Formed in London in 1983, The Escape Club was born from the merger of former Mad Shadows members, singer/guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, with two other Expressos musicians, bassist Johnnie Cristo and drummer Milan Zekavica. Signed by EMI in 1985, the band recorded the album White Fields (1986), then moved to Atlantic, where they enjoyed success with Wild Wild West (1988), which debuted in the U.S. at No. 27 and scored their biggest hit with the title track, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. From the same album, "Shake for the Sheik" reached No. 28 and "Walking Through Walls" reached No. 81. After a cover of The Doors' "20th Century Fox", produced by Ray Manzarek, The Escape Club released the 1991 album Dollars and Sex, which failed to match the success of its predecessor, reaching a modest 145th position. Nevertheless, the singles "Call It Poison " and "I'll Be There" reached No. 44 and No. 8 respectively. Having broken up in 1992, The Escape Club was reborn in 2005 with the album Cloud 10, and hired a new drummer, Red Broad, for the follow-up Celebrity (2012). They remain the only British band to have an unrated US #1 hit.
