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The tale of the Assembly is one of unfulfilled potential. After <a href="spotify:artist:1G1mX30GpUJqOr1QU2eBSs">Yaz</a> split up in 1983, keyboardist <a href="spotify:artist:7zkGCcaPSB7nLCtaxEWWE1">Vince Clarke</a>, also formerly of <a href="spotify:artist:762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX">Depeche Mode</a>, began searching for another vocalist he could collaborate with. He eventually found one: <a href="spotify:artist:3zk5lgbVEre0rKRBqiKt0T">Feargal Sharkey</a>, ex-leader of the Irish pop-punk band <a href="spotify:artist:2WRStKp4ihGVUzlzWfv1Qt">the Undertones</a>. Along with producer Eric C. Radcliffe and guitarist Dave "Clem" Clempson, the quartet released the single "Never Never" in 1983 as the Assembly. However, <a href="spotify:artist:7e6T1NoRQOnWEtivi7VXZ7">Sharkey</a> wasn't intended to be the Assembly's permanent singer; instead, Clarke and Radcliffe wanted to have a revolving door of vocalists, a different one for every track. It didn't happen. "Never Never," a moving ballad about unrequited love, topped the pop charts in England, but it was the Assembly's only record. the Assembly became a new wave footnote, an answer to the trivia question, "What group was <a href="spotify:artist:7zkGCcaPSB7nLCtaxEWWE1">Vince Clarke</a> in between <a href="spotify:artist:1G1mX30GpUJqOr1QU2eBSs">Yaz</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0z5DFXmhT4ZNzWElsM7V89">Erasure</a>?" After "Never Never," <a href="spotify:artist:7e6T1NoRQOnWEtivi7VXZ7">Sharkey</a> released a self-titled solo album, while Clarke formed <a href="spotify:artist:0z5DFXmhT4ZNzWElsM7V89">Erasure</a> in 1985 with <a href="spotify:artist:3FTxQTEzrX6tcJYSlsdUle">Andy Bell</a>. "Never Never" didn't disappear with the Assembly, though. In 1995, the track was resurrected on New Wave Hits of the 80s, Vol. 14. A year later, the song was re-released as a CD single that included its extended version and the instrumental B-side "Stop/Start." ~ Michael Sutton
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