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' of the time. These included performances at Stonehenge and

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in 1978.

Career

After an early tie up with Dave Panton as their part-time manager in 1980, the band played many support slots at

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and Music Machine with

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, Diamond Head, and Anvil. The band reappeared in 1983, with Chris Goulstone on guitar and keyboards, Shaun Kirkpatrick on guitar and backing vocals, Clive Deamer on drums, plus Paul Webb on bass guitar and vocals. They were signed to an independent record label,

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. The band recorded ''Taken by Storm'' with

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and Glen Kolotkin, later helped by

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and Mark Dearnley on

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. They were launched onto the American market via a tie-in between Bronze Records and

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. The line-up, then based in London, consisted of ex- Nightwing vocalist

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, Goulstone, Kirkpatrick, Webb and new drummer Carl Matthews. In 1998, an

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of unreleased tracks from that time, entitled ''Unfinished Business'' was released. Following the demise of Bronze Records and the original line-up in 1984, after a major US tour supporting

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, Kirkpatrick assembled a completely new line-up called 'Blue Print'. With producer

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they created a new album, ''Carried by the Storm'', which was recorded in London's Roundhouse and Power Plant recording studios. The band then comprised Kirkpatrick (guitars / Roland guitar synthesizer), Ian Baker (lead vocals), Mickey O'Donoghue (guitar), Clive Edwards (drums), and Lee Reddings (bass). Guest musicians included

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, Chris Thompson, Stevie Lange,

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and Charlie McCracken. During the final recording and completion of the album, the record label went into receivership, and until 2010 ''Carried by the Storm'' remained unreleased. Bronz re-formed briefly in 2000, with the 1984 line-up including Paul Webb resuming lead vocal duties; plus Jake Kirkpatrick on bass guitar. The band played a number of shows together, and a deal was tied up with

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in 2003, with the release of live tracks from their 1984 US tour and some new material. This was released as ''Bronz Live – Getting Higher''. In 2005, Bronz with Goulstone, Thomas, and Scottish drummer Windsor McGilvray, appeared at the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the

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, at the Astoria in London, along with Diamond Head and Jaguar. In 2010 and 2011, the line-up that recorded the second album managed an independent release of ''Carried by the Storm''. The band led by Kirkpatrick appeared at the Hard Rock Hell Festival in December 2011, with Max Bacon the band's original singer from the first album returning, and Paul Webb back on bass. In July 2013, guitarist Shaun Kirkpatrick died. At the time, Shaun was working on new material.

Albums

*''Taken by Storm'' (1984) (featuring the single "Send Down an Angel" b/w "Tiger") *''Unfinished Business'' (1998) *''Bronz Live – Getting Higher'' (2003) *''Carried by the Storm'' (2010)

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External links

Chrisgoulstone.co.uk
English hard rock musical groups English heavy metal musical groups Musical groups from Somerset New Wave of British Heavy Metal musical groups Bronze Records artists Sanctuary Records artists

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