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Wavis O'Shave
Wavis O'Shave is a surreal English musician and comedian, who regularly appeared on Channel 4's music show, '' The Tube'' (1982–1987). Description Wavis O'Shave performed many original comedy characters including the cult figure "The Hard", a bizarre character who made brief appearances on ''The Tube'' hitting his hand with a hammer and saying "I felt nowt (nothing)!" O'Shave appears as Foffo Spearjig The Hard on ''The Tube Anthology - The Best of Series 1'' double disc DVD (2006) and in ''Once Upon a Time in the North'', a 2010 documentary about local music in South Tyneside released on DVD by Northeastern Films. He appears as Wavis O'Shave in the 2011 Northeastern Films DVD ''We Sold our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll''. His video for the remake of his earlier song "Mauve Shoes are Awful" was a nominated at the ''NME'' Shockwaves Video awards in 2009. O'Shave appeared in ''The Strange world of Wavis O'Shave'' as part of the hour long BBC Radio 1 documentary '' Viz - The Rock 'n' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Rock
Comedy rock is rock music that is comedic in nature. Oftentimes it is mixed with satire or irony.V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul'' (Backbeat Books, 3rd Edition., 2002), pp. 126. Bands and songs Early Early American examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and the Platters, and Sheb Wooley. The latter's "Purple People Eater" reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in 1958 and stayed there for six weeks. In Britain during the 1950s and early 1960s comedians such as Charlie Drake and the Goons frequently appeared in the top ten with humorous rock 'n' roll records—the latter, along with Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, were to influence the word-play of John Lennon's lyrics. Later British groups specialised in comedy: these included the Scaffold, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias. Later in Britain, in the 2000s, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |