Catching The L.a. Woman

June, 1988

Terence Trent D'Arby isn't your ordinary expatriate. Last year, his debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, with its unique blend of Gospel-derived dance rock, made the 26-year-old son of a Florida preacher Europe's—and now America's—Next Big Thing. Along the way to making Hardline a hit, D'Arby discovered a knack for inciting controversy. He bitterly denounced America's rampant racism and refused to play Vienna as long as Austria was ruled by "a known Nazi...