So, basically the same band will now go out as The Korgis? Is that right?
James Warren and Andy Cresswell-Davis are the core of both bands and I believe that the same backing musicians will be touring with them. I'm a but out of touch as I abandoned them after Mutter quit (again). Andy C-D was keyboard player for
Tears for Fears and
Goldfrapp in his "downtime", by the way.
I find it hard to believe there is a much bigger audience for The Korgis than for Stackridge, but what do I know?
Personally, I think you're spot on. However "Everyone's got to learn sometime" (their hit) continues to keep Korgis in pocketfuls of smarties, especially as it features regularly in US TV programmes and films. RT covered the song as part of his 1000 Years of Popular Music, describing it on stage as the only good song to have been released in the 1980s. I don't know how many smarties they still earn from original sales and cover versions (Beck covered it for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, whilst the original was featured in an episode of House MD), but consider Gerry Rafferty was still getting in £84,000 a year from "Baker Street" when he died in 2011, 33 years after that was a hit. Stackridge never had a hit, so the income from that brand is worth considerably less than the Korgis brand, at least that's my guess. So, by once again appearing as Korgis, they may boost their income to the level of Twix Bars. Or something. And why not? We all have bills to pay.
