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John Ellis (guitarist)
John Ellis (born 1 June 1952) is an English guitarist and songwriter. Career Ellis was a co-founder of the pub rock band Bazooka Joe in 1970 and a founding member of the punk rock band The Vibrators. He formed The Vibrators in 1976 while still at art school studying illustration. The Vibrators released two albums with Ellis and toured extensively. Ellis left the Vibrators in 1978 to form the short-lived group Rapid Eye Movement, before embarking on a solo career in 1979, releasing a couple of singles, one of which, "Babies in Jars" (a live Rapid Eye Movement recording) reached #34 on the UK Indie Chart.Gimarc, George (2006) ''Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970–1982'', Backbeat Books, , p. 259 In 1980, Ellis toured with Peter Gabriel on his "Tour of China 1984", and he appears on the album '' Peter Gabriel 4''. From 1982 onwards, he recorded a number of albums with Peter Hammill, and toured with Hammill (off and on) from 1981 until 1989. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentish Town
Kentish Town is an area of northwest London, England in the London Borough of Camden, immediately north of Camden Town. Less than four miles north of central London, Kentish Town has good transport connections and is situated close to the open spaces of Hampstead Heath. Toponymy The name of Kentish Town is probably derived from ''Ken-ditch'' or ''Caen-ditch'', meaning the "bed of a waterway" and is otherwise unrelated to the English county of Kent. In researching the meaning of ''Ken-ditch'', it has also been noted that ''ken'' is the Celtic word for both "green" and "river", while ''ditch'' refers to the River Fleet, now a subterranean river. However, another theory is the name comes from its position near the Fleet; it has been suggested that Kentish Town, which lies in between two forks of the Fleet, takes its name from ''cant'' or ''cantle'' (from the Middle English meaning "corner"). History Kentish Town was originally a small settlement on the River Fleet (the waterwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Margin (album)
''The Margin'' is a live album by Peter Hammill, documenting early nineteen-eighties concerts by his K Group. Hammill used the alias K (on vocals, piano and guitar), Nic Potter was Mozart (on bass guitar), Guy Evans was Brain (on drums), and John Ellis was Fury (on backing vocals and guitar). The album was originally released as a double album on Foundry Records in 1985. It was reissued some years later on CD on Virgin Records in the UK with one track missing in order to make it fit onto a single CD and on Line Records in Germany with two tracks missing. Hammill then reissued it again on his own Fie! record label, as ''The Margin +''. This issue did not restore the track lost from the UK CD edition from the original vinyl release, "The Second Hand", but included an additional disc of material previously released as a live bootleg called ''The Secret Asteroid Jungle''. The liner notes explain that Hammill chose to include a different performance of "The Second Hand". The original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Water
''Out of Water'' is the 17th studio album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Enigma Records in 1990 and subsequently re-released on Hammill's own Fie! label. Hammill himself considers this album to be a turning point from his mid-eighties style. Two of the performers are credited by the nicknames they were given when they were part of Hammill's K Group in the 1980s: John Ellis (who also painted the picture on the cover) as "Fury" and Nic Potter as "Mozart". The song "A Way Out" is believed to be about the suicide of Hammill's brother. "Our Oyster" references the 1989 Tiananmen square massacare. Track listing All songs written by Peter Hammill. #"Evidently Goldfish" – 5:02 #"Not the Man" – 4:24 #"No Moon in the Water" – 4:36 #"Our Oyster" – 5:33 #"Something about Ysabel's Dance" – 5:32 #"Green Fingers" – 4:35 #"On the Surface" – 8:14 #"A Way Out" – 7:17 Personnel *Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards *Stuart Gordon – violin on 5 * John Ellis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Songs (Peter Hammill Album)
''The Love Songs'' is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Charisma Records in 1984. The album is a compilation of ballads from Hammill's previous solo albums, re-recorded in new versions; all reworked, redubbed and remixed to form this album. The lead vocals were replaced on all tracks, except "Been Alone So Long". All tracks were based on the original multitracks, except "Again" and "If I Could", which are based on live K Group performances taken from the Margin Tour. Track listing All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where indicated. #"Just Good Friends" - 3:55 #"My Favourite" - 3:00 #"Been Alone So Long" ( Chris Judge Smith) - 5:02 #"Ophelia" - 3:09 #"Again" - 3:34 #"If I Could" - 4:59 #"Vision" - 3:16 #"Don't Tell Me" - 4:40 #"The Birds" - 3:41 #"(This Side of) The Looking Glass" - 6:58 Original albums The tracks were taken from these albums: # ''Patience'' # '' PH7'' # ''Nadir's Big Chance'' # '' Sitting Targets'' # ''In Camera'' # ''The Future No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patience (Peter Hammill Album)
''Patience'' is the 13th studio album by Peter Hammill. It was released in August 1983 on Naive Records, a label founded by Gordian Troeller, the former manager of Hammill's band Van der Graaf Generator. It was remastered in 1991 and released on Fie! Records. It was the second album to feature the collective known as the “K Group” (the first was '' Enter K'') — Hammill, drummer Guy Evans and bassist Nic Potter (Hammill's former colleagues in VdGG), and guitarist John Ellis (of The Vibrators and Peter Gabriel’s band). ''Patience'' reached #15 in the UK Indie Chart.Lazell, Barry (1997) ''Indie Hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, The members of K Group adopted aliases during their time in the band. Hammill was "K", Evans was "Brain", Ellis was "Fury",Potter was "Mozart". "Patient", "Traintime" and "Comfortable" have all been played regularly by Hammill in live performance in recent years. "Just Good Friends" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album '' The Love Songs'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coup De Grace (The Stranglers Album)
''Coup de Grace'' is the fourteenth studio album by the Stranglers, released in 1998 by Eagle Records. It was the last album to feature guitarist John Ellis, who left the band in 2000. The tracks on ''Coup de Grace'' represent a greater writing input from bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel than on more recent outings; he also sings four of the ten tracks. Heavily influenced by the band's troop-entertaining trips to such places as the Falkland Islands and Bosnia, and (in Burnel's words) "life in general", the tracks covered such topics as the ravages of war, religious conflicts, and failed relationships. The album included the minimally-accompanied ballad "In the End". "Miss You" shares its title with a track on the previous Stranglers album ''Written in Red'', but is a different song. The album failed to reach the official UK Albums Chart, their first such release not to do so. Track listing :Cat no/Label: EAGCD042/Eagle Personnel ; The Stranglers * Paul Roberts – voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Written In Red
''Written in Red'' is the thirteenth studio album recorded by the Stranglers, released in January 1997 through the When! label. It was co-produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill. The media launch-party for ''Written in Red'' was held on 13 December 1996 at EuroDisney in Paris, and featured live performances of tracks from the effort. Other tracks performed at the event include "Always the Sun", "Golden Brown" and " Let Me Introduce You to the Family". The week the album was released, the band performed at several HMV branches including those located in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds. "In Heaven She Walks" was the only single to be taken from the album, released on 3 February 1997. The single was in two parts: the first CD featured a sleeve similar to the ''Written in Red'' cover, with a track listing of: "In Heaven She Walks", a live version of "Golden Brown" from 1995, and an extended version of "In Heaven She Walks". The second CD sleeve featured a still from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
About Time (The Stranglers Album)
''About Time'' is the twelfth studio album from the Stranglers and the second one from the Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts and Ellis line-up. The album was released in 1995 through the When! label. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Alan Winstanley, who had worked with the Stranglers on their first four albums (as the engineer on ''Rattus Norvegicus'', '' No More Heroes'' and '' Black and White'' and producer on ''The Raven''). Nigel Kennedy plays electric violin on "Face", and a string-quartet is used on three of the eleven tracks ("Face", "Still Life" and "Sinister"). "Lies and Deception" was the only single released from the album, reaching No. 94 on the UK Singles Chart, and is one of the few Stranglers songs solely written by drummer Jet Black. Released as a two-CD set, CD1 of "Lies and Deception" was backed with non-album tracks "Swim" and "Cool Danny", CD2 was backed with non-album tracks "Kiss the World Goodbye" and "Bed of Nails". The album peaked at No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vibrators & Chris Spedding
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Mania
''Pure Mania'' is the debut album by the punk rock, punk band the Vibrators. It was released in 1977 on Epic Records and reached No. 49 in the UK Albums Chart. The song "Baby Baby (The Vibrators song), Baby Baby" was released as a single and punk band Stiff Little Fingers got their name from the song of the same name from this album. Reception ''Trouser Press'' writer Ira Robbins described the album as a "treasure trove of memorable ditties". AllMusic's Mark Deming said the album "isn't purist's punk, but it's pure rock and roll, rock & roll, and there's nothing wrong with that." ''The Village Voice, Village Voice'' critic Robert Christgau described the album as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest". Track listing All songs by Knox (musician), I.M. Carnochan except as indicated. Side one #"Into the Future..." #"Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Pat Collier) #"Sweet Sweet Heart" #"Keep It Clean" (John Ellis (guitarist), John Ellis) #"Baby Baby (The Vibrators song), Baby Baby" #" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . While in the West it is known as "tea ceremony", it is seldom ceremonial in practice. Most often tea is served to family, friends, and associates; religious and ceremonial connotations are overstated in western spaces. While in the West it is known as a form of tea ceremony, in Japan the art and philosophy of tea can be more accurately described as "Teaism" as opposed to focusing on the ceremonial aspect. Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the culture of Japanese tea. Much less commonly, Japanese tea practice uses leaf tea, primarily , a practice known as . Tea gatherings are classified as either an informal tea gathering () or a formal tea gathering (). A is a relatively simple course of hospitality that includes confections, thin tea, and perhaps a light meal. A is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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