Flintlock were a 1970s pop

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from

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. Its members were Derek Pascoe (

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Mike Holoway Mike Holoway (born 28 January 1961 in Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series ''The Tomorrow People''. C ...

( drums/

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), Jamie Stone ( bass/

), John Summerton (

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) and Bill Rice (

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Career

The group began under the name The Young Revivals, but after two years changed their name to Flintlock. They came to national attention in the mid-1970s through regular appearances on the British children's television programmes '' You Must Be Joking'' and '' Pauline's Quirkes'', the latter hosted by the then teenage actress

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. Flintlock also appeared on programmes such as '' Blue Peter'', '' Magpie'' and ''

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'', and their own programme ''Fanfare''. Holoway also became known as an actor in the children's cult TV drama programme ''

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'', in which Flintlock made a guest appearance in the Series 5 story ''The Heart of Sogguth''. Flintlock had one

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hit single in the

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, "Dawn", in the summer of 1976. A one-off reunion concert took place in 2007.

Discography

Singles

*"Learn to Cry" (August 1975) *"A Little Bit of Lovin'" (February 1976) *"Dawn" (April 1976) *"Sea of Flames" (July 1976) *"Russian Roulette" (November 1976) *"Carry Me" (March 1977) *"Anything for You" (September 1977) *"Mony Mony" (February 1978) *"(Hey You) You're like A Magnet" (January 1979) Three further singles were released in Japan: *"Amorous Lady" (1977) *"Taken All Away" (1978) *"Get With The Boys" (1979)

Albums

*''On the Way'' (December 1975) *''Hot from the Lock'' (December 1976) *''Tears 'n' Cheers'' (October 1977) *''Stand Alone'' (February 1979) A

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album was also released in Japan and Germany.

References

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