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| THE SULLIVANS | GUITAR POP |
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Mid 80's band. The Sullivans were Jo Clack on guitar and vocals, Chad on guitar, Bob Porter on drums and Heath Simpson on bass. In 1985 they added Sally Larkin to vocal duties and entered the 1985 Rock Contest. They reached the final, which was held at (the now closed) Odeon cinema that year. |
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| The Sullivans live at Harlow Odeon | SEE ALSO THIS HAPPY BREED/FLEDGE/SOME OTHER DAY/PAUL HOWARD AND JO CLACK |
The Sullivans cassette cover |
THE SWEENEY  |
POWER POP ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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One of Britain's best kept guitar pop secrets, The Sweeney consistently turned the heads of discerning music listeners everywhere. Having gigged his way around North America, Britain and Ireland as a solo act, Murray Torkildsen spent summer 1995 working on new material and itching to shake things up. Rehearsals with Sid and Adam Batterbee went well, and as soon as they hit the studio it was obvious that the formula was working far better than anyone had hoped for.
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| Murray, Sid and Adam. The Sweeney | SEE ALSO THE JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND/TOPAZ/REAL BY REEL/BETWEEN THE LINES/PLAYGROUND HEROES/DAS AND CHAVE
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The Sweeney. The album |
| THE SYNDICATE | POP ROCK |
GALLERY |
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The Syndicate were Keith Brown on drums, Andy Cleall on guitar and vocals, Matt Randall on keyboards and Clifford Page on bass. They entered the 1984 Rock Contest and won the competition. |
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| The Syndicate circa '84 | SEE ALSO RESPECT/THE FIRM/THE PROMISE/REAL BY REEL/WILD WEST
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Live at a playbarn 1983 |
| THE TECHNICAL SPIRES | ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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The Technical Spires is a programming/sampling one man band that is Martin Brown. |
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| Technical Spires live | SEE ALSO NO WARNING/FINAL WARNING/THE OL' RENE'S
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Martin Brown live |
| THE TENDER TRAP | ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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The first Tender Trap line-up was Paul Howard, guitar and vocals, Chris Fallon, percussion, Andy McDonald, bass and Joe Quille on drums. Simon Lomond then replced Joe on drums and Mark Walsh joined on guitar. They entered the 1985 Rock Contest but failed to reach the finals. |
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| Paul, Joe and Andy rock The Square in 1985 | SEE ALSO SOME OTHER DAY/THIS HAPPY BREED/NEUROTICS/THE CLINIC/PAUL HOWARD AND JO CLACK/DARK HORSE
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Tender Traps cassette cover |
| THE TRAITORS | BLUES ROCK |
 GALLERY |
| LINE UP #1 IAN "BINS" LAWRENCE, BASS/PETE HOLLIS, GUITAR AND VOCALS/"LITTLE" JIM UPSON, DRUMS |
| LINE UP #2 JIM SABBARTON, BASS/PETE HOLLIS, GUITAR AND VOCALS/"LITTLE" JIM UPSON, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO THE SWEAT BAND/BURLESQUE |
| THE VAQUEROS | ROCK |
LINE UP PETER STROUD, DRUMS/ANDY FREE, KEYBOARDS/CHRIS BANKS, VOCALS/MICKEY HOWARD, GUITAR/ROBIN KOHLER, BASS |
SEE ALSO THE FASCINATORS/THE RABBITS/THE SODS/THE CHERRY PICKERS |
| THE WORLDONFIRE |
ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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One of the brightest hopes of the newer bands. The WorldOnFire are: Dave Walsh, vocals, Haaris Ali, guitar, Bill Ginn, guitar, Derrick Carr-Rickwood, bass and Joe Lazarus on drums. In 2009 Georgr Harris replaced Derrick on bass. They have just released a cd called "Live To Tell The Tale". |
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| The WorldOnFire hit the stage | SEE ALSO NEUROTICS/THE FEELMORES/THE SEMINALS/REVOLVER/POGOSTICK DRIVE BY/PAPA SHANGO
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Latest WorldOnFire album |
| THEE PRIMEBEATS | POP PUNK ROCK |
LINE UP GARY HAND, GUITAR/STEVE "JACK" PERRY, KEYBOARDS/PETE DOFF, GUITAR AND VOCALS/OLLIE, DRUMS/STEVE PAUL, GUITAR AND VOCALS/KEVIN HUNTER, BASS |
SEE ALSO OBSCENE TOYS/PREMATURE DEATH/THE ANTIBODIES |
| THIS HAPPY BREED | POP JAZZ ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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The first line-up of This Happy Breed was Keith Chennery on drums with Paul Howard on guitar and vocals, Sally Larkin on vocals with Jo Clack on guitar. They soon expanded this line-up with the addition of Keiran McLaughlin on saxaphone and Chad on percussion. This Happy Breed entered the 1984 Rock Competition but failed to reach the finals. |
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| This Happy Breed chill out | SEE ALSO DEVIANT AMPS/PAUL HOWARD AND JO CLACK/FLEDGE/THE TENDER TRAP/CONSPIRACY/THE SULLIVANS
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This Happy Breed demo tape |
| THREE BLOCKS WEST | BLUES ROCK |
| LINE UP ADAM BATTERBEE, DRUMS/MARK JACKSON, BASS/STEVE TIPPET, KEYBOARDS/BILL GLASS, GUITAR AND VOCALS |
SEE ALSO BETWEEN THE LINES/RED EXPRESS/SNOWY WOOD/THE SWEENEY/JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND |
| TIN BOX PARADE | POP ROCK |
JUKEBOX |
| LINE UP JOHN ASHBEE, BASS/MARC SAMPSON, DRUMS/STEVEN KNEIST, VOCALS/NIGEL BLATCH, BASS |
SEE ALSO AMINO AND THE ACIDS/MAJOR NOISE/INNER CIRCLE/DESTROYER/THE CHANGE/LEGACY |
| T0PAZ | POP ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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The first band to feature Murray Torkildsen. Topaz won the 1980 Rock Contest. They were: Murray Torkildsen, guitar, Matt Randall, keyboards, Colin Free, bass, Tim Boulton, drums and Neville Dean on guitar and vocals. Matt and Neville left to be replaced by Pete Wilson on guitar and Mark Adnitt on guitar and vocals. |
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| Topaz on the way to winning 1980 Rock Contest | SEE ALSO REAL BY REEL/PLAYGROUND HEROES/THE SWEENEY/JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND/DAS AND CHAVE
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Topaz. The first line-up |
| TOUPLANX | BLUES ROCK |
| LINE UP CARL MADJITEY, VOCALS/CHESTER KAYMAN, DRUMS/MARTIN ELLIOT, BASS/RICHARD DAY, GUITAR/DAVE ADAMS, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO BETWEEN THE LINES/MADJITEY/THE RABBITS/BILL AND CARL |
| TRANSCRIPT | ROCK |
| LINE UP BAZZ, BASS/SAV, KEYBOARDS/DARREN YOUNGMAN, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO BUS STOP VANDALS/SHADOWPLAY/DEAD HEAVEN |
| TRAVIS CUT | PUNK ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Travis Cut began in Harlow before moving base up north. The first line-up was: Mac, bass, Chris Evans, drums, Alex Boucher, guitar and vocals. Bud replaced Alex shortly after. Over time Oscar Ball replaced Bud on guitar before Alex re-joined. After this Jamie Evans joined as guitarist before being replaced by Tony Madden. |
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| Travis Cut take a break on tour | SEE ALSO THE INTERNATIONALISTS/THE PILLAGE PEOPLE/BLUE SUMMER/THE PHAROAHS/THE INDESTRUCTABLE BEAT/DWARF ANTIDOTE/LIVING NIGHTMARE
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Mac |
| TRIPLE X |
REGGEA ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Triple X are: Andy Cleall on guitar and vocals, Vince Randall on guitar and keyboards and Dennis Dance on drums and keyboards. They have produced three albums, Never Say Never, No Easy Way and Captain Sticky. Can still be found playing locally. |
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| Triple X. Vince, Dennis and Andy | SEE ALSO THE PHANTOM PHAROAHS/RESPECT/THE PROMISE/ONE TO ONE
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Triple X third album cover |
| TROOPS WITHDRAWN | ROCK |
LINE UP SIMON TOWNER, GUITAR/GARY WOOD, DRUMS/CHRISTINE TUCKER, BASS AND VOCALS |
| UNDERDOG | ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Underdog were a late 70's/early 80's band comprising of Dave Batten on guitar, Dave Tweddell on guitar, John Arnold on bass, Julien Hallen on drums and Clive Brown on vocals. |
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| Underdog at The Town Park | SEE ALSO ELECTRIC SAVAGE/OPM/DEAF WISH/SWEENEY TODD/ANALADY
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Clive Brown |
| URBAN DECAY | PUNK ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Punk band featuring Dean Tisbury on vocals, Steve Timcke on guitar, Mickey Howard on drums and David Marriot on bass. Were signed to Stortbeat for a while. Expanded to a six piece, adding Olly Mathews on vocals and Ray Jones on saxaphone. Nigel Trotter replaced Mickey on drums. |
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| Urban Decay with Colin Dredd (back) | SEE ALSO THE FASCINATORS/THE VAQUEROS/THE SODS
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There Is No Escape single cover |
| VAMBO | ROCK |
| LINE UP JOHN MCCONNACHIE, VOCALS/DAVE BLANKER, GUITAR/TREVOR WHITE, BASS/ROY PALMER, DRUMS/NIGEL BIRCHMORE, GUITAR |
SEE ALSO THE SWEAT BAND/BURN/BURLESQUE |
| WARNING | DOOM ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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Heavy doom rock band formed around 1994 by Patrick Walker, guitar and vocals, John Sellings, bass and Stuart Springthorpe on drums. Marcus Hatfield later replaced John on bass and later Christian Leitch took over on drums. Became huge on the European metal circuit. |
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| Warning | SEE ALSO MIKO/THE STABLEMATES/SONATINE/HARD KNOXX
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Warning demo cassette cover |
| WAYLAID | ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
| LINE UP NICKY BISHOP, GUITAR AND VOCALS/DAN CLIFF, BASS/GARETH REID, GUITAR AND SYNTH/CRAIG JONES, DRUMS |
| WHITE MULE | BLUES ROCK |
JUKEBOX AND GALLERY |
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White Mule were Geoff Carpenter on guitar and vocals, John "Culley" Culleton on bass, John "Gypie Mayo" Cawthra on guitar and vocals and John Glasgow on drums. Brian Wren replaced John Glasgow on drums. Bruce Trotter came on board as an extra vocalist and Yanni Flood-Page was added as a second guitar after that. Toured Europe a lot and released a single, Looking Through Cats Eyes. |
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| White Mule go to the woods circa late '60's | SEE ALSO RED EXPRESS/BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE/ALIAS
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White Mule Looking Through Cats Eyes single |
| WILD WEST | COUNTRY POP ROCK |
GALLERY |
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Wild West were Richard Holgarth on guitar and vocals, Terry Hardy on drums, Ben Evans on guitar, Peter Noone on bass and Michelle and Yvette Cobb on vocals. Very popular locally. Eventually Tony Spetch replaced Peter on bass and Keith Brown replaced Terry Hardy on drums. |
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| Wild West comes to Harlow College early 80's | SEE ALSO AUSTINS SHIRTS/SPELLING MISSTEAKS/PETE THE MEAT AND THE BOYS/GROUNDED NURSES/ELECTRIC SAVAGE
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The Cobblers |
| WISE GUISE | ROCK |
JUKEBOX |
| LINE UP MARTIN FRASER, BASS/TONY MOONEY, GUITAR/ALISON BAILEY, VOCALS/DAVE HEPWORTH, GUITAR/ALAN MEAD, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO ALEXIS/OPM/BLUE MURDER/HEARTLAND |
| X-EFFEX | ROCK |
| LINE UP PETER NOONE, BASS/STEVE LAMBERT, VOCALS/ROBERT LAMBERT, SAXAPHONE/BRIAN BONHOMME, KEYBOARDS, GUITAR AND VOCALS/SIMON COHEN, DRUMS |
SEE ALSO ROMAN HOLLIDAY/WILD WEST/REAL BY REEL/EXPLORER |
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