COVENTRY A TO Z OF BANDS INDEX
FROM
Hobo (Coventry Music and Arts Magazine) 1973-75 (Trev Teasdel)
With inputs from The Broadgate Gnome (Ian Green) / Rex Brough / Pete Clemons and Pete Chambers
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Coventry bands in this A to Z index will be hyperlinked to a page on this blog (in some cases another blog eg the band's own website) where there is content for the band or artist- we don't have information on all of the bands listed but you can send info in if you have it.
The A to Z Index House style - Bands beginning with numbers will be classified as if written eg 3D would be under T as 'Three D'. Bands beginning with 'The' will be under the first letter of their name after 'The'. (This site is currently under construction).
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3 AM / 1984 / 28 If c 90's (Source - John Docker) Ian Green's band / A Band Called George / Absolutely (c 90's - Source - John Docker) / Academy Morticians / Aching Tongue Karl Shale - Bass, Drums - Dianne Cox (formerly of Zanders, Karl Shale joined Colourfield (Source Rex Brough - Karl Shale - bass (from Solid Action and Aching Tongue,later joined The Candyskins and played with Ausgang in the late 90's) http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2008/06/colourfield-terry-hall.html / Acme Patent Electric Band / Acorn / Adorable / Adrian's Wall (c 1969 "Vince's Band " (from Broadgate Gnome's A to Z) / African Grass / The Agents / The AK Band / Alchemista / All About Eve / Almighty Dead / Amber Sin / Analog / Angstroms / Antarctics / Any Given Day / Aorta Major / The Applicants (c 90's Source John Docker) / April / April The First Movement / Archimedes Principle (c 1967 "Became The Mood in September 1967" - Source Broadgate Gnome) / Armalite / Arm Pit Jug band / The Arrows c 1965 / Article 19 (RiD) / Asgard / A Splendid Eyesore (C 90's (Source John Docker) / The Atlantics / Attic Dressers / Attrition / Auntie Grenville's Perforated Anvil / The Autocrats c 1965 Beat group Line up Olly Warner (drums) Ex Goodman./ Autumn Stone
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Baccus / Bait / Balloon Farm / Banco De Gaia / Bandits / Band With No Name (John Alderson (Guitar - Mick Lynch (Drums?) / The Baptists / Barnabus (Barnabus Legge) / Barrelhouse Blues (circa 1968 - 1969 Source - Broadgate Gnome) / Barricades Rise (and some on this page https://coventryfolkclubs.blogspot.com/2013/04/barricades-rise.html / The Batman (circa 1968 (Source Broadgate Gnome) / Battle Jumbo Mushroom / Beachmantango (came out of Profile) / Beat Preachers / Beautiful People (previously known as The Money Spiders and The Chicanes) / Benediction / The Bensons (c 90's - Source John Docker) / Betty Swollocks / The Big Idea / Big Kev and the Happy Shoppers (c 90's - Source John Docker) / Big Sky (Ian Green was in this band for a few months.) / Bitter Suite / Bitter Tears / Black and White Notes / The Black Diamonds / The Black Mariahs / Black Parrot Seaside / Blag (c 90's (Source - John Docker) / Blaze / Bleeding Hearts (Mojo Morgan played bass. Walsgrave based. All bands material!) / Blitzkrieg Zone / Blown Fuse / The Bluebeats (The drummer was Tom Lane - formerly drummer with Jason and the Canaenites, The Fireflies, The BlueBeats, The Stringbeats, Pat Gissane Showband, Tuxedo Junction and more recently ‘The Leicester Acemen’) / The Blue Jays / Blue Orchids / Blues Pentathlon (circa 1969 (Source Broadgate Gnome) / Blues to Go / Bob Brolly's Calvary / Bob Tempest and the Buccaneers / Boiling Peter Bread / Bolt Thrower / The Bone Diggers Roddy Radiation / The Boothill Six / Boots AKA Gregorian Chant, Children, Canyon) / Bounty Hunters / Bourbon Street / The Bo Weevils (Boll Weevils) / Box of the Blues / The Boys Blue / Brass Monkeys (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Breakdown (circa 1969 'prog rock' . (Source - Broadgate Gnome) / Breaker Horace Panter's band / The Brethren c1965 beat group Line up Ian Elso (guitar) Simon Aston (bass) / Brian's Band aka The Medicine Shack / Bridges / British Standard (circa 1967 (Source Broadgate Gnome) / Broken Dolls / Bron Area / Bronze Cottage (Geoff Tookey formed this outfit at school early 70's with Gordon Montgomery from Cheylesmore 'we formed a folky thing called Bronze Cottage')./ Broomdusters - Blues Band c 1965-7 Line up: Bill Dodd - voc/bass, Mick Blake - lead gtr, Bill Overton - guitar, Ron Walker - drums, Main gigs were The Navvy, New Inn, The Cedars. Later formed Hard Rock with Ron Walker & his brother Graham. Source Broadgate Gnome/ Bullet Proof Electric Revue (Xen Alkaloid) / Bumble c 1973 Mentioned in HOBO # 1 as playing at the Windsor Free Festival. No further info. " Congrats to Colin Armstrong in reaching the semifinals in the Melody Maker National Rock/Folk contest. Also to Just Jake, Willow, Naked Light, Just Before Dawn, Bumble and all the others who entered. More on them if poss. later."/ Bung / Burst (C90's Source - John Docker).
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Calico (c 90's Source John Docker) / Candy Thieves / Can't Play, Won't Play / Canyon AKA Boots, Gregorian Chant, Children. / Cardinal (Nigel Clark) / The Cardinals / Caribbean aka The Beat Preachers / Carol and the Electrons / Carl's Fables (circa 1971 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Carl Tour / Carrion (1984 – 85) - With Rob Cook-Williams - guitar or bass?) / The Cataracts / Cathedral / Cathedral (c 90's Source John Docker / Catherine Spirit (C 90's Source John Docker) / Cat's Grave / Catweazel (circa 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Cassius (Eusabio to avoid being confused with the electronic band of the same name. / Cedarmen / Celestial (c 90's Source John Docker) / Central Sounds / Certified (c 1977 supported The Automatics (earliest name of The Specials) at the Heath Hotel oct 1977 with Wild Boys / Squad / Urban Blight./ The Chads / Chainsaw / The Challengers / Champaign Hedgehog (c 90's Source John Docker) / Changin' Scene ( circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome (Possibly Kristy Gallacher's father played in this band - if so they changed their name a few times - Changing Times may have been one of them). / Channel (A Stan Campbell (later singer with the Specials on Nelson Mandela) The won Battle of the Bands / Channel Firing (c 90's Source John Docker) / Chapter 5 (Charley Anderson) / The Charioteers (circa 1965 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Charley Dexter Ward and the Imagineeers / Cheeky /The Cheetahs c1967 / Cherry Stones / Chevy / Cheyenne Autumn c1971 / Ch Ch Squad / Chicago Hush (circa 1967-1968 - Source Broadgate Gnome -'Flower Power group' Ad CET March 1967 '..Britain's answer to The Monkees 20th Century Fox future stars, fantastic power packed show.. as usual first on the scene..' (C.E.T.4/2/68) / Chicago Line c1968 / The Chicanes became The Money Spiders) / Chikiniki / Children AKA Boots, Gregorian Chant, Canyon / Chili Dog Slim (Doc Mustard) / Chris Jones Aggression / The Chris Jones Band /The Chuckles / Cinch (Coventry and Nuneaton: Joel McDougal (vocals), Kevin Jones (drums) / The Circles circa 1966 - Beat group - Recorded demos for EMI June 1966. Managed by Vince Martin. Source Broadgate Gnome / Civil Servants circa 1969-1970 - Blues rock Source Broadgate Gnome / Clear Liquid (circa 1969-1970 - Blues rock Source Broadgate Gnome) / Cliff Cowling Trio / The Cliffords / Clique / Close to Tears / The Clouds / Colourfield / Colt 77 / Column 88 / Coconut Mat / The Complex (circa 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Concert (Steve Harrison Tony Mojo Morgan) / Concert (Dave Pepper) / The Conclusion (circa 1966 - 1967 - ' Coventry's own Beach Boys' Ad in CET 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome)/ Concrete Parachute / The Confederates / The Congress (Stormbreaker) / The Establishment) / The Cossacks (circa 1966 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Countdowns / Courtiers of Fashion / Coventry Automatics / Coybito (The Coybito Invasion) / Creation / Criminal Class / The Critics Dave Dyed on Drums Len Bailey on Bass , Alan Wright on Rhythm (replaced by George Beardmore) Keith Bates(later of The Reason, lead guitar, and Johnny Thompson on Sax/ Crocodile Tears / Cromwell Sound (circa 1970-1971 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Cross Buzz Safari (c 90's Source John Docker) / Crossfire / Crux / The Cry (Nigel Eccels lead singer c 90's - Source John Docker / Crystal Ship / Cupid's Inspiration / Martin Cure and the Peeps / Curious Oyster (c 90's Source John Docker).
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Dandelion (circa 1969 - Rock Band Source Broadgate Gnome)/ Dando Shaft / Dangerous Liaisons / Dark Actors / The Darkness / The Davy Jones Crew / Dayspring / Dead After Dark (c 90's Source John Docker - Leamington band (Paddy Hogan a member?) / Ded Yampy (Silly Pete and Jane from Ded Yampy. Jane had furry dice cut into her hair) / Dealer / The Debonaires / Deccatone / December / Defendants / Delayed Reaction (Punk) / Del Chronics / Deltoid / The Dementias (Punk band current with Nigel Eccles of The Cry on vocals) . Densa / Dep of Misinformation /The Desperados (circa 1965 Source Broadgate Gnome / Detour / The Dictators (circa 1964 - Became 5 Dimensions in June 1964 (Source -Broadgate Gnome) / Digital Dinosaurs / Digital Labour / DJF (c 90's Source John Docker) / Dijini (c 90's Source John Docker) / Dinosaurs / The Directory (circa 1965-7 - 'Recording artists' (January 1967). Source Broadgate Gnome)/ Dirtbox (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Distinctions (circa 1965 - Beat group - Line up: Chris Brain (lead guitar) and others. Whoberley based, managed by John Timms. Source - Broadgate Gnome) / Doc Mustard / The Dodgers / Dolorez Haze (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Done Things (c 1980's - Steve Davis) / Don't Pick a Flower / Down Country Boys / Don't Talk Wet (Trev Teasdel) / Downward Edge / Drachentoter (c late 1990's) / Dragster / Dream Grinder (c 90's Source John Docker) / Driver 8 / Driver Sight / Drops of Brandy / Dr Slaggs Confessions / Dreamgrinder (Xen Alkaloid) / Dry Risers (c 90's Source John Docker) / D.S. Band / The D.T's with Steve Marriot / Dub Jam Force / Dubotion / Duck Thieves / Dumdums / Dunville / Dusk / Dweeb.
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The Earth C 1966. Another name for The Plague. Source -Broadgate Gnome. According to Tadge (Allen Parsons, "We stole the bass player for The Motion from a band called Earth whose singer was the legend Pete Waterman." / The Earthquakes / East Light / Eastside Protection / The Ebonies (circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Eclipse later called 20 Days / The Eddy James Sound / Eden (c 90's Source John Docker) / Edgar Broughton Band / The Editors / Ed's Kitchen / Electric Circus aka The Mild and Electric Circus According to Jim Pryal - this band were previously The Mild and later Pagan Sabbat - Jim Pryal played drums for them./ Electric Orange (c 90's Source John Docker) / Elysium / The End / The Enemy / The Eko Four / The Eggy / The Elegant Set (circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Elements circa 1964 - Beat group - Line up: John Underwood (guitar), Roger Williams (bass), Bob Watts (drums).Re-formed in August 1964 playing 'beats and ballads'. Source Broadgate Gnome / Elf (Rogue) / Eli / Elias circa 1970 - 1971 '... progressive...' Played The Swan in Birmingham Monday 22nd Feb 1971 and the Walsgrave (Coventry) Tuesday 23rd Feb 1971. These were both "progressive" music venues organised by Henry’s Blueshouse and arranged by Friars Promotions./ Elijah's People (circa 1967 - 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome) / EMF / Endless Knot c 90's Source John Docker/ ENS / Eusabio (formerly Cassius but not the electronic band of same name) / The Establishment (aka The Stormbreakers and the Congress) / European Sun / Even Flowers Kill / Evil Window / Evil Wind / Eyeless in Gaza / Eyes of Blue / The Eyes of Isabel (from Stratford).
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Factory circa 1971 '...see the new Who...' CET ad 1971. ex-Rupert Bear (Source Broadgate Gnome) / Fader / Fagin Quill / Falling Leaves circa 1966 Beat group Actually from Oxford but based in Coventry June 1966 (Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Fanatics / Fat Rhino / Fatty Goldsmith / The Fenders / Filthy Cake / Fineline / The Finx / Fiori / Firefly Andy Rothwell, Mick Cashin - bass, 80's band with the DaVoil family. (Source - Rob- Cook Williams.) / The Fireflies / First Offence / Fission / Fisty circa 1974 Played the HOBO WORKSHOP Sept 1974. / Five Minutes to Midnight / Fiveway Adaptor circa 1972 'Jazz rock' Ad in CET. Source Broadgate Gnome/ Flackoff / The Flaggs circa 1968- 1969 Source Broadgate Gnome / The Flames / Flashback Scene circa 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome/ The Flowers circa 1967 'Pretty things will happen' said 1967 ad in C.E.T./ Flood / Flamingoes / Flying Circus / Flying Machine / Flying Tortillos / The Flys / Folklore / Formula One circa 1963-6? Mentioned in Index of British Rock Bands 1963 - 66 as coming from Coventry, no further info. / 4th Front / 14/18 / The Fortunes not a Coventry band but latterly with Bob Jackson and Paul Hooper they had Coventry connections. / The Four Aces / The Four Clubs / Four Kings / Four Wheel Drive (see Chevy Members were in Cupids Inspiration and Chevy.) / Fraud / The Freemen / The Free Society circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Fresh (86) Steve Kavanagh and Rob Arnall. Early version of Out of the Blue. / Fresh Maggots / Fridayz Angelz (Banned from the Dog and Trumpet) Andy Rothwell / Fridays Child / Fridge c 90's Source - John Docker/ From the Sun / Fume / Fun Boy Three / Funk a Fari c 90's Source - John Docker/ Furious Apples / Furey Brothers / The Fuze c 1978 John Hewitt (later drummer with King) and Stig Foster - Punk.
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The Gaels / The Gazelles / Gdansk / General Public / General HQ / Geneva Wheel / Geneva (Mentioned in Hobo Magazine c 1974 as playing for the Musician's Union - or Association (an off shoot) at the Charterhouse Pub in Coventry 1974. / George and the Dragons / Gipsie's Kiss circa 1971 - 'progressive' / Gypsy Lee / Giraffes / Gizzel c 1972 - May have been Tony Cross's band - linked to Umbrella Club. / Godiva Ride / God's Toys / Golden Age / Goldsmith c 1982 - John Hewitt (formerly of Team 23) said " 1982 Jerome Heisler (The End / Team 23) and me formed Golden Age and did 1 gig at General Wolfe in cov.1983 Paul King asked me to join King and did loads of gigs and played on Love and Pride."/ The Goodtime Losers / Gothic Horizon / Graham Walker's Propeller / The Grasshoppers circa 1964 'Meriden's answer to the Beatles' Source Broadgate Gnome / Gregorian Chant (AKA Boots, Children, Canyon, Joker) / The Gregory Jones Group circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Grim Reaper / Grip Inc / Group 66 circa 1966 - Beat group Source Broadgate Gnome / The Growth c1966 / Gun (Goodison link) / Gunther Prague / Guaranteed Ugly / The Gutter Cats / Gypsy Lee.
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Hades circa 1971 Source Broadgate Gnome / Hadezz / Hampton Court circa 1971 'rock n roll' Source Broadgate Gnome/ The Hamsters c 90's Source - John Docker/ Hands Off A Dave Pepper band./ The Hanging Judges c 90's Source - John Docker/ Hangover Blues Band / Hard Body / Hard Lines / Hard Rock / Hard Top 22 / The Harmony Blues / Hawaiian Surgeons / Haywood circa 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome/ Head Squeeze c 90's Source - John Docker/ The Hearing / The Heartbeats 1964 / 5 From Meriden / Heaven / Heaven Sent / Hedy (Starpower) / Helicopter circa 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome / Hells Angels / Hells Bells / Her Alibi c 90's Source - John Docker/ Hidden Claws c 90's Source - John Docker (Peter Lloyd was a member)/ High Broom circa 1971 Source Broadgate Gnome/ The Highway Man / Holy Thief / Hobo Exile / Homicide / Honey and the Wallbangers / Honky Tonk Rose / Hot Bed / The Hot Bloods circa 1969 Source Broadgate Gnome/ Hot Snacks (Machine) / Huffy / Human Cabbages / The Hungry / Hungry I / Hyper Sucker c 90's Source - John Docker.
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Idol Eyes / The Ignition circa 1966 Source Broadgate Gnome/ Ignition c 90's - Source John Docker / The Image / I'm Claudius c 90's - Source John Docker / The Imagination / Immediate Pleasure circa 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / The Incas circa 1970 -72 Played the Walsgrave 24th Dec 1970. / Indian Scalp / Indian Summer / In Embrace / Inferno / In-Finity / The Innovations / Inzane Dice / The Inside Outs c66 Beat Group Named after the Beach Preachers / Carribbeans first single. Managed by a 'Matador' source Broadgate Gnome / Lola / The Institutes / Instone / Interior War (basis of Wandering John) / International Megastars Ratty Ray - Hugh - Richard - A band with a sense of humour - at last! / The Invaders / Invisible Brethren Terry Quails in the band c late 1990s / Iron Horse 2004 Baz Eardley and Ted Duggan played in this Coventry based rock group./ Isambarde / I Spartacus.
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Jailhouse / Jalopy Ride / Janet and the Three Spires / January Park / Jason and the Canaanites / JB's AllStars (John Bradbury) / Jen 8 c 90's Source John Docker / Jessica's Theme / Jessie Boy 5 / Jesus Delux / Jigsaw / Jimmy Jimmy / Joanie's Butterfly c 90's Source John Docker / The Wanderers, ./ The Jolly Dwarfs / Johnnie B Great (Goodison) / Johnnie Clifford and the Presidents / Johnny Mac / Johnny Ransom and the Rebels / Joker (The link here goes to Gregorian Chant who were also known as Boots, Children and Canyon. Later (end of 70's / early 80's) some of them formed Joker. The original band made a single for Mike Berry on the Young Blood label - a Young Rascal's song.) / The Joneses / Jo Jo Cool and the Protection Racket (Justin Cooke) circa 1967 - Psychedelic Soul - ' Explosive soul sound of..' '..Way out Flower group..' Ads in CET 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Johnny Neale Amalgamation circa 1970 Source Broadgate Gnome / Joyce McKinley Experience / Journey of a Lifetime / Judas Goat / Jug circa 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome / Julia Dream c 90's Source John Docker (Peter Lloyd was a member) / Jumping Bad / Junkhouse / Just before Dawn / Just Jake.
K
Kally's Heroes / Kensington Mews circa 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome/ The Kerries / Khayyam / The Kidda Band / Kid Gloves c 90's Source John Docker/ Kifaru Reggae band/ King / King Crawler c 90's Source John Docker/ King Size Kings / Kingtide / Kinky Love c 90's Source John Docker/ The Kiss of Life circa 1971/ Kivrack Lodge / The Kleek circa 1966 (Bryan Fisher / Ron Lawrence) - Beat group Source Broadgate Gnome/ The Kobalts c196? / The Krankies / Krystal.
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The Labtechs / Lady Jane and Royaltee circa 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / Lament / The Language of Flowers c 90's Source John Docker/ Last Fair Deal / Las Vegas Showband / Laughing House Rocked (Lee Cobham) / Lazy Eye / Lease / The Leftovers./ Leicester Acemen / Levity / The Liberators / Liberation / Lieutenant Pigeon / L'Homme De Terra / Lies / Lilo Hawaii apparently Barry Fawcus (Ex April) played drums and or guitar for this band./ Linear / The Little Darlings / Little Girl Screaming / The Loaded / Long range Weather Forecasts ("The Long Range Weather Forecasts worked under the premise that none of us could actually play any of our instruments (it was the first time I'd picked up a guitar). The drummer(s) played on cardboard boxes & we had 3 sexy backing singers who couldn't sing a note." Ian Dowdall) / Loophole / Los Cimmarons / Lost Children / Louie / Lowdrive / Love and Kisses / Love Machine (Don Wright (Guit.) & Terry Bown of Gregorian Chant / Boots, joined Love Machine but only lasted a few months. See entry for Gregorian Chant.) / The Lover Speaks / Love Zeus / Lucie's Day c 90's Source John Docker / Lucrezia Borgia (Heavy band that played the Plough, Village Colin Campbell in and around 1970) / 71./ Ludicrous Lollipops / Luna Kiss / Lynn Curtis.
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Machine (Hot Snacks) / Madcat Molly / The Mad Classix / Magazine / Magic Box (circa 1970 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Magic Roundabout / Magnus Opus / Major 5 / Make or Break / Makeshift / Malias (Siren ) / The Marauders (circa 196? Source Broadgate Gnome) / Marantha / The Matadors / Mawda / Max Holliman Band / The Medicine Shack aka Brian's Band / Mead / The Megadons (Line up: Cedric Bogle and others Source Broadgate Gnome) / Megahype (Hazel O'Connor) / The Mellowtones ( The Skyblues Showband) / Memories / Memory Babe (c 90's Source John Docker) / Men in Frocks / Meosis (c 74 Bill Keller - Paul Sampson) / Mercia aka Summerwine) / Mercurial / Messiah Trip / The Mick Green Blues Band / Midnight Circus / Midnight Moon / Midnight Move (circa 1966- 1967 - Previously Willie's Cult. Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Midnights / The Mighty Avengers / The Mild aka Electric Circus and Pagan Sabbat / The Mix (formerly The Rest) / The Mob / Mobolicious / Moby Dick (circa 1972 (Source Broadgate Gnome ) / Modern Zoo / Monday's Child (became Shady Deal) / Monday's Children / Money Jungle (circa 1969 - 1970 - Cut some tracks at Zella Studios in Birmingham March 1970. Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Money Spiders (were the Chicanes) / Monster Magnet / Montana / The Moo Doo's (circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Moonaxe (circa 1970 - Harmony Folk - Line up: Terry Leeman (organ), Rod Joyce (perc.) plus others. CSNY type outfit. source Broadgate Gnome) / Moon Not a Coventry band but with Coventry members / The MP's / Morning Dew / Morning Freedom / Mosquitos / The Motion / The Motorised Grapes / Mousehole / Mr Benn / The Mudsliders (c 96 Baz Eardly, Clive Layton, Tim ? - bass, Greg Crab - vocals Ted Duggan - Drums) / Mummy Calls / Murph ( c 90's Source John Docker / Music Body / Music Box / The Mustangs / My Boy Elroy / My Favourite Things.
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Nack-ed-en / Nags / The Naked and War c 90's Source John Docker / Naked Light 1973 Were mentioned in HOBO issue one June 1973 as playing at the Windsor Free Festival that years / Napalm Death / Natural Gass / Natural Motion / Nektar / NME 1965-67 – a group of 5 students at Nuneaton King Edward VI Grammar School – had good equipment and performed many well known standard tracks / Nemesis / The New Breed circa 1967 - Soul outfit - Alan Bown / Amen Corner - ish soul / pop outfit Source Broadgate Gnome/ Newcastle Brown circa 1971, 'rock n roll' Source Broadgate Gnome / New Fanatics See entry for Acorn for photo. Ted Duggan band - They were also known as Purple Haze, Rogation Sunday / Liberation. they formed the basis of Drops of Brandy. / Newmatics / New Modern Idiot Grunt Band Rod Felton / New City Sounds / Nicholson / Night Ease 83 - 84 with John Bradley of the Editors and O Pablos. / Night Flight / 1984 / Night Train Red White and Blues / Nite Train Ray King's band with Neol Davies and Jerry Dammers. c 1977 / Nina / Ning / Noi / Nisha Madly / Nocturnal Babies / Noise Like Noise / The Notions / Nuts and Bolts Modi Albrighton / Paul Kennelly.
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Ochre Dream circa 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / The Old No 7 Band / One Day Thomas / The O'Pablo's with John Bradley of the Editors and Nightflight. "who used to host the Monday Night club at the Earlsdon cottage." / The Optical Illusions circa 1968 'BLUES, BLUES, BLUES' , ' hit recording stars' gig ad CET 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / Orange / Orange Flavour / The Orange Pips circa 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome/ Orbit 4 / The Orchids / Orphan and Clyde / Ossie's Head (Jerry Dammers early band) link goes to South Side Greaks which developed out of it) / Otterman / Our Dog Winston circa 1970 played the Walsgrave 26th Dec 1970 / Out For Blood / Out of the Blue / The Overtones a Paul Kennelly band.
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The Pacific's / Pagan Sabbat c1970 Formerly known as The Mild and Electric Circus. / Phana c 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Pandora's Box c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Panjabi MC / Panjari Jamok / Paper Lantern / Pardesi / Paradise West (Saigon) / Paraphernalia c 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome / Paris / Partners in Rhyme / Pat Gissane Showband / The Paul Norman Sound (Spectrum) / The Peeps / Peggy Penguin (Jerry Dammers early band link goes to South Side Greaks developed out of it.) / The Pepys c196? Penfold / Penny Farthing c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Penny Peep Show c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / The People / Peppermint Circus / Peppermint Kreem / Pepper's Machine c 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / Perfect / The Perfumed Garden / Pete Dunkley's Ever so Ragtime Band / Pete Every and Eating Book / Pete Kelly Trio / Phantom Five / Pharaoh's Kingdom / Phase 3 c 1966 Source Broadgate Gnome / Phaze 1V Andy Guttercat's 1st band / Phoenix (Dave Pepper) / Phoenix (60's) c1969 - An earlier band who played at the Music Marathon at Coventry Arts Umbrella Club / Phoenix (current band) / The Pickwicks / The Pig Bin c 1972 - Folk, Source Broadgate Gnome / Pig Face / The Pines / Pinkerton's Assorted Colours / The Pink Umbrellas / The Pips / Pip Brigade c 90's Source John Docker / The Plague / Platform One c 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / The Pilgrims Pete Waterman / The Pilgrims 1989 / The Poise / Polak / Pop n Ora c 1965 - 66 Beat group Played at charity concert with the Matadors December 1965 source Broadgate Gnome / Porifera / Postcard / (Johnny Clifford and) The Presidents / Presage / Prestons / Pride and Passion c 1967 - Line up: Sue Carr (vocal), plus others. Source Broadgate Gnome / The Primitives / The Pristines / The Privileged Few circa 1966 Source Broadgate Gnome / Product (on Tale of Two Cities CD) / Profile (on Tale of Two Cities CD) goes to Pete Clemons page./ Profusion / Prole Position / Protégé / The Psycho c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Psychotic Reaction c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome / Pseuds c 1978 John Hewitt's band (later drummer with King) with Stig Foster (Punk band). / Pugmaho / The Puncture Outfit / Pure Fiction c 90's Source John Docker / Puriton / Purple Haze / Pzazz.
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Quantum Jump / Quanna Parker / Quasar.
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Rachel's Basement (c 90's Source John Docker) / Ra Ho Tep / The Radicals / Railroad / Rainbow / The Rainbows (Martin Cure) / Rangers / The Rapids (c March 1964 - 'Rock group' Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Rapiers / Ramrods / The Rare Set /The Ravens c1965 Rugby based winners of 'Sound of 65' East Midlands beat group competition. Source Broadgate Gnome. / The Ravens (Current band) / Raw Move / Raw Screens / The Ray King Soul Band (Pact) / Razzle / The Reactions ( c 1965 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Reason / Red on Red / Red White and Blues / Red Sphere / Reflex / Reine Chantrey / The Relatives / The Reluctant Stereotypes / Renegade / Reno / Re-Offenders / The Reprobates (c 1965 - Rugby based Source Broadgate Gnome) / Reproduction Rock Ltd. (c 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Resound / The Rest (later The Mix) / Resurrection Men / The Reeverbs / Revolution / Ricky Nugent and the Loiterers link goes to South Side Greaks) / Ribbon City / Rid AKA Article 19 / Riff Raff ( Late 79's / early 80's - Paul Ashfield.) / The Ring / Riot Act / The Ripps / The Rippers / The Rivals / Rob Cook Williams Band (aka Rob Cook Band. Ben McIlvenna was from Rugby. Rob Cook Williams played guitar.) / Rocking Chair Blues Band / Rog and Pip / Rogation Sunday / Rogue (Elf) / Rubber Glass (c 1970 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Rubber Puppy / Rough Beat / Rupert Bear c 1970 - 71 - Became Factory in January 1971 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Russian Girlfriend / RU12.
S
Sabina / The Sabres / Sacrifice / Saigon (Paradise West) / The Sambassadors of Sound / Sammy Earthquake and the Volcanoes / Sam Spade and the Gravediggers / Sasp'rilla / Satin Dolls / Satori / Satsangi / Sawdust Cearsars / Scandinavian Book Exchange (Source John Docker - Rockhouse studios) / Scarlet Phere / Schizoid / School Meals (See The Defendants) / Scotch Mist / Sea Change c 90's Source John Docker associated with the Rockhouse. / The Sea c 1969 / Seagull / The Seagulls / The Séance Method / Section C / Sedation / The Seed (c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Selecter (still a draft post) / The Sensations (Little Darlin's etc)/ The Senses / Set Against / The Sequins / The Session / Sex Pistols (ie Roadent) / Sexual Deviance / The Shades (See My Favourite Things and Hungy I) / Shades of Night / Shady Deal (used to be Monday's Child) / The Shapes / The Shakes / The Sharrons (c 1968 '3 Coloured girl singers and backing band' Ad CovTelegraph 68 source Broadgate Gnome / The Sheccles / Shelly / Sheer Pride / The Ship's Crew (John Shipley) / Shkayla (Joe O'Donnell) / The Shoal c 1966 Beat group Source Broadgate Gnome / The Shy 1967 source Broadgate Gnome/ Shylo / Side Effect / The Silence (Mentioned by name in Godiva Rocks) / Silicon Baby (Mention in Godiva Rocks) / Sika Redem / Siren aka (Malias) / Six Appeal (Take One) Brian Brown guitar 1966 source Broadgate Gnome) / The Sixth Sense / The Skabilly Rebels / Skawaddy / The Skyblues Showband (The Mellow Tones) / Skeet / Skin Deep (c 1967 Soul band 'Fantastic soul sounds of..' ad in Cov Telegraph 67 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Slaggs / Slitnitzer Modern Jazz Trip / SLT Bob / Smack / Smackee / The Small Change c 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome / The Smokestacks / The Smoking Embers / Sneak's Noise / Softer Ride (Mick Lynch (Ex Fission / Blue Jays) stood in with them on drums c 1974) / Solid Action / Solid Grease / Some Kinda Earthquake / Something Special / Sophie Corona / Sonic Boom (links to Spaceman 3) / Sonic Harmony / Son of a Teenage Yeti Band / Sons of Pleasure see this link for 20 Days / The Sons of Sin / Sophie Corona / The Sorrows / The Soul Express / The Soul Sect / The Soundcasters / The Sounds 63 / 64 Brian Tessier and Roger Tongue John Holman / South Side Greeks (Early Jerry Dammers band - played chart reggae and pop but did not mix them). /The Sovereigns (Possibly from Sovereign Road - source Broadgate Gome) / Spacemen 3 / Spangles (See Friday's Child) / Spangly People (Source John Docker) / The Sparkling Pips (1967 source Broadgate Gnome) / The Special Beat / Special Brew / The Specials / Spectrum / Spider Murphy / Spinsilver / Spiritualised / The Spiral 1968 Broadgate Gnome source / Splines / The Spring 1969 Broadgate Gnome source / Squad / The Square 1967 Broadgate Gnome source / Stairway / Strapple / Starpower (Hedy) / State Express / Stavely Makepeace / Stax / Steel Locks / Steel Peach / Stephenson's Rocket / Stepmother / Stereonation / Steve Tayton and his Jazz Quartet / Stiletto / Still Life / Stone Foundation / The Stormbreakers / The Stormbringers / The Strake (c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Strangers (1961) / The Strangers (90's band) / Streetlife / Stress / The Stringbeats / Stuntmen / Sue and Mary / Sugarcane / Sugarfix / Sumladfromcov / Summerwine / The Sun 1972 Boradgate Gnome source / The Sun Flowers / Sun God (c 1972 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Suns of Rest / Sun Trolly (c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Superfly Blue / The Super Heroes (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Supernaturals / Surf Cyders (c 1965 - Rugby Source Broadgate Gnome) / Surreal (c 90's Source John Docker) / Swamp Betty (c 90's Source John Docker) / / The Swains / Sweeny Todd / The Swinging Cats / Swinging Abbots (Jerry Dammers first band all their fathers were Abbots post goes to South Side Greeks which developed from this band) / The Sword of Caesars (c 90's Source John Docker) .
T
Tangleweb (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Targets / The Tearjerkers / Tearn / The Tea Set / The Tears / The Teddy Bears (c June 1964 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Team 23 / Temple / Terminal Tears (Pete Chambers synth band) / Terry Blair and Anoucha / Thoria / Three Am (3AM) / Tierney's Fugitives (c 1967- 68 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Time / Those Guilty Minutes (c 90's Source John Docker) / The Thin Fergs (one of The Thin Fergs went on to write a rock musical premiered in Prague) / Thunk (c 90's Source John Docker) / Tierra Buena jazz band / Tina and the Hotstrings / Toadstool / Tobacco Ash Sunday / Tobias Heat / Tomorrow's Kind / Tony Martin and his Echo Men / The Torches (c 1980's with Steve Davis.) / Torqwood / Tracer / The Trane / The Transatlantics (featuring Colin Scott formerly with The Antarctics and later Jigsaw)./ Transposed Men / The Trash Can Rebel (Alan West & Cov's well known slap bassist Sam Smith (Bonediggers , Skabillys, Voodoo Kings.) Baz Thompson.) / The Travelling Riverside Blues Band / The Trendmen (c 1967 Source Broadgate Gnome) / The Trendsetters (c 1964-66 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Trad B Jefferson / Transient / Trigon / Trilogy / The Tritons (c 196? Source Broadgate Gnome ) / The Trojans (c 1965 - From Leamington. Source Broadgate Gnome) / Tropical Boot Company / True Expression / Tsar / Tube Feeder (c 90's Source John Docker) / Tubilah Dog / Tunc / Tuxedo Junction / Twenty days (20 days) / 28 If (c 90's (Source - John Docker) Ian Green's band) / 21 Guns / The Twilight Zone (c 1968 Source Broadgate Gnome) / Twin Hazy (c 90's Source John Docker) / Two Tone Collective / Two Whole Quails.
U
U and I / Ultrasound / The Unknowns / Uncle Sam (was a renaming of Ultra Sound after 1969.) / Up against it / Urge / UK Warriors 1986 Steve Kavanagh / Underdogs / Under the Hammer / Under the Sun / The Unresolved / Unrequited.
V
Valley c 90's (Source John Docker) / The Vampires / Vanukers / The Vendour Twins / The Versatiles / The Versatile 5 / Viable / Vietmanese Babies (V Babies) / Vinyl State / Vin Lloyd and his Mounties / Visitation c 90's (Source John Docker) / Vocals / Voice c 1970 (Source Broadgate Gnome).
W
Walnut Conspiracy / Wall of Sleep (source John Docker) / Wandering John / The Wanderers / War Girl (late 90's) / Warped (source John Docker) / Wave / The Warlocks c 1968-69 - Rock Source Broadgate Gnome / Warrior / The Warriors 1986 ( Steve Kavanagh) / Wasted Daze / Watchdog c 1972 (Source Broadgate Gnome) / Wendy Won't Like it / We Are the Tribe / The Why c 1968 / The We 4 Krunch c 1966/ The Werewolves / Where Are We Tribe /Whipper Snapper /Willie's Cult became Midnight Move c1966 source Broadgate Gnome Will Morris, Rod Godwin, Rod Fulford and Tom Russell. Formed in 1967 by Will. We joined up with Jimmy Powell for a couple of years. / White Noise / Whistler / The Wild Boys / Willow / Windstong Foyde c 1968 (source Broadgate Gnome) / Wiser Now / Witchwood.
X
Y
The Young Ones / Yvonne and the Regets.
Z
Zenith (70's) / Zillion (1970/71) source Broadgate Gnome / Zips / Zoastra (Kevin Harrison 70's) / Zodiacs (60's)
JOHN DOCKERS A TO Z FROM THE 1990'S - Golden Cross / Rockhouse Studios.
They are in the above directory sometimes with a post where we have information but here is John's list as supplied.
28 If
A Splendid Eyesore
Absolutely
Adorable
Balloon Farm
Big in Texas
Big Kev & The Happy Shoppers
Blag
Boling Peter Bread
Bolt Thrower
Brass Monkeys
Burst
Calico
Cathedral
Catherine Spirit
Celestial
Ch Ch Squad
Champagne Hedghog
Channel Firing
Cherry Stones
Cross Buzz Safari
Curious Oyster
Dijini
Dirtbox
DJF
Dolores Haze
Dream Grinder
Dry Risers
Dubotion
Eden
Electric Orange
Endless Knot
Fridge
Funk A Fari
Gdansk
Hard Body
Head Squeese
Hedy
Her Alibi
Hungry i
Hidden Claws
Hyper Sucker
Ignition
I'm Claudius
Jen 8
Jonis Butterfly
Julia Dream
Kid Gloves
King Crawler
Kinky Love
Lies
Lucies Day
Ludicrus Lollypops
Memory Babe
Messiah Trip
Mousehole
Murph
My Favourite Things
Nisha Madly
Nocturnal Babies
Noi
Perfect
Pip Brigade
Product
Pure Fiction
Rachels Basement
Scandinavian Book Exchange
Sea Change
Son of a Teenage Yeti Band
Spangly People
Special Beat
Star Power
Surreal
Swamp Betty
Swamp Donkey
Tangleweb
The Applicants
The Bensons
The Bonediggers
The Cry
The Giraffes
The Hampsters
The Hanging Judges
The Jolly Dwarfs
The Language of Flowers
The Naked and War
The Primatives
The Pristines
The Relatives
The Ring
The Super Heroes
The Sword of Ceasars
Thorium
Those Guilty Minutes
Thunk
Tube Feeder
Tubilah Dog
Twin Hazey
Up Against It
Valley
Visitation
Wall of Sleep
Warped
Where Are We Tribe
Xen Alkaloid
CARRION (rock) 'City Walls', 'Spirit Of the City'
CHAINSAW (heavy rock) 'Hole In the Road', played a bit on Mercia Sound
CINCH (Robs band from back in the day)
HIGHWAY (rock)
OCCO SIROCCO (funk)
PAUL CHASE ('New Faces' winner)
PZAZZ (jazz / funk)
ROB COOK WILLIAMS ( 'Never Known Such a Woman')
ZIRKUS (alternative / theatrical)
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