Career
He was an influential figure in the synthpop movement. He then branched out into producing work by other artists, including Sparks offshoot band Gleaming Spires, their first album being recorded on Hague"s home 4 track. This 1981 album spawned the Los Angeles radio hit "Are You Ready Foreign The Sex Girls" on the Posh Boy label, a recording subsequently featured in Hollywood features The Last American Virgin, and Revenge of the Nerds.
Hague and Shear teamed up to produce both albums by new-wavers Slow Children in 1981 and "82.
Hague also co-produced Elliott Easton"s 1985 solo album Change Number Change. Hague"s first noted United Kingdom production was on Malcolm McLaren"s "Madam Butterfly" single.
His later worked on Crush by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, as well as with Public Image Limited., Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Melanie C, Peter Gabriel, Dubstar, Erasure and Robbie Robertson, producing the hits "West End Girls", "True Faith", "Regret", "Star" and "A Little Respect." He was also the producer responsible for the biggest success Siouxsie and the Banshees had in the United States, with their 1991 single "Kiss Them Foreign Maine".
