Scarlet Party formed in Essex in the early 1980s: their sound combined contemporary and Sixties influences, and they were a popular live band until they split in 1985.

The band’s first single, 101 Dam-Nations, was released in November 1982 on EMI’s Parlophone label. By a happy coincidence, the band’s 1982 recording sessions at Abbey Road coincided with the Beatles’ 20th anniversary at EMI, and this helped to get them noticed. The single was enthusiastically received (Kate Bush described it as her favourite), and reached number 44 in the UK charts.

101 Dam-Nations was followed by another excellent single, Eyes Of Ice, released in February 1983. Unfortunately this seemed to stall on its way to the charts, and was to be the band’s last.

An album, Scarlet Skies, was recorded, but never released.

Scarlet Party are:

	Graham Dye Graham plays guitar and sings. He was born in Barking, Essex on August 2nd 1961!
	Steve Dye Steven plays keyboards, bass guitar and sings.
	Sean Heaphy Sean plays drums.

They also served:

• Mark Gilmour (guitar)
• Micky Portman (bass)
• Tony Cook (producer)
• Hayden Bendall (producer)
• Helen Hawkins (vocals)