John Waddington is an English musician known as the guitarist for the English electronic rock group

The Pop Group The Pop Group are an English rock band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Their work in the late 1970s crosse ...

Biography

John Waddington was seventeen years old when he started his first band, serving as vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the punk group The Boyfriends. The band was short-lived and he joined

in 1977, serving as one of their guitarists. He performed on their two albums, '' Y'' and '' For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?'', which were critically acclaimed. After The Pop Group disbanded in 1981, he was asked to join another

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band, Maximum Joy. He was also involved in the short-lived German electro outfit U-BahnX with Disc O'Dell. Waddington has been absent from past Pop Group reunions and his last performance credit was on

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's 2006 album ''

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''.

Discography

Studio albums

Guest appearances

References

General * * Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Waddington, John Living people Musicians from Bristol English rock guitarists English male guitarists British post-punk musicians The Pop Group members Year of birth missing (living people)