release of his eponymous album in 1990. On the first two Commotions albums, Cole was the band's main songwriter (though he co-wrote several songs with various bandmembers). The third album is credited to the band as a whole. In 2006, Scottish band Camera Obscura released the song "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" as an answer song to the Commotions' 1984 hit "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?". Band members Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) – vocals, guitar, lyricist Blair Cowan (born 1960?) – keyboards Lawrence Donegan (born 13 July 1961) – bass guitar Neil Clark (born 3 July 1958) – guitar Stephen Irvine (born 16 December 1959) – drums The band's manager Derek McKillop is credited as a full band member in the credits of the group's third album, Mainstream. Post-breakup careers Cole moved to New York City and later to New England to pursue a solo career with Polydor/Capitol Records and later appeared on Rykodisc, before establishing self-published entities in the United States. His solo career has found him collaborating with the late Robert Quine, Fred Maher, Dave Derby and Jill Sobule. Clark continued working with Cole on almost all of his solo releases and full band tours. He was also a member of the short-lived group Bloomsday, with Irvine (of the Commotions) and Chris Thomson of The Bathers. He later worked as a website designer and wrote music for film and TV. Cowan collaborated with Cole and his new backing band in New York on Cole's first two solo albums. He played with Del Amitri, Paul Quinn and the Independent Group, the Kevin McDermott Orchestra and Texas. Donegan is a journalist and an author – he was a golf journalist for The Guardian and published several non-fiction titles, including No News at Throat Lake and Four Iron in the Soul. Irvine joined former bandmate Clark in Bloomsday, and as a session musician worked with Del Amitri, Étienne Daho and Sarah Cracknell. He is also managing artists and bands. Discography Rattlesnakes (1984, No. 13 UK) Easy Pieces (1985, No. 5 UK) Mainstream (1987, No. 9 UK) References Musical groups from Glasgow Scottish rock music groups British indie pop groups Scottish new wave musical groups Jangle pop groups Musical groups established in 1982 1982 establishments in Scotland Musical groups disestablished in 1989 Geffen Records artists Polydor Records artists