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Following a demise from the David Bowie’s former support strap the Spiders From Mars, Woodmansey created his have unit U-Boat, prefixed along with his have moniker. The short-lived music group comprised Phil Murray (vocals), Frankie Marshall (keyboards), MacKintyre Duncan (electric guitar/vocals), ‘Woody’ Woodmansey (drums) and Phil Seed (bass). The effect …

The Rats are known by hardly any listeners, plus they most likely find out about them because Mick Ronson was an associate before playing on David Bowie’s highly influential early-’70s albums. Shaped in Hull, Britain, the very first edition of the group didn’t consist of Ronson, but do manage to …

Guitarist, arranger, songwriter, manufacturer, and perennial sideman Mick Ronson made his tag during glam rock’s early-’70s heyday but worked consistently with frequent collaborators David Bowie and Ian Hunter until his loss of life in 1993. From 1967-1968 he used a hometown garage area rock and roll group, the Rats, in …