Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Andy Bell (vocals) together form the synth pop band Erasure.
Nonsense stories ascribing the name to a pencil from which the gum had come off (assumed original band name: Pencil without an Eraser) or to the word Erasure written on a demo tape (after which that tape was erased of course) we sweep aside as fairy tales.
A more likely explanation is that the duo was inspired by the movie Eraserhead (1977) by David Lynch that later became a cult film.
This argument becomes even stronger by looking at the remarkable resemblance between Andy Bell and Eraserhead’s leading actor, Jack Nance (as Henry Spencer).
Nonsense stories ascribing the name to a pencil from which the gum had come off (assumed original band name: Pencil without an Eraser) or to the word Erasure written on a demo tape (after which that tape was erased of course) we sweep aside as fairy tales.
A more likely explanation is that the duo was inspired by the movie Eraserhead (1977) by David Lynch that later became a cult film.This argument becomes even stronger by looking at the remarkable resemblance between Andy Bell and Eraserhead’s leading actor, Jack Nance (as Henry Spencer).
Active: 1985-present, GBR
Site: http://www.erasureinfo.com/
See also: Apartment 26
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