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The voice of Paul Simpson (vocals, Mellotron, keyboards) is often as dreamy and ethereal as the music he creates. A previous keyboardist for the Teardrop Explodes, Simpson shaped the Crazy Swans with guitarist Jeremy Kelly in the first ’80s. The Crazy Swans documented live shows for legendary United kingdom DJ …

Among the pivotal groupings to emerge from the Liverpool neo-psychedelia community through the later ’70s, the Teardrop Explodes was a display for Julian Deal, a notoriously eccentric amount whose unfashionable like of Krautrock and hallucinogenic medications place him distinctly in addition to the prevailing punk mentality from the period. Cope …

Musician, article writer, historian, and cosmic shaman Julian Deal was created in Oct 1957 in Deri, South Glamorgan, Wales. He grew up in Tamworth, Britain, and like many a artist, experienced through academia like a perpetual outsider. In 1976, upon going to university in Liverpool, Deal found himself section of …