Tag Archives: British Invasion

Shaped in Rugby in 1964, the 1st line-up of the strap — originally referred to as The Liberators — was Samuel (“Pinkerton”) Kemp on autoharp and vocals, Tony Newman on rhythm guitar, Tom Long on lead guitar, Barrie Bernard playing bass, and John Wallbank for the drums. Carrying out a …

Earl Royce & the Olympics were a Liverpool band who had been fortunate to get embroiled in the record firm frenzy to trim singles with anyone from the town that might even hold a musical instrument. The group was produced in early 1963 by associates of other regional bands, especially …

The Bats were among five Belfast organizations included on the 1966 Ember Information LP compilation Ireland’s Greatest Noises: Five Top Organizations From Belfast’s Maritime Golf club. On that recording they contributed the initial tune “Around the Waterfront,” a satisfactory number with this upset, moody, bluesy advantage common of Belfast rings …

The Marquis of Kensington was actually Robert Wace, the former supervisor from the Kinks. The funny thing is usually, his only solitary release (documented for Immediate Information in 1967), “The Changing from the Safeguard,” can be a nostalgia-drenched piece that noises a little like Ray Davies’ vamping from the United …

Of the numerous music artists that David Bowie caused briefly in the 1960s as he flitted in and out of several bands and struggled to create a solo career, John “Hutch” Hutchinson might have been the main. Hutchinson fulfilled Bowie in early 1966, when Bowie produced the music group that …