Which Welsh group, fronted by Dave Edmunds, had a hit single in 1968 with a version of Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance'?
"in the Shop, Larry Wallis' Psychedelic Rowdies and Ian Dury & the Blockheads Terry Williams (drummer) Terrence ""Terry"" Williams (born 11 January 1948) is a retired Welsh rock drummer, whose résumé includes work for Dire Straits, Dave Edmunds/Rockpile and Man. Williams was born in Swansea. During the 1960s, he played in a number of Welsh bands, including Commancheros, The Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy, before joining Dave Edmunds' band Love Sculpture. In 1970 he joined the Welsh rock group Man, which included two former Dream and Smokeless Zone members, Deke Leonard and Martin Ace. With Man, he originally appeared"
"Love Sculpture Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds (born David William Edmunds, 15 April 1944 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales), plus bassist John David (born John David Williams, 19 January 1946 in Cardiff, South Wales) and drummer Rob ""Congo"" Jones (born Robert Jones, 13 August 1946 in Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales). Love Sculpture was founded in Cardiff in 1966 by former members of The Human Beans. The group disbanded in 1970, although Edmunds went on to enjoy solo success in the 1970s. Love Sculpture mostly performed blues standards, slightly revved-up,"
"Rockpile with him. (released in the US in mid-1969 on Motown's new Rare Earth label (RS-505), with a different cover design) Both albums were reissued in May 2008, remastered and with bonus tracks (including the tracks from the two Singles listed below). Love Sculpture Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds (born David William Edmunds, 15 April 1944 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales), plus bassist John David (born John David Williams, 19 January 1946 in Cardiff, South Wales) and drummer Rob ""Congo"" Jones (born Robert Jones, 13 August 1946 in Barry,"
"Dave Edmunds David William ""Dave"" Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll. Edmunds was born in Cardiff. As a ten year old, he first played in 1954 with a band called the Edmunds Bros Duo with his older brother Geoff (born in 1940, Cardiff); this was a piano duo. Then the brothers were in the Stompers later called the Heartbeats formed"
"1961, along with Brian 'Rockhouse' Davies on bass (born 15 January 1943, Cardiff) and Ken Collier on drums. Edmunds was the only constant member of the group, which later included bassist Mick Still, Bob 'Congo' Jones on drums and John Williams (stage name John David) on bass. The Raiders worked almost exclusively in the South Wales area. In 1966, after a short spell in a Parlophone recording band, the Image (1965–1966), with local drummer Tommy Riley, Edmunds shifted to a more blues-rock sound, reuniting with Congo Jones and bassist John Williams and adding second guitarist Mickey Gee to form the"
"Demis Roussos. as Andwellas Dream: as Andwella: David Lewis solo: produced by David Lewis and performed by Andwella: Andwella Andwella were a Northern Irish psychedelic rock band formed in 1968, originally as The Method and later renamed Andwellas Dream. The trio were fronted by Dave Lewis (Guitar/keyboard/vocals), with Nigel Smith (bass/vocals) and Gordon Barton (drums). Their first album, as Andwellas Dream, ""Love and Poetry"", was recorded in London in 1968, and featured jazz musician Bob Downes on saxophone and flute, and Wilgar Campbell on drums on the track ""Felix"". However, the album failed to sell, and Lewis then recorded a"
"also made the UK Top 40, reaching #31, when it was re-released in 1970. It is the only Contours single to feature Stubbs on lead, as he left the group shortly after recording it. Singer Dennis Edwards replaced him; Edwards recorded with the group until 1967, when he was drafted as replacement lead singer of The Temptations, taking over from David Ruffin. Stubbs then briefly recorded as a member of fellow Motown group The Originals. The group had come together in 1966, and their first single release, a cover of Lead Belly's ""Goodnight, Irene"", features Stubbs on lead. Initial Originals"
"Datblygu Datblygu ( meaning ""develop"" or ""developing"") are an experimental Welsh rock group formed in 1982. They are regarded as a catalyst of the new wave of Welsh rock in the early '80s. The band was formed in by vocalist David R. Edwards and instrumentalist T. Wyn Davies in 1982 while they were at Ysgol Uwchradd in Aberteifi, with instrumentalist Patricia Morgan joining in 1984. Edwards' lyrics were almost entirely in the Welsh language, the subject matter reflecting his ""extreme disillusionment"" with life in Wales in the early 1980s era under Margaret Thatcher. After four cassette-only releases on Casetiau Neon,"
"them to the public. Dave MacTavish as a solo artist released 1 single ""Ooh La La"" b/w ""Collie Girl"" on the Young Blood label in 1973 according to the label dates (then in Germany under ""Decca"" - license - # DL 25564). Tintern Abbey (band) Tintern Abbey were a British psychedelic rock band that were formed in late 1966 and professionally active between 1967 and 1968. The band are best remembered for their single ""Vacuum Cleaner,"" which has been included on several compilation albums over the years. Tintern Abbey were formed by Don Smith after meeting David MacTavish at the"
"Badfinger Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea that were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Often called ""Beatlesque"", their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Joey Molland. They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre. The band evolved from an earlier group called the Iveys, formed in 1961, which became the first group signed by the Beatles' Apple label in 1968. The band renamed themselves Badfinger, after the working title for the Beatles' 1967 song ""With a Little Help from My Friends"" (""Bad Finger Boogie""). From 1968"
"Andwella Andwella were a Northern Irish psychedelic rock band formed in 1968, originally as The Method and later renamed Andwellas Dream. The trio were fronted by Dave Lewis (Guitar/keyboard/vocals), with Nigel Smith (bass/vocals) and Gordon Barton (drums). Their first album, as Andwellas Dream, ""Love and Poetry"", was recorded in London in 1968, and featured jazz musician Bob Downes on saxophone and flute, and Wilgar Campbell on drums on the track ""Felix"". However, the album failed to sell, and Lewis then recorded a solo album, privately pressed, on the Ax label in 1970; which included new versions of some of the"
"The Danse Society The Danse Society are an English gothic rock band, formed in Barnsley in 1980. They were originally active until 1987, reforming in 2011. They achieved moderate success during their career. Their lineup included Steve Rawlings (vocals), Paul Nash (guitar), Lyndon Scarfe (keyboards), Tim Wright (bass guitar) and Paul Gilmartin (drums). Scarfe was replaced by David Whitaker (formerly of Music for Pleasure) after the ""Heaven Is Waiting"" album. Originally called Y? and then Danse Crazy (changed due to the emerging Two Tone scene), Danse Society recorded and released their first single, ""Clock"", on their own newly formed record"
"Hard Meat Hard Meat was a British progressive rock group active between 1969 and 1971. It was formed by the Birmingham-born brothers Michael Dolan (1947 - 2 August 2014) (guitar, lead vocals) and Steve Dolan (1948 - 22 May 2000) (bass, vocals), with drummer Mick (variously Mike) Carless. The trio's debut single was a cover of the Beatles' ""Rain"" b/w ""Burning Up Years"" on the Island label in 1969. This was followed by two albums released by Warner Bros in 1970: ""Hard Meat"" and ""Through a Window"". Their second single (culled from the latter album) was ""The Ballad of Marmalade"
"Tracks on Wax 4 Tracks on Wax 4 is the fourth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The record was the first Edmunds solo effort to feature all four members of the band Rockpile: Edmunds, Billy Bremner (who also wrote two of the album's songs under the pen name Billy Murray), Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams. The album's eighth song, ""Thread Your Needle"", was originally recorded by the Ohio-based R&B duo Dean and Jean (Welton Young and Brenda Lee Jones). The album's final song, ""Heart of the City"", was originally recorded by Nick Lowe as a Stiff Records single"
"regular visits to Scotland and Wales. Dave has also played regular support slots for The Alarm including the 2017 Viral Black tour. Dave Sharp Dave Sharp (born 28 January 1959) is an English guitarist who co-founded, along with Mike Peters, the Welsh punk/new wave band The Alarm. Sharp was born in Kersal, Salford, Lancashire, and began playing with the band Seventeen in the 1970s; he made his recording debut on their ""Don't Let Go"" / ""Bank Holiday Weekend"" single. After Seventeen disbanded in 1980, the band reformed as The Alarm, eventually recording hit records such as ""68 Guns"" and ""The"
"D.E. 7th D.E. 7th is a 1982 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The album was Edmunds' first project for Arista Records (in the UK) and Columbia Records (in the US), following a five-year stay with the Swan Song label. Besides the label switches, ""D.E. 7th"" marked another big change for Edmunds; his band Rockpile had broken up the previous year, forcing him to assemble a whole new group of musicians for the album. The new band coalesced around guitarist Mickey Gee and bassist John David (both of whom had played with Edmunds in Love Sculpture), veteran pub rock"
"Closer to the Flame (Dave Edmunds album) Closer to the Flame is a 1990 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The album was Edmunds' first studio album in six years, and his only release for Capitol Records. The album reached #146 in the United States, and the single ""King of Love"" hit #68 in the UK; this was the last chart appearance in America to date. However, in the UK Edmunds had a top 40 album best of in 2008. ""King of Love"" features guest appearances by two of the Stray Cats: Brian Setzer contributes background vocals, and Lee"
"Closer to the Flame (Dave Edmunds album) Closer to the Flame is a 1990 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The album was Edmunds' first studio album in six years, and his only release for Capitol Records. The album reached #146 in the United States, and the single ""King of Love"" hit #68 in the UK; this was the last chart appearance in America to date. However, in the UK Edmunds had a top 40 album best of in 2008. ""King of Love"" features guest appearances by two of the Stray Cats: Brian Setzer contributes background vocals, and Lee"
"Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh rock band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Caerphilly and consisting of cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar), and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes), plus Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics). They are often colloquially known as The Manics. Following the release of their first single, ""Suicide Alley"", the band was joined by Richey Edwards as co-lyricist and rhythm guitarist. The band's early albums were in a punk vein, eventually broadening to a greater alternative rock sound, whilst retaining a leftist politicisation. Their early combination of androgynous glam imagery and lyrics"
"Get It (Dave Edmunds album) Get It is the third album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds, released in 1977. Some of the songs were performed by an early ""trio"" version of Rockpile (Edmunds, Nick Lowe and Terry Williams); others (such as ""I Knew the Bride"" and ""Little Darlin'"") were recorded by Edmunds solo. Also recorded in these sessions was the non-album Edmunds-Lowe tune ""As Lovers Do"", which was used as the B-side of both ""Here Comes the Weekend"" and the later ""Crawling from the Wreckage"". ""New York's a Lonely Town"", the B-side of ""Where or When"" was also recorded"
"Ontronik Khachaturian Ontronik ""Andy"" Khachaturian (born May 4, 1975) is an American musician, producer and DJ. He is known for being the original drummer (1993–1997) of metal band System of a Down and founder/lead vocalist (1999–2002) of the alt-progressive rock band The Apex Theory, as well as the member of his band VoKee. Khachaturian was born to Armenian parents in Los Angeles, United States. He met Daron and Shavo in high school. Khachaturian then met Serj, when they decided in 1994 to form the band System of a Down. Together they recorded a demo titled ""Untitled 1995 Demo"" and ""Demo"
"and the Nightriders. They enjoyed three years of hits with singles such as ""Night of Fear"", ""I Can Hear The Grass Grow"", ""Flowers in the Rain"", ""Fire Brigade"", and their only number one success ""Blackberry Way"". In their early years the Move had a stage act which occasionally saw Wayne taking an axe to television sets, or chainsawing a Cadillac to pieces at the Roundhouse, London, during ""Fire Brigade"", an escapade which resulted in the Soho area being jammed with fire engines, and the group being banned for a while from every theatre venue in the UK. But by the"
"Rockpile Rockpile was a British rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for its strong pub rock, rockabilly and power pop influences, and as a foundational influence on new wave. The band consisted of Dave Edmunds (vocals, guitar), Nick Lowe (vocals, bass guitar), Billy Bremner (vocals, guitar) and Terry Williams (drums). Rockpile recorded four studio albums, though only one (""Seconds of Pleasure"") was released under the Rockpile banner. Two other albums (""Tracks on Wax 4"" and ""Repeat When Necessary"") were released as Dave Edmunds solo albums, and one more (""Labour of Lust"") was released as"
"David Barbarossa Dave Barbarossa (born 1961, also known as Dave Barbe) is a drummer and an author of British and Mauritian descent. As part of both Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow, he was instrumental in creating the tribal drumming trend that was popular among British and some American bands from 1979 to 1983. Barbarossa joined Adam and the Ants in 1977, and was the drummer for their debut album, ""Dirk Wears White Sox"". It was released on 30 October 1979 by Do It Records, and was the first number one album on the UK Indie Chart when"
"played live from the cinema's balcony, caricaturing the short acoustic set U2 played atop the Savoy Cinema on O'Connell Street when ""Rattle and Hum"" premiered there on 27 October 1988. Footage from the tongue-in-cheek stunt was featured on RTÉ's main evening news. In late 1988 and early 1989, The Saw Doctors accompanied The Waterboys on tours of Ireland and Great Britain. In August 1989, The Waterboys' frontman Mike Scott produced the band's first single, ""N17,"" a song about an Irish emigrant longing to be driving on the N17 national route which connects Galway with Co. Mayo and Co. Sligo, passing"
"year. The band split up shortly afterwards. Terris (band) Terris were a Welsh indie band who had a minor UK hit single in 2001 with ""Fabricated Lunacy"". Founded in Newport in 1998, they were fronted by Gavin Goodwin, supported by Alun Bound on guitar, Neil Dugmore on keyboards and Owen Matthews on drums. After playing locally for two years, they were spotted by former 60ft Dolls singer Richard Parfitt, who became their manager, and got them a deal with Rough Trade Records. The band released ""The Time Is Now"", their first EP, in 1999 on Rough Trade. This gained them"
"that features his musicianship. He passed away on April 29th 2018 after a long battle with heart disease. The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the Republic of Ireland including three number ones. Their first number one, ""I Useta Lover,"" topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990 and still holds the record for the country's all-time biggest-selling single. Renowned for their live performances, the band has a cult following, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United"
"UK, and whose album ""International Velvet"" (1998) reached number one, but they were unable to make much impact in the US and, after personal problems, broke up at the end of the century. Other Welsh bands were Stereophonics, and Feeder. These acts were followed by a number of bands who shared aspects of their music, including Snow Patrol from Northern Ireland and Elbow, Embrace, Starsailor, Doves, Electric Pyramid and Keane from England. The most commercially successful band in the milieu were Coldplay, whose debut album ""Parachutes"" (2000) went multi-platinum and helped make them one of the most popular acts in"
"The Alarm The Alarm are a Welsh alternative rock/new wave band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, The Toilets, in 1977, under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the band soon embraced rock and included marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular alternative rock band of the 1980s. They retain a loyal following. The Alarm's highest charting single in Britain was 1983's ""Sixty Eight Guns"", which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Their 1984 album, ""Declaration"", which contained ""Sixty"
"Dave Sharp Dave Sharp (born 28 January 1959) is an English guitarist who co-founded, along with Mike Peters, the Welsh punk/new wave band The Alarm. Sharp was born in Kersal, Salford, Lancashire, and began playing with the band Seventeen in the 1970s; he made his recording debut on their ""Don't Let Go"" / ""Bank Holiday Weekend"" single. After Seventeen disbanded in 1980, the band reformed as The Alarm, eventually recording hit records such as ""68 Guns"" and ""The Spirit of '76"". Towards the end of 2007 Sharp, having spent most of his recent time playing solo acoustic, was ready to"
"1943, Wythenshawe, Manchester); Bernie Burns (drums); Stuart Sirret (bass)k and Phil Keen (drums), among others. Sometimes the band was billed as The Mindbenders, sometimes just as the Wayne Fontana Band. Fontana's most successful solo single release was also his last to chart, ""Pamela, Pamela"" (written by Graham Gouldman), which reached No 5 in the Australia (Kent Music Report) and 11 in the UK Singles Chart early in 1967. In 2005, he fought off bankruptcy but was arrested after police were called by bailiffs who went to his home in Glossop, Derbyshire. He poured petrol on the bonnet of a bailiff's"
"Shining River"", arranged by Frank Wright. The band finished the year joint runners-up in the championship section for the 2009 competitive year. In March 2010 the band competed in the Welsh Regional Championships in the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea and they attained 1st place in the first section resulting in them qualifying for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. The band's current musical director is Paul Jenkins. Some well-known literary figures have associations with Pontarddulais, including Edward Thomas and Dylan Thomas, who had several aunts and uncles in the town. It has been suggested that Dylan based part"
"Sixty Eight Guns ""68 Guns"" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band The Alarm, which was released as a single in August 1983 and later appeared on their debut album ""Declaration"" in February 1984. The song was written by Alarm members Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald and reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's first Top 40 appearance and their highest ever position on that chart. The song also reached #39 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States, their first ever chart position in that country. Soon after, it ""bubbled under"" the"