Joy Of Life

Joy of Life formed in the early 1980's. A mini LP 'Enjoy' was recorded and released on NER (New European Recordings) circa 1984. Joy of Life's second recording an LP entitled 'Hear The Children' was released by the band when a recording deal with a not to be named Italian record label fell through. Gary C collaborated with Douglas Pearce on the Death in June recordings 'To Drown A Rose' EP and 'Brown Book' LP. Gary C also appears on keyboards on the track 'Since Yesterday' featured on the Current 93 LP 'Swastikas For Noddy'. Joy of life disbanded in 1988 and reformed briefly in the early 1990's. On the 10th of May 2008 a concert took place in Leipzig (Germany) at the Wave-Gothic-Meeting (Wave-Gotik-Treffen / WGT) with help of Dev of While Angels Watch. Dev and Gary were pals from early Death In June gigs. What happened was that Dev needed a drummer for While Angels Watch show at WGT in 2008 and asked Gary as he wanted to get back into music after 30 years away. The organiser heard about this and wanted to do a JOL set too, with Gary singing and While Angels Watch and Kev backing. Original line up: Gary Carey - Bass/Vocals/Keyboards Trevor Martin - Guitar/Keyboards Peter Fordham - vocals Kevin Gregory - Drums/Percussion Glenn Fenton - Guitar (only on first album) The "bridge" picture on submission is Left to Right; Trevor (gtr), Gary (bass/vocals), Kev (drums), Pete (Vocals).