Lyndon Scarfe - Keyboards
Tim Wright - Bass
Steve Rawlings - Vocals
Paul Gilmartin - Drums
Paul Nash - Guitars

Previous to becoming The Danse Society, it would take two seperate bands in Barnsley, UK, by the names of '-Y?' and 'Lips-X', then Danse Crazy. -Y? was a punk outfit, while Lips-X was just messing around with a 4 track and never played live. -Y? only made one recorded contribution on the Sheffeild compilation 'Bouquet of Steel'.

The results of the merging of the two, Danse Crazy's first gig was in Sheffeild at the Royal. They began recording (one of their best) 'There is no Shame in Death' and played the Futurama 2 Festival in Leeds with Soft Cell, also present at the festival were Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wasted Youth, Altered Images, and U2! After replacing the previous bassplayer with Tim Wright and recording 'These Frayed Edges' the name change to Danse Society was complete.

The Clock/Continent single was their debut DIY single, which brought the band onto the scene with reviews in Melody Maker and airplay by John Peel. A second pressing of Clock followed, and manager Marcus Featherby produced the 12" for There is No Shame in Death and the anti war compilation 'Wargasm'. A Peel session produced the next single - 'Woman's Own', 'Belief', and 'We're So Happy'.

At that point the band was living solely on gigging and the dole, sleeping on floors and in vans, recording their debut (mini) LP at a budget studio whilst crashing at their new manager Jazz Lambeth's office. More airplay and press attention followed. Though they were grouped with Southern Death Cult, Sex Gang Children, Brilliant, and Blood and Roses with the whole 'Positive-Punk' label, Danse Society was a monster its own and never latched on to any scene.

Frustrated with the seeming dead end of being an independant band, they had no difficulty signing to Arista Records with #2 slots in the Independant Single and Album charts. But with signing to a major label, a degree of control and spirit was lost, and the decline was in motion. After 'Heaven is Waiting', there is one more self released LP as Danse Society, 'Looking Through'; The Society was Steve Rawlings post Danse Society dance music project.

In 2001, Anagram Records released 'Seduction - The Society Collection', as part of it's Goth Collector Series. It included a Society Records discography and detailed liner notes from Lyndon Scarfe, reflecting some of the best and most imaginative of the Danse Society.