And more than 1000 covers and remixes other artists have been thrown both physically and online. [ 4 ] The other singles “Say it isn’t so” and “Everything you cry” also reached the top 20 in the mainstream rock tracks. [ 2 ] \u200b The band continued recording and tours in the 1980s and then at the end of that decade, while their second album Bangin’ , reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200, had two singles in the top 40 rock mainstream, [ 5 ] The group began to lose its popularity in their third album, Voices of Babylon , 1989. Drummer Alan Jackman left the group and, now as a duo, Lewis and Spinks, they recorded Diamond Days in 1991. After the disappointing response to your 1992 album Rockeye , which represented a change towards progressive rock and rock sand, [ 6 ] The group dissolved in the 90s. They resume the tour in 1998, and then launched two live albums through their website, including a new study album, Any Time Now , launched by the record Sidewinder In March 2006. [ 7 ] In 2009, Alan Jackman announced that he was going to return to The Outfield and the band would be recording a new album. The last album of the band, Replay , it was released on June 28, 2011 and constitutes a return to its traditional pop rock sound and produced two songs that resulted in a success, “California Sun” and “A Long, Long Time ago.” On July 9, 2014, The official website of The Outfield reported that John Spinks, the band’s main guitarist, died at 60 years after a long fight against cancer. On October 20, 2020 Tony Lewis died at age 62 in his London residence. [ 8 ] \u200b Tony Lewis \u2013 (1984-2020) John Spinks \u2013 (1984-2014) Alan Jackman-(1984-1989, 2009-2014) Simon Dawson \u2013 (1989-2009) Support members both in study and live [ To edit ] Reg Webb \u2013 (1985-1987) Frankie Callaghan \u2013 (1984-1989) Grahame Leslie – (1985-1987) Paul Reed \u2013 (1989) Jeffery Gish \u2013 (2003-2005) Discography [ To edit ] References [ To edit ]      "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/the-outfield-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"The Outfield – Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"}}]}]