‘Soft Cell’ singer hopes to make full recovery

Mark Almond suffered severe head injuries in a motorcycle crash

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updated 3:32 p.m. ET Nov. 4, 2004

LONDON - Singer Marc Almond says he hopes to make a full recovery from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash last month.

A message posted on Almond’s Web site says he’s recovering in the hospital and “is confident he will get back to full health eventually, though he realizes it is going to take time.”

“He is overwhelmed by the amount of support shown and says it has been a big help,” said the message, posted Wednesday.

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Almond, 48, of 1980s duo Soft Cell, was a passenger on a motorcycle that collided with a car in London’s financial district on Oct 17. Police said the singer suffered severe head injuries when he was thrown from the bike.

Soft Cell earned a No. 1 hit in Britain and major U.S. airplay in 1981 with “Tainted Love,” their synthesizer-laden cover of a classic Gloria Jones soul song.

Almond and fellow band member David Ball broke up in 1984, and Almond began a successful solo career. He scored a major hit with a 1989 duet with Gene Pitney on Pitney’s “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart.”