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The received critical wisdom about It Bites was that they were too pop to be heavy metal, too heavy to be pop, more interested in musical excellence than hit singles and driven by a reverence for quality progressive rock and jazz-fusion. But in their relatively short recording history (at least with the original line-up of Francis Dunnery on guitar/vocals, keyboardist John Beck, bassist Dick Nolan and Bob Dalton on drums) between 1986 and 1989, they nonetheless managed one huge hit, Calling All The Heroes, several other near-hits and three well-received studio albums.