Bethnal were a British
rock
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band formed in 1972. In 1978, they released two
album
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s on
Vertigo Records
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: ''Dangerous Times'', produced by
Kenny Laguna
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Laguna was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, United States, and started playing piano at high school da ...
; and ''Crash Landing''; produced by
Jon Astley
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and Phil Chapman,
with special thanks to
Pete Townshend
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.
They supported some punk bands (
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,
Eater
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,
The Boys,
Slaughter & the Dogs
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,
Buzzcocks
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...) and
Hawkwind
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on their 1977 UK tour and, after disbanding, three of the members formed part of the backing band for the 1981 album ''
Hype'' by former Hawkwind frontman
Robert Calvert
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.
Key members were George Csapo (vocals, keyboards, violin), Pete Dowling (drums), Nick Michaels (guitar) and Everton Williams (bass).
References
External links
Discography on Punkygibbon
British rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1972
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