(c’87-’88) Kym Wright (vocals), John Wey (guitar), Pete Burgess (bass), and Shaun Jackson (drums).
The nucleus of this Farnham / Crowthorne based goth band was Burgess and Wey. They left their previous band and formed Artistic License. Jackson was added shortly after and The Visionairies were born in August ’87; with Wright joining that September. They soon became part of the Frimley band co-op known as The Grain. Along with fellow members: Magic Moments at Twilight Time, The Charles, Momento Mori, Slack Bladder, and Greed they put on a The Grain Festival at Highland Farm, Frimley Green, on 20 September ’87, in aid of Greenpeace. This was The Visionaries’ debut gig.
Wright was replaced by Richard Craft on vocals and guitar in mid-December ’87. The Visionaries released a demo, which was recorded at Matinee Studios, Reading, in the first quarter of ’88. This included the tracks “Red Flower” and “Lonely Streets”. On 14 April ’88 the band played at the Technical College, Farnborough; and at the end of the following month, on 30 May ’88, The Visionaries played at The Rock Garden, Covent Garden at one of the venue’s ‘Breakthrough’ nights, along with Heaven Can Wait, The Persuaders, Pride and Prejudice, and The Glasshouse.
Eventually the band slimmed down to a duo with drum box. Wey was also in Last Danse c’94, and at about the same time Burgess would join Headcopter, along with Jackson, who had also been in Slack Bladder and went onto Peachrazor.
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