Balamm and the Angel ????

[WoodlandParkPunk]

Did I get the name right? They had a minor hit. Does anybody remember them?

[MikeP]

I remember them for "Light of the World" and "I Love the Things You Do to Me" -- kinda got lost in the shuffle of all that late 80's goth pop / glam metal.

[sbriggs]

urgh..only thing I liked about that band was the name.
I once got a promo of their 1987 album (on Elektra I think?)
and it was ATROCIOUS. Fake hair glam metal pop all the way
and no good songs. or anything. I much preferred Gene Loves
Jezebel in th

[dead_irony@yahoo.com]

I saw them live once in 1987 and they were terrible. All spandex pants and feathers. The last I heard of them was a song played in one scene in the '88 flick "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles."

[cubby]

Yes, I remember them. Back in 1986-87, they were being touted by some of the English press as the next big thing. I even went out and bought one of their albums; I think it was called "Greatest Story Ever Told" I thought they sounded like a water-downe

[Tomb]

Named after a part of south London(but changed the spelling from the correct way which was Balham)they were just awful. To hear how bad they were head to the audio section of http://www.balaamandtheangel.com/