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The Soft Children have ended up being perhaps one of the most influential bands in shaping contemporary alternative music, though few are completely acquainted with the quirky band’s legacy. Produced in Cambridge, Britain in 1976 over the heels from the punk trend, the Soft Children eschewed the three-chord nihilism of …

Guitarist/songwriter Kimberley Rew may possibly not be children name, but his efforts to the brand new influx movement had been quite significant. First, as an associate from the seminal neo-psychedelic/punk clothing the Soft Kids, Rew’s buzzing, Byrdsy riffs coupled with those of innovator and long term cult icon Robyn Hitchcock …

Andy Metcalfe was a founding person in the Soft Children and comprised fifty percent of the Egyptians, Robyn Hitchcock’s well-known college radio music group in the ’80s. Alongside Morris Windsor, Metcalfe supplied steady tempo and accomplished support vocals behind Hitchcock. Metcalfe’s flexibility was not restricted to use Hitchcock, as his …