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Tommy Pollard

b. c.1918, Britain, d. 8 Oct 1960, Britain. While still an adolescent Pollard became proficient on piano and accordion, afterwards adding the vibraphone. In the past due 30s and early 40s he caused a succession of set up band leaders in the united kingdom, included in this Tito Uses up, …

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Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers

Originally located in East Anglia, England, the Jaywalkers, comprising Peter Miller (lead guitar), Tony Webster (rhythm guitar), Mac McIntyre (tenor saxophone/flute), Lloyd Baker (piano/baritone saxophone), Geoff Moss (acoustic bass), Johnny Larke (electric bass), and Peter Jay (drums), pre-dated the Uk beat boom. They obtained a minor strike in 1962 with …

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Martyn Bates

Before, during, and after his relationship with Peter Becker within the early-’80s pop duo Eyeless in Gaza, Martyn Bates pursued a broadly varied solo career that ranged from industrial noise to pop balladry to traditional Uk folk music, and simply by the later ’90s, right into a mixture of ambient …

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Flood

Enigmatic yet ubiquitous, Flood was being among the most acclaimed English producers from the post-punk era, his considerable output including albums by U2, Depeche Mode, as well as the Smashing Pumpkins. Created Tag Ellis (he apparently obtained the name Overflow because of his efforts to maintain everyone within the studio …

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