Editing Soft Cell (section)

==Influences==
The group cited [[David Bowie]], [[Marc Bolan]] and [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] as primary influences.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave |last=Simpson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/20/how-we-made-tainted-love-mark-almond-dave-ball-interview |title=How we made Soft Cell's Tainted Love|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2017-03-20 |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref><ref name="book"/> Almond also named [[Siouxsie Sioux]] as a major influence for his early performance style.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/03/20/electro-pop-pioneer-marc-almond-talks-new-album |title=Electro-Pop Pioneer Marc Almond Talks New Album|website=Advocate.com |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="book"/>