Robert Lloyd (born 5 June 1959) is the lead singer with

The Nightingales Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects. They had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorde ...

and formerly with

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. When The Nightingales split in 1986, Lloyd embarked on a solo career, initially signing to In-Tape before signing to

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in 1989 and releasing the album '' Me and My Mouth'' (1990). The album featured

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and Pete Thomas (of

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), Andy Scott (of

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) and

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(formerly of

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among others), but for the tour to promote the album, Lloyd had to recruit a new band which included former Nightingales guitarist Peter 'The Tank' Byrchmore (who also played on the album).Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, After Virgin dropped Lloyd from their roster in 1991, he formed a new band, Terminal Hoedown, with Byrchmore on lead guitar, Joe Crow on guitar, Eamonn James Duffy on bass and Ernie Hendricks on drums. The Nightingales re-formed in 2004. Lloyd was born in

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton ...

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. He has a son named Louis, and continues to reside in the West Midlands. Robert also managed pub football team "The Albion in Goldsmith's Row" back the early 00's (London, E2) Lloyd also fronts his own Big Print

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, promoting new musicians, including Hotpants Romance and Derek & His Bricks. In 2020, Lloyd was the subject of the documentary film ''

King Rocker ''King Rocker'' is a 2020 British documentary film directed by Michael Cumming and written by Stewart Lee about the singer Robert Lloyd and his bands, The Prefects and The Nightingales. It premiered at the 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before bei ...

''.

Solo discography

Chart placings shown are from the

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Singles

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" (1988) In-Tape (#5) *" Nothing Matters" (1988) In-Tape (#13) *"

Funeral Stomp "Funeral Stomp" is a song by English singer Robert Lloyd, released in 1990 as the lead single from his debut solo studio album '' Me and My Mouth''. The song was written by Lloyd and Mark Tibenham, and was produced by Andy Richards. Background L ...

" (1990) Virgin *"Nothing Matters" (1990) Virgin

Albums

*'' Me and My Mouth'' (1990) Virgin

References

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