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For the Danish heavy metal band, see Geisha (Danish band). Geisha are an Australian pop rock band, which formed in 1983 as Geisha Detail with founding mainstay Chris Doheny on lead vocals and guitar (later also on bass guitar). Their highest-charting single, "Part Time Love Affair" (1986), peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. They issued two albums, Geisha (August 1985) and Midnight to Dawn (October 1987), before disbanding in mid 1988. Geisha briefly reformed in April 1998 and released a compilation album, The Very Best of Geisha, late that year. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described their style as "1970s glam rock and early 1980s English New Romantic bands such as Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet". Another version of Geisha was established by Doheny

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  • For the Danish heavy metal band, see Geisha (Danish band). Geisha are an Australian pop rock band, which formed in 1983 as Geisha Detail with founding mainstay Chris Doheny on lead vocals and guitar (later also on bass guitar). Their highest-charting single, "Part Time Love Affair" (1986), peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. They issued two albums, Geisha (August 1985) and Midnight to Dawn (October 1987), before disbanding in mid 1988. Geisha briefly reformed in April 1998 and released a compilation album, The Very Best of Geisha, late that year. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described their style as "1970s glam rock and early 1980s English New Romantic bands such as Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet". Another version of Geisha was established by Doheny in 2007. (en)
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  • 1988-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1983-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Geisha Detail (en)
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  • Geisha Detail (en)
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  • Standing L-R: John Nyman, Donoghue Doheny, Peter Robertson, Ken Sheppard (en)
  • Geisha in August 1985 (en)
  • Sitting: Chris Doheny (en)
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  • Alby Stefani (en)
  • Chris Doheny (en)
  • Tom Hosie (en)
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  • From their self-titled debut album Geisha (en)
  • This was their high charting single in 1986. (en)
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  • Geisha-05-fool-s-way AFC0HbdQ.ogg (en)
  • Geisha-part-time-love-affair-original-version Ozydmnzr.ogg (en)
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  • EMI, Diamond Dog, Almacantar (en)
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  • Geisha (en)
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  • Peter Robertson (en)
  • Alan Johnson (en)
  • Rob Dean (en)
  • Bret Luton (en)
  • Donoghue Doheny (en)
  • John Nyman (en)
  • Ken Sheppard (en)
  • Laurence Maddick (en)
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  • Geisha - Fool's Way (en)
  • Geisha - Part Time Love Affair (en)
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  • –, 1998, –present (en)
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  • For the Danish heavy metal band, see Geisha (Danish band). Geisha are an Australian pop rock band, which formed in 1983 as Geisha Detail with founding mainstay Chris Doheny on lead vocals and guitar (later also on bass guitar). Their highest-charting single, "Part Time Love Affair" (1986), peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. They issued two albums, Geisha (August 1985) and Midnight to Dawn (October 1987), before disbanding in mid 1988. Geisha briefly reformed in April 1998 and released a compilation album, The Very Best of Geisha, late that year. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described their style as "1970s glam rock and early 1980s English New Romantic bands such as Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet". Another version of Geisha was established by Doheny (en)
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  • Geisha (band) (en)
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