"When we started out we got a lot of positive press around the single 'Step Into My World', and a lot of Radio play. The single did really well, so we were in the spotlight straight away. I obviously had my history with Ride, but I didn't want to talk about that, so all the interviews centred around how I'd had these auditions and found the band members that way. I think people felt like that was not 'for real' enough or something."

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Source: Andy Dick Finds God the Hard Way. Beliefnet interview, www.beliefnet.com. 2003.

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Andy Bell

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Andy Bell is a British musician known for his emotive lyrics and contributions to the synth-pop genre, particularly with the band Erasure.

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