Pete Burns

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Peter "Pete" Burns (b. August 5 1959, Port Sunlight, Wirral, England is a British singer/songwriter and the frontman of the Hi-NRG band Dead or Alive, most famous for their number one single, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) in 1985. His father is English and his mother was from Heidelberg in Germany. <p>Before forming Dead or Alive, he was a member of the short-lived Mystery Girls, and then Nightmares in Wax, an early proto-Goth, semi-punk group that formed in Liverpool around 1980. Nightmares in Wax put out a 12" single, Black Leather, and a 7" single, Birth of a Nation, each containing the same three songs, but never did an album. Burns has also accused fellow pop star Boy George of copying his style and mainstreaming his unique image. <p>Known for his blatant sexuality and flamboyant style, Burns shocked audiences in the 1980s with his pre-Boy George androgynous clothing choices, exotic hairstyles and heavy make-up (although he maintains that he is not a transvestic fetishist, and that...