Tony James named his band Sigue Sigue (pronounced zig zig) Sputnik after a Russian gang of pickpockets he had read about in the International Herald Tribune. (The name means ”burn, burn the satellite.

Punk rock legend Ray Mayhew, the drummer for Sigue Sigue Sputnik, has died. He was 60. No cause of death has been reported. The band’s singer, Martin Degville, was one of several to share the news of ...

Punk rock legend Ray Mayhew, the drummer for Sigue Sigue Sputnik, has died. He was 60. No cause of death has been reported. The band’s singer, Martin Degville, was one of several to share the news of ...

The members of an iconic rock band are grieving the loss of their bandmate, Ray Mayhew. Mayhew was the drummer in pioneering 1980s band Sigue Sigue Sputnik. His former bandmate Martin Degville took to ...

Sigue Sigue Sputnik star Ray Mayhew has died. The 1980s music idol was a drummer for the new wave band formed in 1982 by former Generation X bassist Tony James. The sad news of his death was shared by ...

Ray Mayhew, who was part of new wave group Sique Sique Sputnik, has died. The news was shared by the group's singer Martin Degville who described him as a 'force of light that shone so brightly.' in a ...

Brief looks at recordings on independent or smaller labels: ”The First Generation,” Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Reachout International Records, 611 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10012 (available on cassette only) ...

Next up is “Black Hanz”, a herky-jerk Krautrock/Black Angels construct with a – them again – KLF-type narration section. After this, “I.D.S.”, which could pass for a Sigue Sigue Sputnik outtake. And ...