Radio de Figures on a Beach

Figures on a Beach was a musical band formed in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1980s out of the prior band Razor 1922. Figures on a Beach played in an artistic New Romantic/techno-pop style that was hard to pin down. The group recorded an independent EP, Swimming, in 1983, and the Don Was-produced single "Breathless" in 1984. Figures moved to Boston in 1985 and was signed by Seymour Stein of Sire Records soon after. Figures released their first full length LP in 1987, entitled Standing on Ceremony. A self-titled LP (Figures on a Beach) followed in 1989, containing a minor hit cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," and a popular hit among the club scene entitled, "Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)." The group disbanded in 1991. Figures on a Beach consisted of vocalist Anthony Kaczynski, guitarist John Rolski, keyboardist Christopher Ewen, bassist Perry Tell, and drummer, multimedia designer, animator and illustrator Michael "Smitty" Smith.