Face to Face

Face to Face

Face to Face is a Boston new wave group active from 1984 to 1988. The band forms in New Hampshire in the late 1970s before moving to Boston in 1980, and later signs to Epic Records in 1982. Its members are Laurie Sargent on vocals, Stuart Kimball on guitars and keyboards, Angelo Petraglia on guitars and keyboards, John Ryder on bass, and Billy Beard on drums.

Career

The group’s most successful single is “10-9-8”, taken from its self-titled first album, and it reaches number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. After leaving Epic, the band switches to PolyGram Records before disbanding in 1988. Laurie Sargent later records as a solo artist and is also part of Twinemen.