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John Ellis (guitarist)
John Ellis (born 1 June 1952) is an English guitarist and songwriter. Career Ellis was a co-founder of the Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock band Bazooka Joe (band), Bazooka Joe in 1970 and a founding member of the punk rock band The Vibrators. He formed The Vibrators in 1976 while still at art school studying illustration. The Vibrators released two albums with Ellis and toured extensively. Ellis left the Vibrators in 1978 to form the short-lived group Rapid Eye Movement, before embarking on a solo career in 1979, releasing a couple of single (music), singles, one of which, "Babies in Jars" (a live Rapid Eye Movement recording) reached #34 on the UK Indie Chart.Gimarc, George (2006) ''Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970–1982'', Backbeat Books, , p. 259 In 1980, Ellis toured with Peter Gabriel on his "Tour of China 1984", and he appears on the album ''Peter Gabriel (1982 album), Peter Gabriel 4''. From 1982 onwards, he recorded a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentish Town
Kentish Town is an area of northwest London, England, in the London Borough of Camden, immediately north of Camden Town, close to Hampstead Heath. Kentish Town likely derives its name from Ken-ditch or Caen-ditch, meaning the "bed of a waterway." The area was initially a small settlement on the River Fleet, first recorded in 1207 during John, King of England, King John's reign. The early 19th century brought modernization to the area, and it became a popular resort due to its accessibility from London. Notably, Karl Marx resided at 46 Grafton Terrace in Kentish Town from 1856. The area saw further development after World War II and has a rich history of political representation, with the Holborn and St Pancras seat held by Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer as of July 2024. Kentish Town has also been a popular filming location for various movies and television shows. It is home to numerous independently owned shops, music venues, and cultural establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Margin (album)
''The Margin'' is a live album by Peter Hammill, documenting early 1980s concerts by his K Group. Hammill used the alias K (on vocals, piano and guitar), Nic Potter was Mozart (on bass guitar), Guy Evans was Brain (on drums), and John Ellis was Fury (on backing vocals and guitar). The album was originally released as a double album on Foundry Records in 1985. It was reissued later on CD on Virgin Records in the UK with one track missing in order to make it fit onto a single CD and on Line Records in Germany with two tracks missing. Hammill then reissued it again on his own Fie! record label, as ''The Margin +''. This issue did not restore the track lost from the UK CD edition from the original vinyl release, "The Second Hand", but included an additional disc of material previously released as a live bootleg called ''The Secret Asteroid Jungle''. The liner notes explain that Hammill chose to include a different performance of "The Second Hand". The original album (and the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Songs (Peter Hammill Album)
''The Love Songs'' is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Charisma Records in 1984. The album is a compilation of ballads from Hammill's previous solo albums, re-recorded in new versions; all reworked, redubbed and remixed to form this album. The lead vocals were replaced on all tracks, except "Been Alone So Long". All tracks were based on the original multitracks, except "Again" and "If I Could", which are based on live K Group performances taken from the Margin Tour. Track listing All songs written by Peter Hammill, except "Been Alone So Long" written by Chris Judge Smith. Personnel *Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums *Graham Smith – violin (2) *David Jackson – saxophone (3, 8, 9) *Nic Potter – bass (5, 6, 9) *Guy Evans – drums (3, 5, 6, 7, 9) *Hugh Banton – organ (3, 9) *Stuart Gordon – violin (1, 7) * John Ellis – guitar (5, 6) *Manny Elias Manny Elias (born 21 February 1953) is a British drummer and record produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patience (Peter Hammill Album)
''Patience'' is the 13th studio album by Peter Hammill. It was released in August 1983 on Naive Records, a label founded by Gordian Troeller, the former manager of Hammill's band Van der Graaf Generator. It was remastered in 1991 and released on Fie! Records. It was the second album to feature the collective known as the “K Group” (the first was '' Enter K'') — Hammill, drummer Guy Evans and bassist Nic Potter (Hammill's former colleagues in VdGG), and guitarist John Ellis (of The Vibrators and Peter Gabriel’s band). ''Patience'' reached #15 in the UK Indie Chart.Lazell, Barry (1997) ''Indie Hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, The members of K Group adopted aliases during their time in the band. Hammill was known as "K", Evans was known as "Brain", Ellis was known as "Fury" and Potter was known as "Mozart". "Patient", "Traintime" and "Comfortable" have all been played regularly by Hammill in live performance in later years. "Just Good Friends" was re-worked for H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vibrators & Chris Spedding
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coup De Grace (The Stranglers Album)
''Coup de Grace'' is the fourteenth studio album by the Stranglers, released in 1998 by Eagle Records. It was the last album to feature guitarist John Ellis, who left the band in 2000. The tracks on ''Coup de Grace'' represent a greater writing input from bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel than on more recent outings; he also sings four of the ten tracks. Heavily influenced by the band's troop-entertaining trips to such places as the Falkland Islands and Bosnia, and (in Burnel's words) "life in general", the tracks covered such topics as the ravages of war, religious conflicts, and failed relationships. The album included the minimally-accompanied ballad "In the End". "Miss You" shares its title with a track on the previous Stranglers album '' Written in Red'', but is a different song. The album failed to reach the official UK Albums Chart, their first such release not to do so. Track listing :Cat no/Label: EAGCD042/Eagle Personnel ; The Stranglers * Paul Roberts – voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Written In Red
''Written in Red'' is the thirteenth studio album recorded by the Stranglers, released in January 1997 through the When! label. It was co-produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill. The media launch-party for ''Written in Red'' was held on 13 December 1996 at EuroDisney in Paris, and featured live performances of tracks from the effort. Other tracks performed at the event include " Always the Sun", "Golden Brown" and " Let Me Introduce You to the Family". The week the album was released, the band performed at several HMV branches including those located in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds. "In Heaven She Walks" was the only single to be taken from the album, released on 3 February 1997. The single was in two parts: the first CD featured a sleeve similar to the ''Written in Red'' cover, with a track listing of: "In Heaven She Walks", a live version of "Golden Brown" from 1995, and an extended version of "In Heaven She Walks". The second CD sleeve featured a still from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
About Time (The Stranglers Album)
''About Time'' is the twelfth studio album from the Stranglers and the second one from the Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts and Ellis line-up. The album was released in 1995 through the When! label. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Alan Winstanley, who had worked with the Stranglers on their first four albums (as the engineer on ''Rattus Norvegicus'', '' No More Heroes'' and ''Black and White'' and producer on ''The Raven''). Nigel Kennedy plays electric violin on "Face", and a string-quartet is used on three of the eleven tracks ("Face", "Still Life" and "Sinister"). "Lies and Deception" was the only single released from the album, reaching No. 94 on the UK Singles Chart, and is one of the few Stranglers songs solely written by drummer Jet Black. Released as a two-CD set, CD1 of "Lies and Deception" was backed with non-album tracks "Swim" and "Cool Danny", CD2 was backed with non-album tracks "Kiss the World Goodbye" and "Bed of Nails". The album peaked at No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Purple Helmets
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Mania
''Pure Mania'' is the debut album by the punk band the Vibrators. It was released in 1977 on Epic Records and reached No. 49 in the UK Albums Chart. The song " Baby Baby" was released as a single and punk band Stiff Little Fingers got their name from the song of the same name from this album. Reception In the 1992 ''Rolling Stone Album Guide'', Mark Coleman wrote that ''Pure Mania'' was among "the few original punk artifacts that still sound urgent—and necessary." ''Trouser Press'' called it "a treasure trove of memorable ditties". AllMusic's Mark Deming said the album "isn't purist's punk, but it's pure rock & roll, and there's nothing wrong with that." ''Village Voice'' critic Robert Christgau described it as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest". Track listing All songs by I.M. Carnochan except as indicated. Side one #"Into the Future..." #"Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Pat Collier) #"Sweet Sweet Heart" #"Keep It Clean" ( John Ellis) #" Baby Baby" #"No Heart" #"She's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or lit. 'Hot water for tea') is a Culture of Japan, Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . The term "Japanese tea ceremony" does not exist in the Japanese language. In Japanese the term is ''Sadō'' or ''Chadō'', which literally translated means "tea way" and places the emphasis on the Tao (道). The English term "Teaism" was coined by Okakura Kakuzō to describe the unique worldview associated with Japanese way of tea as opposed to focusing just on Tea ceremony, the presentation aspect, which came across to the first western observers as ceremonial in nature. In the 1500s, Sen no Rikyū revolutionized Japanese tea culture, essentially perfecting what is now known as the Japanese tea ceremony and elevating it to the status of an art form. He redefined the rules of the tea house, tea garden, utensils, and procedures of the tea ceremony with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
