Welsh singer-songwriter and club promoter Steve Strange was BOTD in 1959. Born Stephen Harrington in Newbridge to a military family, he was raised in Rhyl in North Wales, returning to Newbridge to attend school. Inspired by punk band The Sex Pistols, he moved to London in 1976, forming the short-lived punk band The Moors Murderers. His additional band members included the then-unknown Chrissie Hynde, Topper Headon, Vince Ely and Mark Ryan (who went on to join seminal rock-punk bands The Pretenders, The Clash, The Psychedelic Furs and Adam & the Ants respectively). In 1978, he formed the New Romantic band Visage, releasing a self-titled album in 1980. Their single Fade to Grey became a Top 20 hit in Britain and Europe, propelling them to fame. He became well-known as a promoter and DJ at London nightclubs The Blitz and the Camden Palace, attracting New Romantic luminaries including Boy George and David Bowie, who invited Strange to appear in the music video for his hit song Ashes to Ashes. Strange infamously refused entry to Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, claiming later that the club was filled to capacity. After the commercial failure of Visage’s third album, they disbanded in 1985. Strange moved to Ibiza in the Spanish Balearic Islands, hosting the Double Bass nightclub and becoming a lead proponent of the emerging house music and trance scenes. Returning to London in the 1990s, he struggled with heroin addiction, and was given a suspended sentence after a conviction for shoplifting. He made various efforts to resuscitate his career in the 2000s, releasing a memoir, Blitzed and appearing as himself in the 1980s-set TV series Ashes to Ashes. In 2013, he reformed Visage with original member Steve Barnacle, releasing the album Hearts and Knives. Openly bisexual, he had relationships with men and women throughout his life. In later years, he returned to Wales to live with his family, dying of a heart attack in 2015, aged 55. Now recognised as a key figure in the New Romantic movement, he was portrayed in the 2002 stage musical Taboo, and was played by Marc Warren in the 2010 TV film Worried About the Boy.