Burns returned in early 1979 with a new band, Nightmares in Wax (original name: 'Rainbows Over Nagasaki'), featuring a gothic post-punk sound, with backing from keyboardist Martin Healy, guitarist Mick Reid (ex-Crash Course and Glass Torpedoes), bassist Rob Jones, who left soon afterwards to be replaced by Walter Ogden, and drummer Paul Hornby, formerly of 051 and Pink Military, who also exited soon after the band's formation to be replaced by Phil Hurst. They played only one gig (opening for Sham 69 at Eric's in Liverpool in November 1977) before disintegrating. In 1977, Burns formed a band with contemporaries Julian Cope, Pete Wylie, and Phil Hurst, calling themselves The Mystery Girls. The band was discontinued following Pete Burns' death in 2016. As of 2017 Dead or Alive had sold over 30 million albums and 28 million singles worldwide.
In December 2016, Billboard ranked them as the 96th most successful "dance artist" of all time. It also became the first of two singles to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. "You Spin Me Round" peaked at number one for two weeks in 1985 in the UK, then charted again in 2006 following Burns' appearance on the television reality show Celebrity Big Brother. Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100: " You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (No. 11 in August 1985) and " Brand New Lover" (No. 15 in March 1987). Two of the band's singles reached the U.S. At the peak of their success, the lineup consisted of Pete Burns (vocals), Mike Percy (bass), Steve Coy (drums) and Tim Lever (keyboards). They were the first band under the production team of Stock Aitken Waterman to have a number-one single. The band formed in 1980 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s, releasing seven singles that made the UK Top 40 and three albums on the UK Top 30. Dead or Alive were an English pop band that released seven albums from 1984 to 2000.
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