Set the Tone (band)
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Set The Tone were a Scottish Electronic Dance group formed by Kenny Hyslop, Bobby Paterson, Chris Morgan and Evelyn.
Background
Kenny Hyslop had been a former member of a number of Scottish bands including The Zones, The Skids and Slik. In 1981 he joined Simple Minds but his time with them was brief, although he is known to have played drums on their hit single "Promised You A Miracle", which reached number 13 in the UK Charts in April 1982. Following his departure from Simple Minds, Hyslop got together with Paterson, Morgan and Evelyn to form Set The Tone.
Set The Tone quickly managed to secure a record deal with Island Records and, late in 1982, their first single "Dance Sucker" (b/w "Dance Sucker" remixed by Francois Kevorkian) was released. Despite getting significant airplay in the clubs of Glasgow, this single didn't make a strong impression on the UK charts peaking at number 62 in January 1983.
Their second single, "Rap Your Love" (b/w "Surprise Your Love") was released in 1983, again to a less than rapturous response, peaking at number 67 in the UK charts in March 1983.
Around this time, the album "Shiftin Air Affair" was released which made no impact on the album charts whatsoever.
In the meantime, Paterson left and was replaced by Kendal Stubbs, a sound engineer from The Bahamas who had previously worked with Kool And The Gang and the Tom Tom Club. Later on Paterson would become part of Primal Scream and then Love and Money. Paterson died in 2006.
Shortly afterwards Island Records dropped Set The Tone, deciding that they were apparently too far ahead of their time.
Following the demise of Set The Tone, Kenny Hyslop formed the One O'Clock Gang which released an album on Arista records, again without significant commercial success. He went on to be credited on a number of singles and albums, including some by Midge Ure. However, after becoming disillusioned with the music industry, Hyslop became an alternative DJ until leaving the UK for Canada with blues band Big George And The Business. After returning to the UK Hyslop started teaching drumming at Carlton Studios in Glasgow as well as producing new music published through MySpace.
