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Alan St Clair
Alan St. Clair (born 18 May 1959) is a British guitarist, who played with several prominent punk and new wave musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. Biography In 1977, he helped form punk band Dog Days, alongside Simon Le Bon, later of Duran Duran. Other members included Peter Johns, Carol Isaacs and Olivier Behzadi. One demo tape was made, one concert played before they disbanded when Le Bon left London for University in Birmingham. After the band dissolved in 1978, St. Clair continued to work with Peter Johns, and in 1980 formed Voxpop, alongside Ian Johns, Steve Wilcox and Neil Pyzer, until 1981 when they disbanded. The same year, he formed Dive Dive Dive with David Pearson, Vincent Pitt, Patrick Ahern and John Pilny and Beau Shave. Demos and concerts followed. In 1982, he also began to work with Howard Devoto (singer of Buzzcocks and Magazine), helping him with his solo career, playing guitar on his album, ''Jerky Versions of the Dream''. North America and European tours followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price You Pay
''The Price You Pay'' is the fifth studio album by Spear of Destiny, released by Virgin Records in 1988 (see 1988 in music). Track listing All songs written by Kirk Brandon # "So In Love With You" - 4:22 # "Tinseltown" - 5:15 # "The Price" - 5:11 # "I Remember" - 5:50 # "Dreamtime" - 4:06 # "Radio Radio" - 3:09 # "If The Guns" - 4:10 # "View from a Tree" - 3:40 # "Junkman" - 5:10 # "Soldier Soldier" - 2:48 # "Brave New World" - 4:55 Personnel ;Spear of Destiny *Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar * Pete Barnacle - drums *Volker Janssen - keyboards *Chris Bostock Chris Bostock is an English musician, songwriter and music producer, known for his work with JoBoxers, Subway Sect, Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, The Style Council, Spear of Destiny, The X-Certs and The Stingrays. Bostock has a ... - bass * Alan St. Clair - guitar ;Technical *Justin Niebank - engineer * Anton Corbijn - photography "Special thanks to: Nancy Brandon, Bunter, Sharkey, Steve Lewis, Rock'n' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Male Guitarists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rock Guitarists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propellorheads
Propellerheads were an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath and consisting of Will White and Alex Gifford. History Their first release was an EP named ''Dive!'', released in 1996 through the independent label Wall of Sound. They gained fame the next year by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album '' Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project'' covering John Barry's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold. They also collaborated with Arnold on the track "Backseat Driver" for the soundtrack of the Bond film '' Tomorrow Never Dies''. The single " History Repeating" followed, a collaboration with Shirley Bassey (also well known for her James Bond music), fusing big beat with jazz. "History Repeating" was used as the theme for ''So Graham Norton'' and was also featured in the Farrelly Brothers' film ''There's Something About Mary''. The Propelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gifford
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (other), multiple people *Alex Gordon (other), multiple people *Alex Harris (other), multiple people *Alex Jones (other), multiple people *Alexander Johnson (other), multiple people *Alex Taylor (other), multiple people Politicians * Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat * Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician *Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician * Alex Salmond (born 1954), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland Baseball players *Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player *Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player *Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player * Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player *Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout * Alex Rod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sod's Law (album)
''Sod's Law'' is the sixth studio album by Spear of Destiny, released by Burning Rome Records in 1992 (see 1992 in music) and subsequently re-issued by Snapper Music in 1997. Track listing (1997 reissue) All songs written by Kirk Brandon # "Goldmine" - 3:55 # "Into The Rising Sun" - 4:04 # "Black Country Girl" - 4:30 # "Bull Comes Down" - 4:12 # "Slow Me Down" - 4:58 # "Taking Care Of Business" - 4:50 # "In The City" - 4:20 # "Babylon Talking" - 4:59 # "Crystalize" - 4:35 # "Captain America" - 3:45 # "Chemical Head" (Bonus) # "Paradise" (Bonus) # "Burn Out" (Bonus) Personnel ;Spear of Destiny * Kirk Brandon - Vocals and guitar * Mark Gemini Thwaite - Lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar *Pete Barnacle - Drums and percussion *John "Boy" Lennard - Saxophone *Stan Stammers Stan Stammers (born 19 May 1961, England) is an English musician best known as the bass player for the bands Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny and Plastic Eaters. Early life Stammers grew up in Saffron W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outland (Spear Of Destiny Album)
''Outland'' is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Spear of Destiny (band), Spear of Destiny, released by 10 Records in 1987 (see 1987 in music). It included the hit single "Never Take Me Alive" which reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 - Spear of Destiny's only Top 20 hit in the UK. Three other singles were released from the album, namely "Strangers in Our Town", "Was That You?" and "The Traveller", all making the UK Top 50. Track listing All songs written by Kirk Brandon. ;Side one # "Outlands" - 5:19 # "Land of Shame" - 3:19 # "The Traveller" - 4:49 # "Was That You?" - 3:58 ;Side two # "Strangers in Our Town" - 3:55 # "The Whole World's Waiting" - 4:57 # "Tonight" - 4:31 # "Miami Vice" - 4:57 # "Never Take Me Alive" - 4:15 ;CD bonus tracks # "Time of Our Lives" (Original version) - 4:27 # "Pumpkin Man" - 5:10 # "Embassy Song" - 4:18 # "The Man That Never Was" - 3:18 # "Jack Straw" - 4:26 Personnel ;Spear of Destiny *Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
