Freur

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Years Active
1982 – 1986 (4 years)
Founded In
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Freur was the name of the first band of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, presently of the dance act Underworld. Formed 1982 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (who previously released the single 'I Don't Like Cars' in 1981 as The Screen Gemz) and Alfie Thomas. The band originally had only a graphic 'squiggle' for a name. In 1983, after recruiting John Warwicker and drummer Bryn Burrows, they struck a recording deal with a major label, CBS Records, and met the label's insistence on a pronouncable name with the compromise that the squiggle wa… read more
Freur was the name of the first band of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, presently of the dance act Underworld. Formed 1982 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (who previously released the single 'I Don't Like Cars' in 1981 as The Screen Gemz) and Alfie Thomas. The … read more
Freur was the name of the first band of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, presently of the dance act Underworld. Formed 1982 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (who previously released the single 'I Don't Like Cars' in 1981 as The Screen Gemz) and Alfie Thomas. The band originally had only a graphic 'squiggle' for a name. In 1… read more

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1 Play track 100 Hits of the 80's - Volume 2 Doot Doot
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2 Play track Doot Doot Riders in the Night
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3 Play track Doot Doot Doot Doot - 12" Mix
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4 Play track Doot Doot Runaway
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5 Play track Tommy Vee Selections Volume 4 Doot-Doot
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6 Play track Doot Doot My Room
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7 Play track Doot Doot All Too Much
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8 Play track Doot Doot Tender Surrender
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9 Play track Doot Doot Steam Machine
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10 Welcome To The Robots - Volume Two - Synthie Pop & New Romantic Doot Doot (12" Mix)
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Albums

  1. 29,803 listeners

    1 Jan 1983 · 12 tracks

    Doot Doot
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  2. 6,201 listeners

    1983 · 2 tracks

    Doot-Doot
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  3. 550 listeners

    1984 · 10 tracks

    Get Us Out Of Here
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  4. 162 listeners

    3 Nov 2016 · 13 tracks

    Live From London
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