Editing Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (section)

{{Short description|British rock/pop band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
| image            = LC2.jpg
| caption          = Lloyd Cole and the Commotions performing in [[London]], 2004
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| background       = group_or_band
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| origin           = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Jangle pop]]<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |first=Stewart |last=Mason |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rattlesnakes-mw0000202553 |title=''Rattlesnakes'' – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions / Lloyd Cole |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref>|[[indie pop]]<ref name="AllMusic" />|[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lloydcole.com/press/lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions-wembley-arena/|title=Lloyd Cole And The Commotions // Wembley Arena|first=Lloyd|last=Cole|website=Lloydcole.com}}</ref>|[[pop rock]]<ref name="auto"/>}}
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| years_active     = {{hlist|1982–1989|2004|2009}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]}}
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| current_members  = * [[Lloyd Cole]]
* [[Blair Cowan (musician)|Blair Cowan]]
* [[Lawrence Donegan]]
* [[Neil Clark (musician)|Neil Clark]]
* [[Stephen Irvine]]
| past_members     = 
}}

'''Lloyd Cole and the Commotions''' were a British [[Rock music|rock]] and [[Pop music|pop]] band that formed in [[Glasgow]], Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK; it also had success in several other countries including Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden and New Zealand. After they broke up in 1989, Cole embarked on a solo career but the band reformed briefly in 2004 to perform a 20th anniversary mini-tour of the UK and [[Ireland]].