Almost immediately following the tearful, embittered dissolution of
the Chameleons, bassist/vocalist
Mark Burgess and drummer
John Lever returned as
the Sun and the Moon, with
Andy Whitaker and
Andy Clegg essentially replacing the roles that
Reg Smithies and
Dave Fielding held in the former band. You can easily forgive
Whitaker and former
Chameleons' touring hand
Clegg for not possessing the skill and chemistry that the remarkable
Smithies and
Fielding shared, but there's no denying that
the Sun and the Moon's self-titled 1988 debut on Geffen sounded like cut-rate
Chameleons. It probably didn't help that it was recorded so quickly after the formation of the band. The Alive; Not Dead EP followed later in the year on Midnight, sounding more like a band whose rhythm section and guitarists had grown properly accustomed to each other and less like
the Chameleons. The Sun and the Moon broke up in 1989, with
Burgess embarking on a solo career and the remaining members continuing as the short-lived and unfortunately named Weaveworld. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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