The Freeze

ordon Sharp – Vocals, David Clancy – Guitar, Vocals
Keith Grant – Bass, Vocals & Graeme Radin – Drums, Vocals

The real trouble is that almost everything said about The Scars could equally apply to The Freeze.  They were very similar in so many ways (hence the great rivalry) – both owing a great deal to the arty end of Glam.  The Freeze set featured covers of “Virginia Plain” and Eno’s “Baby’s on Fire”.  “Paranoia” is not very representative as they stopped thrashing early on and created a sound that would be instantly recognisable to late 80’s Goths. 

For the record, Gordon Sharp, The Freeze singer, has 2 tracks on the 1st This Mortal Coil album which display a voice in the New Romantic style but towering over the Hadleys & Le Bons of this world.  It was a long way from Linlithgow Academy where The Freeze formed in 1976. Later their English teacher, whose name was Alistair Allison, became their manager and contributed some lyrics including Paranoia.

The local newspaper did a couple of articles on the band which introduced the good people of West Lothian to the perils of Punk Rock and support gigs with The Skids – Sharp and Jobson shared an enthusiasm for existential philosophers. 

In the end however The Freeze changed its name to Cindytalk because of London disco-soul band Freez getting a lot of media attention and therefore causing some confusion.

The main song writing partnership of Gordon Sharp and David Clancy took The Freeze in what they saw as a logical post punk direction using darker themes and more abstract dynamics. 

Gordon Sharp left – suitably glammed up!

Psychodalek Nightmares / Paranoia/ For JPS  (Al Records 1979).  Paranoia the pick here. As fine a piece of punk thrashery as you could desire.


Robin Saunders 2001 and updated with corrected info and photos by Gordon Sharp



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