Dave Hughes is probably best-known in OMD circles as being a keyboard player for the band during the early part of 1980. But prior to this, Hughes had been a founder-member of Liverpool's pioneering synth outfit Dalek I Love You alongside Alan Gill. Both
Alan Gill and Dave Hughes had attempted to reactivate Dalek I Love You following the release
of the band's 1980 debut album Compass kum'pas. But both band members were by then
pulling in different musical directions and the idea was shelved.
In November 1980,
Dave Hughes teamed up with ex-Dalek I band member Keith Hartley to form Godot which gave
Hughes a chance to experiment with new ideas.
Unfortunately, Alan Gill had decided to relaunch Dalek I Love You anyway and pulled
in Keith Hartley to help him. Left without a band, Dave Hughes recruited some
new musicians which included Ronnie Stone, Steve Byrne and Martin Cooper. With
the addition of a drummer, this new line-up of Godot toured with Dalek I in the
winter of 1981. But when Ronnie Stone decided to join China Crisis, the band split
up.
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