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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Campaner and the surname or paternal family name is Pineda.
Arnel Pineda
Arnel Pineda of Journey performing in Macau, March 20, 2009
Background information
Birth name
Arnel Campaner Pineda[1]
Born
(1967-09-05) September 5, 1967 (age 50)
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Origin
Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Genres
Rock, hard rock, soft rock, OPM
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Instruments
Vocals, guitar, bandurria, keyboard, percussion
Years active
1982–present
Labels
Universal Music Group
Associated acts
Ijos Band, Amo, New Age, Most W@nted, The Zoo, Journey
Website
www.arnelpinedarocks.com
Arnel Campaner Pineda (born September 5, 1967)[1] is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the Philippines during the 1980s and internationally in 2007 as the lead singer of the American rock band Journey.[2]
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 The Zoo
2.2 Journey
2.2.1 Revelation album and tour
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Television appearances
6 Discography
6.1 Solo albums
6.2 With The Zoo
6.3 With Journey
6.4 Other lead vocals
7 Awards
8 References
9 External links
Early life[edit]
Arnel Pineda was born on September 5, 1967 at St. Jude Thaddeus Diagnostic Clinic in Tondo, Manila, Philippines to Restituto Lising Pineda and Josefina Manansala Campaner.[1] His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from his favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests.[3]
His mother, who had been suffering from heart disease, died when he was 13 years old. Her illness had left their family deep in debt.[4] Being more than six months behind on their apartment rent and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda's siblings. To ease his father's burden, Pineda quit school and started working.
He spent about two years on the streets, sleeping wherever he could: in public parks, or on a narrow bench outside a friend's crowded house. He earned meager money by collecting glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal and selling them to recyclers. He would also go to the pier with his friends and take on odd jobs like cleaning scrap metal and docked ships. He didn't have much to eat, sometimes rationing a small package of Marie biscuit as food for two days.[5]
Career[edit]
In 1982, when Pineda was 15 years old, he became the lead singer of the Filipino group Ijos. He used to sing in a Shakey's Pizza Parlor on Taft Street in Manila. In 1986, some members of Ijos formed a group called Amo. Amo entered and won the Rock Wars contest in the Philippines.[6]
In 1988, Amo entered and won the Philippines leg of the Yamaha World Band Explosion. They went on to the finals in Hong Kong, but were not qualified to win due to a technicality. The rules stated the winning song had to be an original composition. However, they also stated that the song entry in the finals had to be the same song with which the band won their country's leg of the competition. Amo's winning song in the Philippines was Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". After the contest, the band continued as Amo, performing live. They opened for Robert Palmer in Manila in 1989.[6] Amo played in clubs in Quezon City, Olongapo City and Makati City, which are located in Luzon, the biggest island in the Philippines. Amo was very popular in the Chinese-owned California Jam club in Olongapo City, which was frequented by United States military personnel.[6]
In 1990, Pineda and other members of Amo formed another band called Intensity Five and once again entered the Yamaha World Band Explosion. Pineda won the Best Vocalist award and the band came in as first runner up.[6]
Later in 1990, five of Amo's original members split from the band leader, Ulysis Ablang and formed another band behind Pineda, New Age. This occurred prior to the release of Amo's only album released in 1990 titled Ang Tunay na Amo ("The Real Master") on BMG records which spawned one popular radio hit called "Running Away". (The song gained recognition in 2006 by another Filipino artist Erik Santos, who won a Filipino TV talent show, Star In A Million.) The remaining members of Amo went on to become The Boss Band, while Pineda's band, New Age, played regularly at Fire and Rain in Makati City.
In 1991, during one of those performances, a talent agent spotted Pineda and New Age and asked them to move to Hong Kong to perform at a very popular entertainment restaurant called Grammy's. With New Age, Pineda performed six nights a week, Tuesday through to Sunday, for several years thereafter.[6] After a long-term serious relationship failed in 1994, Pineda suffered health problems, which almost destroyed his voice. He then returned to the Philippines. After six months of recuperation, he was able to sing again.[6][7] He returned to Hong Kong and resumed singing with his band. In 1998, the owner of Igor's, a horror-themed restaurant/nightclub in Hong Kong, asked New Age to perform there. Dressed in skeleton outfits, they called themselves The Rolling Bones.[6]
In 1999, Pineda caught the attention of Warner Bros. record label and flew back to the Philippines on his days off to record a solo album, the self-titled Arnel Pineda. Most of the album's ten original songs were slow ballads, with only two upbeat numbers, one of which carries a Latin style. One of the songs, "Iiyak Ka Rin" ("You Will Cry Too") became a karaoke favorite in Asia, while another song "Sayang" ("Too Bad") became a radio favorite. Pineda wrote and arranged several songs. He continued to perform with New Age while making his album and for several years thereafter. In 2001, Pineda sang one song, "Looking Glass", with Filipino band South Border on their album The Way We Do. Earlier that year, Pineda formed a new band, eventually called 9mm, and played around the city's top bars including The Hard Rock Cafe in Makati City. The band played a three-month stint at The Edge in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong, in 2002.
In 2004, three members of New Age reformed with a female singer sharing lead vocals with Pineda and called themselves Most W@nted. This band played 3–4 hour sets Monday through Saturday at The Cavern Club in Hong Kong.[8] On their only day off, Sunday, the band often performed at Filipino community events.
In 2005, Pineda recorded the theme song of the short-lived Filipino radio show Dayo. A band named The Visitors was briefly formed for promotion purposes of the Dayo soundtrack consisting of three members from Ijos/Yjoz, Amo, New Age and Most W@nted.[6]
The Zoo[edit]
In 2006, encouraged by well-respected Filipino talent manager and TV director Bert de Leon, Pineda moved back to the Philippines with Monet Cajipe, the guitarist who had been in all of Pineda's previous bands. They formed The Zoo with Emil Bondoc on bass, Edgar Mendoza on keyboards, and Mckoy Alcantara on drums. They signed on with de Leon's company, Sundance Entertainment Corporation. The Zoo performed several nights a week at clubs in Manila and Olongapo during 2006 and 2007. Shows regularly spanned 3–5 hours. The Zoo’s first album Zoology was released by MCA Universal in September 2007 featuring 12 original tracks and one cover song ("Pain in My Heart" was originally recorded a decade earlier by Second Wind), five of which were penned by Pineda, and another was co-written by Pineda and Mark Valliente.[9][10]
Journey[edit]
Arnel Pineda at the PNC Bank Arts Center, New Jersey, on August 11, 2008.
Videos of The Zoo performing cover songs by Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Air Supply, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Stryper and other popular acts from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, began appearing on YouTube in February 2007. On June 28, 2007, Neal Schon of Journey contacted Noel Gomez, a longtime fan and friend of Pineda who had uploaded many of these videos, to ask for Pineda's contact information.[11] Schon sent an e-mail to Pineda inviting him to audition for Journey. Pineda initially dismissed the e-mail as a hoax, but after being persuaded by Gomez, he finally replied to Schon's e-mail. Ten minutes later, Pineda received a phone call from Schon.[12] On August 12,[13] Pineda, along with his manager Bert de Leon, flew to Marin County, just north of San Francisco, for a two-day audition.[14][15] The star-struck Pineda was welcomed warmly but he described the audition as "nerve-wracking, tense".[16] On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the new lead singer of Journey.[17]
Pineda debuted as the lead singer of Journey on February 21, 2008 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in Viña del Mar, Chile.[18][19]
Chilean media acclaimed Pineda's performance (translated to English): "The new vocalist fits very well with the band, his vocal aptitudes shining through, which are very similar to the legendary musician of the band, Steve Perry."[20] Journey keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain described Pineda's performance in a radio interview: "We went to Chile just recently, where we had never played and they went crazy, they absolutely went nuts...Arnel's first show — talk about a stressful thing — we had a televised concert for 25 million people...Is the guy a winner? Yeah, he's a winner. He's a clutch player."[21]
Journey returned to the United States for a private RE/MAX Convention event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 6, 2008, then performed at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood on March 8, 2008 (this concert was recorded and used, in part, for the Revelation DVD).
On February 1, 2009, he performed with Journey at the Super Bowl XLIII pregame show.
Revelation album and tour[edit]
Journey's first album with Pineda, Revelation, debuted at No. 5 in the Billboard Top 200 album charts in the week following its release (released June 3, 2008), and remained in the Top 20 for six weeks. It was certified gold by the RIAA with more than 336,000 units sold within the first few days.[22] It achieved platinum status by October 1, 2009.
The US version of the album (distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart) consists of ten new songs ("Faith in the Heartland" was co-written and originally recorded by vocalist Steve Augeri and S. Augeri is credited as songwriter in the liner notes of this album) and 12 re-recorded classics, plus a live in-concert DVD filmed during the March 8, 2008 concert in Las Vegas. The European version distributed through Frontiers Records contains 11 new songs, 11 re-recorded classics, plus one new bonus track, but does not include the DVD. All of the music on Revelation was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with Journey on their Platinum-certified Trial by Fire album).[23]
Jonathan Cain described the album in an interview:
We recorded our greatest hits with our brand new singer from the Philippines, Arnel Pineda, and it's unbelievable when you listen to it. We paid a lot of attention to the details because everybody loves those hits and we weren't about to step all over it...We're excited because we think Arnel is the future for our franchise...We knew that if we were ever gonna move on, we had to get somebody that was really gonna be our future and sound like Journey is supposed to sound...I think Journey fans are in for a real treat.[21]
In an interview soon after Pineda joined the band, Neal Schon said:
We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry among the five of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel.[24]
Journey's 2008 tour accompanying the release of Revelation began on June 8, 2008, in Spain, followed by four dates in Germany, and one date in the Netherlands. Journey toured the United Kingdom and Ireland from June 17 through June 28, 2008. The US tour (with Heart and Cheap Trick) began on July 9, 2008, in Denver, Colorado, and continued through October 4, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Many dates were already sold out well in advance. Pineda celebrated his 41st birthday on September 5, 2008, during a concert at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto, Ontario. In September 2008, Journey performed back-to-back sold-out concerts at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.[25] Pineda sang in 57 concerts during the 2008 Journey World Tour. Journey's recent visit to the United States Gulf Coast performing at the Wharf Amphitheater, Orange Beach, Alabama, and at the Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida, was a tremendous hit due to the large Filipino communities living in that area.
On the second leg of the tour, Journey went on an Asian–Hawaiian tour, going to cities in Japan, the Philippines, China and Hawaii.[26] The Manila concert was released as a live concert DVD. Total concert revenue for Journey in 2008 was $35,695,481.[27]
Personal life[edit]
Pineda married Cherry Pineda in 2001. They have a son named Cherub and daughter, Thea Chenelle Pineda, born June 15, 2012.[28] Pineda also has two older sons, Matthew and Angelo, from past relationships.[29]
Filmography[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Production
2012 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Himself Tribeca Film Festival
Television appearances[edit]
Protege (Mentor of Nomer Limatog - replacement of Rachelle Ann Go) (GMA Network)
ASAP (Co-host; 2008–present) (ABS-CBN)
Simply KC (Guest) (ABS-CBN)
Showtime (Guest judge) (ABS-CBN)
Eat Bulaga! (Guest) (GMA Network)
Boy and Kris (Guest) (ABS-CBN)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Guest with Journey)
CBS Early Show (Guest with Journey) (CBS)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (Guest with Journey)
NBC Today Show (Guest with Journey)
Sarah G. Live (Himself/Guest) (ABS-CBN)
May Bukas Pa (Himself) (ABS-CBN)
The Voice of the Philippines (Guest Adviser) (ABS-CBN)
Prudential of Cha-Ching (Himself/Guest) (Cartoon Network Asia)
Discography[edit]
Solo albums[edit]
Year
Title
Label
1999 Arnel Pineda Warner Bros.
2016 AP Imagen Records[30]
With The Zoo[edit]
Year
Title
Label
2007 Zoology Universal Music Group
With Journey[edit]
Year
Title
Label
2008 Revelation Nomota LLC (US)
Frontiers Records (Europe)
Universal Music Group (rest of Asia)
2009 Journey: Live in Manila (DVD) Nomota LLC (US)
2011 Eclipse Nomota LLC (US)
Other lead vocals[edit]
Earl Romielle SalinasThe Way We Do (track "Looking Glass") (2001)
Awards[edit]
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Year
Award-Giving Body
Category
Work
Result
2009 GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards Outstanding Global Achievement by a Filipino Artist (with Charice)[31] Won
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984 Image Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16052-48904-87 — FamilySearch.org". Retrieved August 11, 2015.
Jump up ^ Rolling Stone (December 5, 2007) "Journey Finds New Singer the Old-Fashioned Way: On the Internet", Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ ABS-CBN program. "1 OF 4 ARNEL PINEDA OF JOURNEY STORY ON PROBE PROFILES *AIRED 02-24-2010* [ENGLISH SUBTITLES]"
Jump up ^ "Everyman's Journey Arnel Pineda of Journey, part 1" Retrieved on April 4, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Arnel Pineda on Sharon (Aug. 10, 2008) English Hardsubbed " Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h ArnelPinedaFans.com (2008). "Unofficial Biography". Retrieved on 9 March 2008.
Jump up ^ ClickTheCity.com (January 17, 2008). "Zoo's Arnel Pineda: Journey's New Voice". Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Julve, Smiley D. (January 2005), "What it takes to be Most W@nted", The Sun Internet Edition. Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Greene, Andy (28 August 2012). "Q&A: Journey's Arnel Pineda". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
Jump up ^ "Zoo's Arnel Pineda is now the lead vocalist of Journey". Filipino Journal. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
Jump up ^ Noel Gomez's statement in reply to a comment on his video of The Zoo covering Journey's "Faithfully" on YouTube. Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Dizon, David (January 19, 2008), "Journey's Pineda: Proud to be Pinoy", ABS-CBN News Online. Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Arnel Pineda in an interview with Boy Abunda on the TV show Boy & Kris. Video of the interview uploaded on YouTube, retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Amoyo, Aster (January 17, 2008), "If I Know", Journal Online. Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ ABS-CBN News Online (January 21, 2008). "YouTube gives Filipino singers the big 'cyber break'", Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Concepcion, Pocholo (January 14, 2008) "A life straight out of a movie" Inquirer.net. Retrieved on February 28, 2008.
Jump up ^ CNN Video (December 24, 2007). "Viral Videos on the Web". Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ JourneyMusic.com. Tour Schedule, Retrieved on February 17, 2008.
Jump up ^ El Mercurio Online (October 31, 2007) "Nelly Furtado, Marco Antonio Solís y Journey son los nuevos confirmados de Viña 2008". Retrieved on February 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ 123.cl (February 21, 2008) "Journey prendió al "Monstruo" Retrieved on April 4, 2008.
^ Jump up to: a b KNBR (12 March 2008). "Interview with Jonathan Cain by San Francisco radio station KNBR" Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
Jump up ^ "Rag Magazine July 2008: Interview with Deen Castronovo" Retrieved on July 14, 2008.
Jump up ^ JourneyMusic.com (March 11, 2008). "Journey set to release 'Revelation' June 3 exclusively at Wal-Mart" Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
Jump up ^ JourneyMusic.com (December 5, 2007). "Journey welcomes Arnel Pineda with "Open Arms" to their family as the band's new lead singer" Retrieved on December 6, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Arnel Pineda...Journey's Great Equalizer", pinoyreport.com. (archived 2009)
Jump up ^ "The "Journey" Band Asian Tour 2009 will start in the Philippines". CelebrityPeeps.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Top 25 Tours" Retrieved on April 3, 2009
Jump up ^ "Arnel Pineda's little angel turns one!". arnelpinedarocks.com. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Bio: Arnel Pineda", biography.com
Jump up ^ https://www.amazon.com/AP-Arnel-Pineda/dp/B01MG3RETR
Jump up ^ "40th Box Office Entertainment Awards given out". Pep.ph. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
External links[edit]
Arnel Pineda official site
Arnel Pineda Foundation Inc. - Non-profit organization, Philippines
Arnel Pineda on Twitter
Arnel Pineda on IMDb
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A deep-fried Mars bar is an ordinary Mars bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly used for deep-frying fish, sausages, and other battered products. The chocolate bar is typically chilled before battering to prevent it from melting into the frying fat, despite a cold Mars bar being able to fracture when heated.
The dish originated at chip shops in Scotland as a novelty item, but was never mainstream. Since various mass media began reporting on the practice in the mid-1990s, in part as a commentary on urban Scotland's notoriously unhealthy diet,[1] the popularity of the dish has spread. The product has not received support from Mars, Inc who said "deep-frying one of our products would go against our commitment to promoting healthy, active lifestyles."[2]
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1 History
2 Popularity
3 Culinary influence
4 Media totem for ill health
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
A banner on the Carron fish shop in Stonehaven, reading "Birthplace of the World Famous Deep Fried Mars Bar", December 2007
The dish is said to have been created in 1995 in the Haven Chip Bar (now the Carron) in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen on Scotland's northeast coast.[3][4]
The first recorded mention of the food was in the Aberdeen Evening Express, following a tip off phone call to their journalist Alastair Dalton that a chip shop in Stonehaven had been deep frying Mars Bars for local children. The article included a quote from Mars spokesperson who said this was the first time they had heard of this being done with their product.[citation needed] The following day the story was picked up and run in the Daily Record, August 24, 1995, in an article titled "Mars supper, please".[5][6] Scottish broadsheets The Herald and Scotsman ran the story the following day and the UK broadsheets the day after, each adding their own cultural slant. On the fifth day Keith Chegwin performed taste tests on The Big Breakfast TV program and the story was covered by the BBC World Service.
In July 2015, Aberdeenshire Council instructed the proprietors of the Carron Fish Bar to remove a banner advertising the shop as the origin of the product. The council wish to "improve the look of Stonehaven". However, the proprietors have refused to remove the banner.[7]
Popularity[edit]
Deep fried Mars bar and Snickers (medium-sized) with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce
After the food was mentioned in 2004 by Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show in the United States,[5][6] The Lancet commissioned the University of Dundee in June 2004 to validate the association between Scotland and the deep-fried Mars bar.[6]
After undertaking a telephone questionnaire survey of 627 fish and chip shops in Scotland, the results published in December 2004 attempted to discover how available the deep-fried Mars bar was, and if people were actually buying them.[6] The survey found:[6]
66 shops which sold them, 22% of which answered the survey; three-quarters had only been selling them for the past 3 years
An additional 17% had sold them in the past
Average sales were 23 bars per week, although 10 shops reported selling 50—200 per week
The mean price was £0·60 (range £0·30 to £1·50)
76% were sold to children
15 shops reported health concerns with the food
Many of the shops which did not sell the product refused to do so as it turns the frying oil black.[5][6]
In 2012, the Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven (formerly called the Haven) which began the craze, estimated sales of 100–150 deep-fried Mars bars per week, but that 70% were sold to visitors who have heard of its reputation.[5][6]
Culinary influence[edit]
A deep-fried Snickers in the United States, at various stages of consumption
In 2000, Scottish chef Ross Kendall included the bars on the menu of Le Chipper restaurant in Paris.[8]
The deep-fried Mars bar has also given rise to the frying of other confections, for example, Reiver's Fish Bar in Duns annually advertises an Easter special of deep-fried Creme Egg, although this is available all year. Deep-fried Snickers have also been reported, particularly in the United States where that brand is more popular.[9] In her book and television series Nigella Bites, Nigella Lawson includes a recipe for a deep-fried Bounty bar.[10] Deep-fried Moro bars are also sold in New Zealand, where the brand is popular.
Media totem for ill health[edit]
Since it was first reported in the media in August 1995, when the Daily Record ran an article entitled "Scotland's craziest takeaway",[5][6] the deep-fried Mars bar has become a media-totem for ill health, obesity and high-fat diets.[5] The original article was quickly followed up by other UK publications, with the food portrayed to speak eloquently about Scotland's and the wider UK's poor diet, and resultant levels of obesity.[5][6]
In 2012, the Haven sought an application for secured status under the EU's Protected Food Name Scheme. But Mars wrote to the fish bar asking it to make plain that deep-frying of the bars was "not authorised or endorsed" by Mars, and an agreed disclaimer statement was put up in both the shop and in its menu.[5][2]
The deep fried Mars bar was one outcome factor amongst many theories behind the "Glasgow effect", whereby the city has a notedly higher mortality rate than many cities of the same size and scale. One theory suggested that its residents have a naturally pessimistic disposition, and that eating unhealthy food was an example of their tendency to put "a lower price on the future".[11] In a 2012 interview, Glasgow restaurateur John Quigley felt that Scotland had been trying to "shake off" its unhealthy image for 20 years, since the media coverage of the deep-fried Mars bar.[5]
See also[edit]
Food portal
Scotland portal
Deep-fried Twinkie
Deep-fried pizza
Fried ice cream
Baked Alaska
List of deep fried foods
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Original source, Scottish Daily Record via:- "Deep-fried Mars myth is dispelled", BBC News online. BBC article dated 17 December 2004, retrieved 2006-11-15.
^ Jump up to: a b "Deep-fried Mars bars disowned by chocolate firm". BBC News. BBC News. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
Jump up ^ McColm, Euan (February 26, 2000). "No Haven for the Deep Fried Mars Bar; Birthplace of the Battered Choccy Treat Closes Down". Daily Record.
Jump up ^ French batter Mars bars menu publisher:BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/654750.stm BBC News
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Steven Brocklehurst (6 September 2012). "Deep-fried Mars bars: A symbol of a nation's diet?". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i David S Morrison & Mark Petticrew (18 December 2004). "Deep and crisp and eaten: Scotland's deep-fried Mars bar (Volume 364, Issue 9452, Page 2180)". The Lancet. 364: 2180. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17589-2. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "'Birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar' banner is banned". BBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "French batter Mars bars menu". BBC News. 24 February 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
Jump up ^ Deep Fried Snickers http://candyaddict.com/blog/2005/10/26/deep-fried-snickers/
Jump up ^ Deep Fried Bounty https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0701172878/
Jump up ^ "No city for old men". The Economist. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
External links[edit]
Media related to Deep-fried Mars Bars at Wikimedia Commons
Deep Fried Mars Bar at Wikibook Cookbooks
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Deep-Fried Candy Bars: Scotland's Worst Food? National Geographic News, Dec 28, 2004
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