Another one of those bands that seems to ring a bell only with former record store employees who used to snake any and every promo disc that came in, the Pleasure Thieves released one album on Hollywood Records – Simple Escape – in 1992…and not much else. (Further research shows that they did a cover of the Who’s “Boris the Spider” for the soundtrack to Arachnophobia, but, honestly, probably even less people own that than do Simple Pleasure.)
Lead singer Sinjin-William Dolan…and, no, I don’t know what kind of name Sinjin-William is, either…sounds almost like Neil Diamond at times with his husky voice, and the music’s very synth-heavy; neither were attributes that would’ve led any band to success in the early ’90s.
The group vanished so far into oblivion that they have no website, no MySpace page, nothing…but in a bizarre post-script to the band’s career, the band’s song “Blue Flowers” – a highlight of the album – was discovered by a DJ in the Phillipines and became a hit there…in 2002!
If anyone has any idea if the band or Dolan went on to record anything else, please leave a posting.
Posted in: Alternative, Lost Bands, Pop, Rock
Tags: Blue Flowers, Pleasure Thieves, Simple Escape, Sinjin-William Dolan
I think “I don’t care about you anymore” is one of my all time favorite songs. I have spent quite a bit of time surfing the net wondering what ever happened to them. Much to my dismay, it has been a futile attempt. I welcome an update.
I hope at least the blokes are happy.
“about you” was also my favorite on the record. I moved to new york then back to l.a. and dropped out of the music scene. I have finally written some new songs and we may perform here in L.A. thanks for your email. sinjin.
Hey Sinjin, Visit http://homepage.mac.com/matteveritt/musician.html
Where are they now? After being dropped from Hollywood Records in 1992. I eventually found a job as an ad agency creative In Dallas TX. I make TV ads for national clients, like Hyundai, Nokia, Home Depot. I still compose music which has been used in some of my ads. I lost touch with all the members except for Nick. Visit http://homepage.mac.com/matteveritt/musician.html and download my music free. Matt
Ha, Sinjin is my cousin, (my father’s brothers son), as far as I know, they’re not doing anything anymore. Although they do have a Myspace page now.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am
p;friendID=116376907
Whoops, I meant grandfathers brother. And I hadn’t even noticed Sinjin and Matt posted!
Just found this thread!..I was the bass player in The Pleasure Thieves and this “bloke” as Carey stated is very happy!
Take care,
Nick
Just that people don’t think, the “pleasure thieves” vanished without leaving a trace: they left traces, even in Germany. I bought the disc at a compact-disc-rent-store (which had been quite popular in the beginning 90ies), which sold their dead articles from time to time. However, I loved it immediately. I especially loved the slow “blue flowers” version and sometimes I danced all by myself to “Pictures of Madness” and “Into the Arms of Love”. And: I wrote down the lyrics of “wild miracle” for the girl I was dating then… and, yes, she was impressed…
Thank you for that music, to Sinjin and the other then members of Pleasure Thieves…
J.
I still have the record in my collection…
i was one of those college dj’s that got a copy of this as a promo. it left the studio when i left. to this day, that cd is one my most prized and favorite collections of music…and for years, i thought i was the only one on the planet with a copy. i burned a copy for a girlfriend of mine so she could have her own copy (my romantic version of a ring). she later broke up with me…darn, i wish i had that cd back. so glad to hear the guys are doing well and other fans are out there.
hehe…I was just goin’ thru all my older – uh, “vintage”, excuse me – music and threw on Simple Pleasures & wondered the same, “where are they now??” So, here I landed….funny, huh? Ahhh, ya never forget the 80’s if you lived through them!! I was one of those girls who, yup swooned over you guys then-keeping most of my dignity intact, of course ; )
It’s definetely refreshing to listen to now-thanks guys, I too, am extremely glad to have it in my music collection-take care ~
For anyone who’d like to get more info on the Pleasure Thieves, I’ve had a nice chat with Nick and Matt, which appears over at Popdose.com:
http://popdose.com/hooks-n-you-pleasure-thieves-simple-escape/
hey there the guitarist Desmond McLean is my uncle. i know some of former members posted here but i was kind of sad to here nothing of Des. they don’t do anything anymore but they still hangout and “jam” a lot from what i here
Still waiting for that get together in California so I can come down and catch a show..Miss you guys and the music!
after all these years..
beautiful disguise,about you, blue flower…
i was in college when this songs came
and made a deep impression into my life..
that’s why the simple escape along with
my new wave music albums(the cure,depeche mode,wiretrain..etc)are my most treasured
collection..well its good to hear from you guys.
again…(you have so many fans here in the
philippines…)