The 1980’s was an amazing decade for Birmingham bands and music. We are all familiar with those that went on to world wide success. Of course there are always a few that somehow slipped through the cracks. Sommerville are one of those bands. Formed in 1983 from the ashes of three of Birmingham’s most popular… Read More »Sommerville
Vision Collision were a late 1970s pop/rock band. Two of their members were Terry Lilley, who played bass, and Andy Wickett, who sang lead vocals; he would later become the lead singer of Duran Duran. Vision Collision never released any material. Terry Lilley, who had previously been a member of punk band Dennis & the… Read More »Vision Collision
Future Duran Duran star Roger Taylor was in this punk band before he shot to fame! Would love to know more!
Future Duran Duran star Roger Taylor was in this punk band before he shot to fame! Would love to know more!
Formed in 1988 by Andy Wickett, ex of The Xpertz, Duran Duran and TV Eye, they were the first British band to tour North Africa and the Sahara regions picking up music and cultural influences on the way and would go on to support Duran Duran in the 1990s. Nick Aletti, a member of The… Read More »World Service
[nggallery id=45] Duran’s first gig upstairs at the Communist book shop in Birmingham at a club called The Star Club Duran Duran were created by Andy Wicketts, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Stephen Duffy, with the later addition of Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, and Simon Le Bon, though none of the Taylors are related. The… Read More »Duran Duran
Formed in 1976 by Andy Wickett, Eamon Duffy and Dave Kusworth (later of The Jacobites) who left Moseley Art School in Birmingham and formed TV Eye, a band named after an Iggy and the Stooges song.
Reggae/Dub/Electro group featuring Aleem Panwar and Andy Wicketts, TV Eye, Duran Duran and World Service.