Thompson Twins The Name Of Love" (and the parent album "Set") failed to make a substantial impact in the UK record charts, this plan was abandoned. However, at the same time, manager Hade convinced Bailey, Leeway and Currie to downsize the Thompson Twins to a core of the three in April 1982. Accordingly, the other four members of the band were notified that the band was breaking up; they were each paid £500 and were allowed to keep their instruments and equipment in exchange for an understanding not to perform together under the name "Thompson Twins". The remaining Thompson Twins, who had
Babble (band) Babble (band) Babble was a British-New Zealand electronic dance music group that featured Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie (formerly of the Thompson Twins), with Keith Fernley. The Thompson Twins changed its name during the time the duo changed the outward appearance of its sound from pop to dub-influenced chill-out. Babble was established in 1992 when Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie decided to drop the Thompson Twins and form a new group that would allow them to explore new musical ideas. They approached their long-time engineer Keith Fernley, who also became a full member of the new group. The trio spent