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The Wurzels are also popular with supporters of Bristol City F.C. Their song "One for the Bristol City" is the official club anthem. [21] First released in 1976, a newly recorded version of this song reached number 66 in the UK chart in September 2007. [22]
Alan John Cutler was born in Portishead, Somerset. [2] Nicknamed 'Adge' by his friends, from his initials A.J., he lived in the small North Somerset town of Nailsea.He spent his earlier years pursuing various jobs he would use as material for later songs, including road manager for Acker Bilk, working in a cider mill (Coates of Nailsea), and working on building a power station in North Wales.
The English city of Bristol has, since the mid-1970s, had a fertile music culture, resulting in not only influential musicians and bands, but also its own sound, Bristol sound or trip hop. Along with the music, a number of local record labels also developed, some receiving national and international attention, others with a smaller audience appeal.
The Stereo Models song 'Move Fast-Stay Ahead, released on the Bristol compilation album Avon Calling in 1979. Mark Stewart : Vocalist, songwriter, and pioneer of industrial hip-hop (1960–2023). Founding member of The Pop Group , after their split in 1981 he recorded as a solo artist, and with The Maffia .
Fred Wedlock was born in the old Bristol Maternity Hospital in Southwell Street, Kingsdown, Bristol. He was brought up in Redcliffe, where his father ran the York House pub. He sang in the church choir at St Mary Redcliffe. [2] Wedlock was educated at Bristol Grammar School in the 1950s. He represented the school and the Old Bristolians playing ...
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The Cortinas were a Bristol-based punk rock band, originally active between 1976 and 1978. Guitarist Nick Sheppard went on to play with the Clash.In 2001, the band's debut single, "Fascist Dictator" (originally released in June 1977), was included in a leading British music magazine's list of the best punk-rock singles of all time.
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