Fischer Z - Perfect Day

Fischer-Z were a British rock band formed in 1976 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik at Brunel University. The original line-up consisted of Watts (vocals, guitar), Skolnik (keyboards), David Graham (bass) and Steve Liddle (drums). Fischer-Z’s first hit was “The Worker“ from the album Word Salad which firmly established Watts’ ability to convey worldly political issues in narrative songs against a background of quirky pop and reggae-influenced music. In an interview in Record Mirror in 1981, Watts put this down to the remix of the song from the album version, which put the emphasis on the keyboards rather than his guitar. Watts’ lyrics draw heavily on his experiences of studying clinical psychology and as a mental health care worker. Several songs on the album Red Skies Over Paradise in 1981, such as “Berlin“ and “Red Skies Over Paradise“ were about the Cold War and the song “Cruise Missiles“ was about the nuclear arms race and the mutual threat of the superpowers with nuclear war. Fischer-Z were more popu