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The bands we were listening
to and going to see back then were the
brilliant Au Pairs, Gang Of Four,
Magazine, The Clash (saw them on back-to-back
dates in 1980 or '81), The Cure, Madness
on the original 2-Tone Tour, The Beat,
The Freeze, Dangerous Girls, Punishment
of Luxury, PIL... A golden era at the
start of the '80s which turned into
absolute tripe by the middle of the
decade. An interesting time though. Our
drummer and a few of my friends fell foul
of the excessive amounts of heroin that
were available at that time but our
drummer is alive and well and now half of
Gonzoid. Don't know about some of the
others though... |
Started
in the early 1970s with Practical Rabbit,
and then jumped the divide into New Wave
at the end of the decade as lead singer,
writer and keyboard player with The
Wounded Popes and The 20th Century F*xes,
bands you have almost certainly never
heard of (unless you were around
Twickenham in the late '70s or Lancaster
in the early '80s perhaps...). |
Download
my music here
Themic
instrumentals, with occasional vocals,
based on hip-hop, trip-hop and ambient
breakbeats... |
I once told
Paul from the Au Pairs that they
were the best band I'd ever seen,
but I don't think he believed me...
They were though, and I won't be
the only one who thought that. If
you ever get a chance to listen
to their album it is brilliant
but it was a massive
disappointment compared to the
way they played live... |
Had the pleasure of
spending time with Alex Knight,
lighting man of The Beat, UB40
and the Au Pairs who would drink
five pints of Carlsberg Special
at lunchtime, half a bottle of
whisky in the afternoon and
another eight pints of Carlsberg
Special in the evening... every
day... I think he died...
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After so many years
recording alone I am now thinking of
putting a band together again having
nearly done so in 2004. I had a bassist,
guitarist and sax player but desperately
needed a good female vocalist and drummer.
If you are either of these things and
like the music then please contact me.
Great to be living in Bradford on Avon.
There is a very high quality of
musicianship amongst the local bands,
particularly the youth of the town, which
is brilliant. Blackbud have broken
nationally and are championed by Zane
Lowe, The Notts were a great live band,
and now The Volt (see myspace.com/thevolt)
are carrying the flag for the town. |
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DOWNLOAD 01)
One
DOWNLOAD 02)
Anyhow
DOWNLOAD 03)
After (You'd Better Believe It)
DOWNLOAD 04)
Bed
DOWNLOAD 05)
Past
DOWNLOAD 06)
Instr. #14
DOWNLOAD 07)
Night Dance
DOWNLOAD 08
Dark
DOWNLOAD 09)
Spirit Wind
DOWNLOAD 10)
Indifference
DOWNLOAD 11)
Still Open
DOWNLOAD 12)
Feel
DOWNLOAD 13)
I'm No Hero
DOWNLOAD 14)
Girls and...
DOWNLOAD 15)
Aah
DOWNLOAD 16)
Almost
DOWNLOAD 17)
Home Again
DOWNLOAD 18)
Au Revoir
DOWNLOAD 19)
Find The Way
DOWNLOAD 20)
Forever (Showdown)
Anyway, after I'd finished with
bands I started to record solo when sequencers
first became affordable, and even before that
when you had to do everything on 4-Track cassette
tape.
I spent the 90s composing as a solo artist,
submitting to record companies, TV, and film
without much success and making my music
available on the internet, high charting on the
old MP3.com site, gaining some nice reviews at
the old Listen.com site and being one of the
first people in the world to write a song using
Bram Bos's Tuareg software (Find The Way),
certainly the first decent song...
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