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Like lots of the other artists instrumental in the introduction of drum’n’bass in the 1990s, PHD used his background and curiosity about electro and hip-hop to greatly help develop the breakbeat-driven genre in Britain. Besides having root base in the early-’80s electro/hip-hop picture, PHD also discovered substantial impact in ’70s …

UK pop music group shaped by Jim Gemstone (b. 28 Sept 1953, Glasgow, Scotland; vocals), Tony Hymas (keyboards) and Simon Phillips (b. 6 Feb 1957, Britain; drums). Their debut recording included the solitary “I WILL NOT ENABLE YOU TO Down”, which in the beginning failed to graph. Convinced the band …