Music Stoke-on-Trent
lemmy, born in burslem
robbie williams famous pop star hail city. many of songs refer stoke-on-trent, either directly or indirectly. these include s , burslem normals , 80 s , spoken introduction duet jonathan wilkes of song me , shadow . song angels partly inspired golden angel @ burslem town hall. in 2015, 3 streets in new housing estate in middleport named after williams hit songs: supreme street, candy lane , angels way.
slash, lead guitarist guns n roses , velvet revolver born in hampstead, father potteries, , spent few of childhood years in stoke before moving los angeles. did not meet british side of family until 1992 when guns n roses played wembley stadium. slash has recalled in interviews , autobiography stoke relatives drank of band s considerable rider: witnessed 1 of uncles, cousin, , grandfather, on first trip london stoke, down every drop of liquor in our dressing room. consumed in full, our booze rider in days have killed us.
lonnie cook rock n roll guitarist , local celebrity played screaming lord sutch in 1970s. remembered in area radio stoke show sunday best, , standing monster raving loony party candidate. in 2010 started getting airplay on new york radio station 1994 song knock me down, pick me . led song being released mp3 download in usa , uk.
other notable individuals , groups area include andy moor dj , producer, gertie gitana (music hall star , singer), lemmy, founder of rock band motörhead, patricia leonard (singer/contralto), jem finer (banjoist, pogues), broken bones , discharge (punk band). post-hardcore band spy versus spy came stoke-on-trent. experimental musician phil todd, best known ashtray navigations project, grew in madeley. other bands hail city include: seb clarke (soul-punk), agent blue (alternative rock), epilogue (prog rock), young, title (indie) , indie-soul band tommy turbo & turbervilles.
in october 2007, stoke-on-trent city council introduced new theme tune – moving forwards . described council part of our drive move city forward , create better stoke-on-trent people live, learn, work , enjoy .
murdoc niccals, fictional member of group gorillaz role of bass guitarist (in constructed biography) said have been born in stoke-on-trent. indie rocker stephen malkmus mentions stoke-on-trent in pink india , released on self-titled solo album, singing song s protagonist, mortimer, rook in great game, came stoke-on-trent. billy bragg mentions stoke-on-trent 1 of places character in song rotting on remand sent to.
peter wyngarde, title character of jason king, makes quip knicker salesman stoke-on-trent in episode flamingos fly on tuesdays . cat in dick , dom in da bungalow once sang song stoke-on-trent. albert steptoe, father in steptoe , son referred relatives stoke-on-trent .
havergal brian (1876 - 1972), classical composer , music writer, composed 32 symphonies , 5 operas, born in stoke (in dresden). large scale , unfashionable style of compositions led them being neglected of lifetime , not note of music commercially issued on record during lifetime. died without having heard many of finest works.
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