Candytree

The History
The Mission were fast becoming one of the biggest rock bands in the country, and they took All About Eve in hand, offering then countless support slots on tours and one-off gigs. The link-up had two effects: All About Eve were suddenly exposed to many thousands of people who had never heard of the band; but they were also pigeonholed as Goths in the eyes of the media, In the end, the positive side outweighed the negative; certainly the band would almost certainly not have won their eventual contract with Phonograms's Mercury label had it not been for the support of The Mission.

First recorded evidence of the collaboration within All About Eve came on the band's (and Eden Record's) third single. "Our Summer" was co-produced by Wayne Hussey and Simon Hinkler, who brought definite Goth overtones to an essentially upbeat pop song. The result was quite magical, and fitted in perfectly with the publicity surrounding the anniversary of the original Summer Of Love.

This single definitely came out in two formats; the 7" version, with "Our Summer" backed by "Lady Moonlight", turns up most often - though it is always described as 'rare'! The 12" has a long version of the A-side, and adds an extra song - "Shelter From The Rain", with Wayne Hussey, appearing on as well as the producing track.

Julianne also provided backing vocals in 1986 to "God's Own Medicine", The Missions first successful studio album. Her contributions continued for several years which tied the two bands in a relationship that was both a curse and blessing for The Eve's.

The Reformation
In 1999 of course The Mission played another vital part in the more recent history of the Eves when they asked them to provide support during a mini-UK tour.

Julianne 1999: "Andy called me up to meet him for a drink one night last September. He said he had something to tell me. The gravity with which he delivered this was as if he were about to tell me he wasn't too long for this Earth. Wayne Hussey had called him up and asked if the Eves 'fancied reforming for a few dates'. Andy had expected me to come back at him with my usual "F*ck off!" or "You must be JOKING!" but I did in fact say "Can't really see why not". And so, the band was shrugged back into existence with the same lack of fuss that it had been shrugged out of it all those years ago."

The reception you got from those gigs was fantastic. You all sounded fresh and blinding. Were you surprised by the great reception you got?

"To be honest, not really, because there has always been a crossover between the Mission audience and ours and so we had hoped that they would be 'up for it'. We just reckoned that people would be as excited as we were and that's exactly how it happened."