Free shipping. Rose Mcdowall Ex Strawberry Switchblade Limited To 500 Pieces Sold Out Difficult. Before Fame. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Jul 2, 2019 - Explore Angeline Thomas's board "Strawberry Switchblade/ Rose McDowall" on Pinterest. Family Life She loved music and dreamt of maybe one day being a singer in a band. Jill was at art school with ambitions to be a painter. In the early 1980s they shone, brightly and briefly with deceptively joyful pop music, before fading into relative obscurity by the middle of the decade. Scottish singer, and guitarist. Rose McDowall and Innes Reekie Her first band was The Poems, whom she joined in 1978. Report item - opens in a new window or tab. Official artist page for Rose McDowall. Item specifics. $159.93. Trivia. Rose McDowall is a Scottish new wave musician born 1959, and one of the ex-members of goth-pop duo Strawberry Switchblade. From the ominous shadows of Goth suddenly appeared two young girls in polka-dot dresses, flaming red lipstick, and hair ribbons. Playing Synth Pop, Dream Pop. Description; Shipping and payments; eBay item number: 393110874648. Looking like the brides of Robert Smith, Strawberry Switchblade made a brief splash on the U.K. charts and then abruptly vanished in the mid '80s, leaving their fans with a handful of collectible singles and one LP of deceptively sweet-sounding dance pop. Listen to an hour of Strawberry Switchblade's technicolour pop on this In Focus. High quality Strawberry Switchblade gifts and merchandise. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Since Yesterday 2. In addition to being one half of the popular goth-pop duo Strawberry Switchblade, McDowall is perhaps best-known as a guest vocalist or "floating member" of several different alternative bands, particularly neofolk. Condition: See more ideas about post punk, new romantics, strawberry. Scottish musician best known as the singer for the new wave band Strawberry Switchblade. 5 talking about this. The band are considered one hit wonders, when their song 'Since Yesterday' reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. Rose McDowall (born 21 October 1959, in Glasgow, Scotland, UK) is a Scottish musician, most notably as a vocalist in the synthpop band Strawberry Switchblade.McDowall's first venture into music was in The Poems, an art-punk trio formed in 1978 with her husband Drew McDowall.She formed Strawberry Switchblade in 1981 with Jill Bryson. After the demise of Strawberry Switchblade in 1986, she collaborated with a variety of artists including Psychic TV and Nurse With Wound. 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