Before and After - Born To Lose

Before - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers


After - Soft Cell

Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf (1982)

Man, do I love me some Soft Cell...this video is rare as hens teeth, but thanks to the wonders of the interwebs, here it is. Visit director Tim Pope's website here. Hat tip to Dangerous Minds for finding it on Vimeo.

UPDATE - Vimeo has had the video removed. Try it on YouTube here.

Before and After: What!

Before - Judy Street


After - Soft Cell (The Very Best of Soft Cell)

Before and After: Ghost Rider

Before - Suicide (Suicide (First Album))


After -

Paul Haig (Warp of Pure Fun)


Soft Cell with Jim 'Foetus' Thirlwell

Before and After: New Wave smash cover versions

The eventual huge hit (and much more well known) cover versions of these originals seem so obvious that I'm not even going to post the "After". These are songs that, believe it or not, every once in a while I'll meet someone who didn't know they were cover songs.


Before - The Strangeloves "I Want Candy":


Before - Gloria Jones "Tainted Love":


Before - the Paragons "The Tide Is High":


Before - Neil Diamond "Red Red Wine":