Big Bang are a British electronic music duo formed in 1988 by the founder of Trade nightclub, Laurence Malice,[1][2] and writer Iain Williams.

[5][6][7] By late '86, a new clique of club bands were beginning to make an impression in Europe and Scandinavia that were rediscovering and embracing past dance music and taking it forward onto a different level; Army of Lovers in Sweden and Desireless in France were examples.

[6][10] The band billed their first series of concerts as 'Stage 1' of their 'World Domination Tour' and enlisted the illustrator Mark Wardel to design their publicity.

[11][12] Their appearance at the Camden Palace attracted over 1,000 people on what the Met Office[13] recorded as one of England's coldest nights of the 20th century.

[6][14][15] [16] You You You built up a strong following performing concerts on the club scene, including three nights at the Hippodrome, London (23 January,[17] 9 February[18] and 6 April),[19][20][21] on 19 February at Anarchy Club at London Astoria,[22] at The Fridge, Brixton on 27 March (where they appeared on stage on a huge, white staircase with a troupe of synchronized dancers and were filmed for Japanese TV),[23] at The Zap Club in Brighton on 18 April (as part of the event 'Return of the Django goes to Brighton'),[24] on 28 April at Paradise Lost in Watford,[25] [26] on 9 May at The Limelight, London, and two shows on 10 July at Paramount City in Soho (formerly the Windmill Theatre), [27] and on 15 July at Le Palace in Paris (hosted by the performance artist Leigh Bowery.

[28][29] The band was invited to appear at The Party – a benefit concert at Wembley Arena on 1 April to help fund AIDS research and awareness.

[6] Many well-known musicians appeared on the bill, including Elton John, George Michael, Bob Geldof, Meat Loaf, Ben E. King and Kim Wilde.

Due to the volume of acts performing, You You You were allotted an appearance at the After-Party show held at a London West End theatre where they appeared on stage alongside several stars, including George Michael, members from the cast of TV's Coronation Street and EastEnders, and performers from several West End musicals, including 42nd Street (musical) and Nunsense.

The band's new pop video for Head Over Heels,[34][35][36][37] directed by Steven Chivers,[38] premiered on the show, and O'Connor was interviewed inside a caravan by presenter Magenta Devine.

[42] Prior to You You You, Malice had hosted the Pyramid Club at Heaven,[43] and Williams had been a solo singer-songwriter and model,[44] as well as a member of the London-based bands Dance on a Telephone and One by One, the latter of which he recorded the 1984 single I Kept My Promise.

[47] Musicians on it include Hans Zimmer on Fairlight CMI synth and LinnDrum, guitarist Alan Murphy (later of the band Level 42), lead vocal by Lelo (of Lelo and the Levants), and backing vocals by Shirley and Dee Lewis, with Williams playing the Trident Studio grand piano on which Rick Wakeman played on David Bowie's recording of 'Life On Mars'.

In June 1989, Big Bang released their Arabic-inspired version of ABBA's Voulez-Vous, B-side Cold Nights In Cairo.

He explained the concept during an interview with the journalist Alex Gerry in London's Metropolitan magazine under the heading, 'Big Bang in Clubland.

[58] Big Bang's sound consisted of various experimental musical elements, including hard rock drum beats and synthesiser-generated loops, as well as an added suggestion of European influences that, at times, had a trance-like quality.

On stage, the band was joined by the vocalists Teresa Revill and Jasmine Ventura and a company of circus acts, including acrobats, one-wheel bicycle riders, fire-eaters, jugglers, flying trapeze artists and a belly-dancing troupe.

[62] The Arabic Circus Tour appeared at the Hippodrome in London's Leicester Square, where Visage frontman Steve Strange hosted the night and, it was said, the singer Grace Jones threatened to jump on stage to upstage the band,[63] and at Paramount City in Soho (formerly the Windmill Theatre), at the Hammersmith Palais, and on 18 November at a fetish Ball in ‘a mysterious cavern somewhere on the west side of London’ hosted by the performance artist Leigh Bowery, with experimental musician/vocalist Danielle Dax and American punk singer and former Andy Warhol protégé Jayne County appearing as supporting artists on the bill,[64] and at Heaven nightclub with DJ's Mark Moore (of S'Express) and Colin Faver.

1991: Although Big Bang never officially disbanded, at the tail end of 1991, Malice and Williams decided to concentrate on their careers away from the band.

[79][80] 2012: In July 2012, Big Bang released DJ promotional copies of a previously unreleased 12" rare mix of Voulez Vous.

I have a varied, yet always creative past.’ In 2015, Williams released the song "Destiny" under the alias FRANCON with featured vocals by Keith Pemberton.