The Pirates

Originally organized because the trio backing Johnny Kidd, this band continued working very long following the latter’s death inside a mid-’60s car accident. Behind business lead guitarist Mick Green, who got played with nearly everybody over time (including on Paul McCartney’s Choba B CCCP and Operate Devil Operate), they embraced their punk root base in the past due ’70s and early ’80s and continuing to execute until Green’s transferring in January of 2010.