Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

Through Some Bizarre’s boss Stevo, Soft Cell were plugging in to the Futurist scene, a counterpart to New Romanticism. But if they were to escape the confines of cultiness, they needed something else ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted ...

When Marc Almond and David Ball formed Soft Cell, shortly after meeting while studying at Leeds Polytechnic art school in the late ’70s, the duo also began recording a number of cover songs. There was ...

Dave Ball, a producer and one half of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, whose 1981 single "Tainted Love" became one of the defining hits of the new wave era, has died at his home in London. He was ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...