Fine Young Cannibals formed in 1984 after David Steele and Andy Cox, both former members of The Beat, finally found their leading man in ex-Akrylyxz singer Roland Gift. Aside from compilations, they only released two albums, Fine Young Cannibals (1985) and The Raw and the Cooked (1989), but still produced enduring hit songs like "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing."
The group's name was inspired by the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals, starring Hollywood sweethearts Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, though none of them actually saw the movie. It was chosen on the spot when the band got their first interview offer and still didn't have a name yet.
There's only one cover on the Fine Young Cannibals' debut LP: Elvis Presley's career-reviving hit "Suspicious Minds," first released in 1969. Steele claimed the legend appeared to him in a dream and told him to record the song and promised it would become a hit. "When you have that happen to you," bandmate Gift asked in a 1986 Creem interview, "what can you do? You can't refuse the King." Presley was true to his word. The song peaked at #8 on the UK Charts.
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