The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit "Fade to Grey" which was released in late 1980.

Ure and Egan recorded a demo which included the original track "The Dancer" of which a version appeared on the debut Visage album and a cover of the Zager and Evans hit "In the Year 2525".

[2] By this time, however, Strange and Egan had relocated their themed club-nights to the Blitz club in Covent Garden from where the New Romantic movement would emerge.

[4] Although Visage's self-titled debut album had been completed for several months, it was not released until November 1980 when the band was now signed to the major label Polydor Records.

After further hits with the singles "Mind of a Toy" and the title track "Visage", Strange struggled to reunite the band's members again to record a second album due to their commitments with their respective bands; Ure had now joined Currie in Ultravox, Formula and Adamson with Magazine and McGeoch had joined Siouxsie and the Banshees.

[2] In late 1981, Visage went into the studio and recorded The Anvil as a five-piece band without McGeoch and only limited guest work from Adamson.

I was doing most of the writing and producing, and we all knew Steve [Strange] was the frontman, but when it became successful, jealousy and the nasty side of the business crept in.

Bassist Steve Barnacle was recruited to replace Adamson, and the remaining lineup recorded the stand-alone single "Pleasure Boys", which was released in October 1982.

Although still recording, Visage then took a two-year hiatus from releasing any new material due to contractual difficulties with their management company.

The compilation does not include the original video for the "Love Glove" single which was filmed at a late-night Dockland location in London in 1984.

Some time after the performance, Strange created a "Mark II" of Visage with people from several electronic bands and projects: Steven Young, Sandrine Gouriou and Rosie Harris from Seize and Ross Tregenza from Jetstream Lovers/Goteki.

After the announcement of the formation of the new line-up and several television appearances, plans for reworking old material and releasing a new record made slow progress.

In 2010, new remixes of "Fade to Grey" were produced by club DJs Michael Gray and Lee Mortimer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the song.

On 8 January 2013, Strange appeared as a guest on the Channel 4 News programme to discuss the forthcoming David Bowie album The Next Day.

A single from the album, "Shameless Fashion", was made available as a free download from the band's Facebook page, and a physical CD-single was released on 6 May 2013.

[11] Run by Strange's friends and relatives, they oversaw the release of the final Visage album, Demons to Diamonds, on 6 November 2015.