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,Jasper, Tony & Oliver, Derek (1985) ''The international Encyclopedia of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal'', Facts on File, , p. 127 Broken Home,York, William (1982) ''Who's Who in Rock Music'', Scribner, , p. 41

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,Buckley, Peter (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, , p. 987

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(on the 1990 Eclipse World Tour),

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, and Soldiers of Fortune. Barnacle now lives in Japan, teaching English, and occasionally working as a drummer.

Career

Pete Barnacle was a member of Gillan in 1979 touring in Japan, then was part of Broken Home. He joined Girl in 1981, playing alongside

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. He played on Strange Cruise's self-titled debut album in 1986 before joining Spear Of Destiny in 1987, playing on three albums: ''Outland'' (1987), ''Price You Pay'' (1988) and ''SOD's Law'' in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate. Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk.

With Gillan

The line-up of Gillan in which he played was: *

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- lead vocals *Steve Byrd - guitar *John McCoy - bass *Colin Towns - keyboards *Pete Barnacle - drums Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple,

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and

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. Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's

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album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band.

With Girl

The line-up of Girl in which he played was: * Phil Lewis - lead vocals *

- guitar *

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- guitar *

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- bass *Pete Barnacle- drums Pete Barnacle played on the Girl albums '' Killing Time'' and '' Live at the Marquee''.

With Broken Home

Broken Home were: *Jeff Dicken - guitar, vocals *Rory Wilson - guitar, vocals *Pete Crowther - bass, guitar, keyboards *Pete Barnacle - drums, percussion, vocals Broken Home released a self-titled album, which was produced by

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With Spear of Destiny

Spear of Destiny were: (1987) *

Kirk Brandon Kirk Brandon (born 3 August 1956) is an English musician best known as the leader of the bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny and a former lover of Boy George. Musical career Brandon's music career started in 1978, in Clapham, south Lo ...

- vocals, guitar *Volker Janssen - keyboards *Mick Procter - guitar *Steve Barnacle - bass *Pete Barnacle - drums (1988) *Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar *

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- bass *Volker Janssen - keyboards *Pete Barnacle - drums

With Theatre of Hate

(1991) *Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar *Stan Stammers - bass guitar *John 'Boy' Lennard -

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*Mark 'Gemini' Thwaite - lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar *Pete Barnacle - drums Pete was a member of Spear of Destiny from 1987–1989, recording two albums (''Outlands'' and ''The Price You Pay'') touring extensively in the UK and mainland Europe, and making numerous TV appearances. He returned with Theatre of Hate in 1991 for the Return to 8 Tour, and again in 1992 with Spear of Destiny after his stint with Yngwie Malmsteen, for a tour and the ''Sod's Law'' album.

With Sheer Greed

Sheer Greed were: *

- lead vocals and guitar *Neil Gabbitas- guitar *

- bass *Pete Barnacle- drums Phil Lewis and

also made guest appearances with Sheer Greed.

With Yngwie Malmsteen

The line-up on Yngwie Malmsteen's Eclipse Tour was: *Yngwie Malmsteen - guitar, vocals *Goran Edman - lead vocals * Svante Henryson - bass *Mats Olausson - keyboards *Pete Barnacle - drums

With Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune are: *Masanobu Yasui - guitar *Yasunori Kusanobu - bass *Pete Barnacle - drums, vocals *Masaki Fujii - lead vocals This band was formed in Okayama, Japan, in 2002. They have released one CD, ''Fighting to Survive'', on Storm Force Records, and played numerous live shows up and down Japan.

References

External links

Soldiers of Fortune official website
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