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and

Kirk Brandon Kirk Brandon (born 3 August 1956) is an English musician best known as the leader of the bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny and a former lover of Boy George. Musical career Brandon's music career started in 1978, in Clapham, south Lo ...

, of

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, with a varying cast of musicians. Since 2015, they split into two bands, one led by Peters called the Jack Tars, and another led by Brandon keeping the Dead Men Walking name.

Career

The band started in 2001, with Brandon and Peters being joined by

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(Wah!) and

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( Sex Pistols) for the first live album. For the second album, Wylie was replaced by

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(

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) and a drummer was added in

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(

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). For the third album, Duffy was replaced by Bruce Watson (

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). For the fourth and fifth albums, Watson dropped out and Matlock was replaced by

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( The Damned) on bass. The Peters/Brandon/Sensible/Phantom line-up recorded an original album in 2008, but it was never released as there were disagreements between the band members. Eventually Peters revived the band in 2014 with

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(

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) replacing Brandon. This line-up produced the first album of original material by the band, ''Easy Piracy'', the previous releases having all been live albums. Brandon also formed a new version of the band, with

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(

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) and Dave Ruffy and John "Segs" Jennings (both of

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). After a name dispute, Brandon kept the name and Peters renamed his band as the Jack Tars.

Discography

Brandon/Peters line-up

* Live At Guildford (Resistance 001, 2001) * Live At Leeds (Resistance 002, 2003) * Live At The Darwen Library Theatre (Resistance 003, 2004) CD * Live At The Darwen Library Theatre (Resistance DVD 002, 2004) DVD * Live At CBGB New York City (Resistance 004, 2005) * Graveyard Smashes Volume 1 (Resistance 005, 2006)

Peters line-up

* Easy Piracy (Slimstyle Records THIN0084, 2015)

Brandon line-up

* Live in Bristol (2016)

Members

Dead Men Walking are now – *

–

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–

* Dave Ruffy –

* John "Segs" Jennings –

The Jack Tars, are now – * Mike Peters –

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(singer/rhythm guitar) *

–

(lead guitar) *

–

(drummer) *

– The Damned (bass guitar)

Previous musicians include

–

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– Sex Pistols * Bruce Watson –

Guest musicians include

* Mick Jones -

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- Guns N' Roses *

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, Simple Minds *

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* Lemmy -

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* Pauline Black –

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* Mike Scott -

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- Presidents of the United States of America

Timeline

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References

External links

Original homepage
(Archives from July 2003-Jan 2007)
Official website
(Kirk Brandon's Dead Men Walking)
Facebook page
(Mike Peters' The Jack Tars) {{Authority control English rock music groups British supergroups Rock music supergroups