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In his 1999 memoir, An end to Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage, Joe Jackson writes approvingly of George Gershwin being a musician who kept one foot in the favorite and one in the classical realms of music. Like Gershwin, Jackson possesses a restless musical creativity that has discovered him straddling musical …

Secret Affair, comprising Ian Web page (vocals, trumpet, piano, organ), David Cairns (guitar, backing vocals), Dennis Smith (bass, backing vocals), and Seb Shelton (drums), shaped in 1978. Acquiring their inspiration through the Jam, the group was quickly viewed as among the glowing stars from the mod revival motion from the …

A mainstay from the Uk psychedelic motion, singer/drummer Twink was created John Alder, initial surfacing in 1963 as an associate from the Colchester-based Dane Stephens as well as the Deep Beats; once the group agreed upon to Decca the next year, they followed the name the Fairies. Rechristened Twink, Alder …

Though they by no means received the acknowledgement they deserved, Squire was among the first and finest mod-revival bands from the past due ’70s. Just like the founders from the revival, the Jam, Squire could actually transcend the limitations from the genre making use of their high-quality mixture of pop …

This Manchester, Britain new wave band was initially formed in 1975 by college friends Mike Finney (vocals) and Steve Perrin-Brown (guitar), as well as Lawrence Tickle (bass) and Tony Trap (drums). Restructured consuming the Buzzcocks towards the finish of 1977, Finney and Dark brown stabilized the line-up by adding Pip …

The Lambrettas, featuring Jez Parrot (guitar/vocals/keyboards), Doug Saunders (guitar), Tag Ellis (bass), and Paul Wincer (drums), jumped for the Jam-inspired mod revival bandwagon from the later ’70s, dressing in matching mohair matches and naming themselves after among the mod-favored electric motor scooters. Although decidedly derivative, the Lambrettas became perhaps one …

The Jags certainly are a fondly remembered one-hit wonder from the later-70s U.K. power pop explosion. The quartet was produced in 1978 from the Yorkshire-based songwriting group of Nick Watkins (vocals) and John “Twink” Adler (acoustic guitar), with Steve Prudence (bass) and Alex Baird (drums). In July of 1978, they …