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It Bites are a progressive rock and pop fusion band formed in Egremont, Cumbria, England, in 1982. Despite a healthy fan-base around the world, It Bites were one of the many progressive pop rock bands to suffer the great cull of the early 1990s, when major record labels consolidated their assets, to weather the economic downturn by dropping musicians in favour of cheaper pop stars. It Bites moved to London in 1984 and signed a recording contract with Virgin Records soon after. They released their first album The Big Lad In The Windmill in 1986 which contained the hit single "Calling All The Heroes", which reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart. The album itself enjoyed only moderate commercial success. The group's second album Once Around The World followed in 1988. The album was notable in that it signalled a departure from the more pop-oriented sound of the first album and contained the group's 14 minute 'magnum opus' "Once Around The World". The album also provided some minor hits in "Midnight" and "Kiss Like Judas". Eat Me In St. Louis, the group's third and final studio album with the original line-up followed in 1989 and contained a harder-edged, more guitar-based sound than previously. The album also spawned the minor hit single "Still Too Young To Remember".