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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.
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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&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