Clive Edwards (born 19 January 1953,

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, who is best known as a former member of the

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(from August 1989 to June 1993). He also featured on the Bronz second album ''Carried By The Storm''
released on 1 January 2010.

Career

Clive Edwards is probably best known for playing with

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bands that have included outstanding

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, such as

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, Brian Robertson, former

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& ( Wild Horses) member,

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of the

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& (

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from

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, ex

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, and

. He is now playing with Lionheart (UK band), HOUSE OF X with live shows for

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Full House with Ray Minhinnett, Kossoff 'The Band Plays On' with

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and Bucket & Co with

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. There are also been many other projects outside just hard rock, such as working with

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winner

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with Zaine Griff, and also

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. Edwards has played on many albums, most famously the acclaimed UFO albums ''

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'', ''Headstone'', ''Lights Out in Tokyo Live'' and the legendary Uli Roth ''

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''. Edwards started playing at an early age, and formed a band with Ian Raines while they were at school together called Stallion. They made an appearance on a

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show for Schools and later went on to become

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. A lot of this early information can be found on the Rococo web site. After the Rococo recordings, Clive has gone on to recorded and performed with HOUSE OF X, UFO, X-UFO, LOUDER LIFE LEAGUE, Bronz, Wild Horses,

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, Dave Stewart,

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, Bernie Marsden's SOS, Chris Thompson, Lionheart,

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and

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. The full list of recordings seen here can be found on Clive's own web pages. Playing live concerts during 2018 with bands: Kossoff the Band Plays On, Frankie Millers Full House, House of X, Lionheart, & Zaine Griff. New for 2019 there will be shows and album with the new

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Band to look forward to as well as recordings for

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. Brand new Lionheart album 'Reality of Miracles' for 2020.

Discography

Screaming Lord Sutch

*''Jack The Ripper'' (1975)

Rococo

*''Ulta Star'' (1973) *''The Living Rock'' (1975) *''Hoodlum Fun'' (1976) *''Run from the Wildfire'' (2002) *''The Firestorm and other Love songs'' (2011) *''Losing Ground'' (2012)

Pat Travers Band

*''BBC 1 Live In Concert'' (1977)

Neil Merryweather

*''Differences'' (1978)

Filthy McNasty

*''Live - A Week at the Bridge E16'' (1978)

Uli Jon Roth - Electric Sun

*''

'' (1979) *''Electric Sun'' Compilation (1988) *''Uli Jon Roth - From Here To Eternity'' (1998)

Wild Horses

*'' Wild Horses'' (1980) *''

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'' (1981) *''BBC In Concert 1981'' *''Wild Horses – Live In Japan 1980'' (2014)

Zaine Griff

*''Tonight'' (1979) *''Mood Swings'' (2016) *''The Helden Project//Spies'' (2022)

John Cale

*''For Your Neighbour's Wife'' (Live from Eindhoven Stadium June 21, 1980)

Bernie Marsden's SOS

*''Reading Rock Volume One'' (1982) *''The Friday Rock Show Sessions'' (1982)

Lionheart

*''Unearthed - Raiders Of The Lost Archives (comp.)'' (1999) *''Second Nature'' (2017) *''Mary Did You Know'' (2018) *''Reality of Miracles'' (2020

Bronz

*''Carried by the Storm'' 1985

Laurence Archer

*''Laurence Archer - L.A.'' (1986)

UFO

*''UFO - Headstone'' (1983) *''

'' (1992) *''Lights Out In Tokyo Live'' (1992) *''Live TNT - UFO'' (1994) *''Doctor Doctor'' (1995) *''UFO The X-Factor: Out There & Back'' (1998) *''Then and Now'' (2002) *'' One of Those Nights: The Anthology'' (2006)

X-UFO

X-UFO Vol. 1 The "LIVE" Files (2012)

HOUSE OF X

*''House of X'' (2014)

Toyah

*''In the Court of the Crimson Queen re-imagined'' (2019)

The Members

*''Versions'' (2019)

The Sharpeez

*''Live at Leo's'' (2020)

Crawling Spider

*''A Tribute to Mike Montgomery Vol.1 The LA Sessions'' (2020)

James Holkworth Conspiracy

*''Solo in Sodom'' (2020) *''Salmon mousse blues'' (2021)

Compilations

*''Guitar Legends'' *''Metal Gods'' (2005) *''Metal Mania'' *''The History of Rock'' *''Metal'' *''Sudden Impact'' (

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)

Videography

*''U.F.O. - The Story Of U.F.O. - Too Hot To Handle DVD''

References

External links

Myspace.comGinzola.com/rococoTartareandesire.comMyspace.com/wireheadrockInterview on Rockpages.gr 2010
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