Martin John Pugh is a British

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who came to prominence after joining blues-rock band Steamhammer in 1968, staying with that band through 5 years and 4 albums. The debut Steamhammer album, also known as '' Steamhammer'', was released in 1969 and yielded a minor hit record in Europe, "Junior's Wailing". Pugh also played on the first

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solo album, ''

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'' (aka ''The Rod Stewart Album''). Following the dissolution of Steamhammer in 1973, Pugh and Steamhammer bassist Louis Cennamo joined up with former

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vocalist

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(who had played with Cennamo in

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and had helped produce the final Steamhammer LP) and drummer

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to form

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in 1975. According to liner notes of a CD re-release of their only album on the

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label in 1999, drug problems interfered with the band's work ethic - although the record had received favorable reviews and significant radio airplay upon its release. Their demise was finalized after the untimely death of Relf in May 1976. While he appears to have retired from music after 1975, he did emerge to play guitar (alongside Geoff Thorpe of

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) on studio sessions in

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with the

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-based rock and roll band, 7th Order on their debut CD, ''The Lake of Memory'' - released on the Big Island Sounds label in 2007.7th Order - "The Lake of Memory"
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''.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English blues guitarists English male guitarists English rock guitarists British blues rock musicians Steamhammer (band) members Armageddon (British band) members {{UK-guitarist-stub