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Career

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. Other bands they worked alongside in the 1970s included

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(drums) and John "Rhino" Edwards on bass guitar. Disguised as The Brats, they inadvertently became involved in the vanguard of the punk rock movement. They appeared in the finals of a ''

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'' contest in 1974, using their pseudonym, and advertised in ''Melody Maker'' the prizewinners' final at The Round House as "The Brats plus 12 support acts". Consequently, the organisers deemed not to declare them winners, although they took most of the major prizes. They released three singles: "Ultrastar" (b/w "Wildfire") on

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in 1973; "Follow That Car" (b/w "Lucinda (Flint n'Tinder Love)") through

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in 1976; and "Home Town Girls" (b/w "Quicksilver Mail") under another pseudonym, Future, on a small

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in 1981. Rococo reformed in the 21st Century with the original line-up, apart from John "Rhino" Edwards, and have had three CD albums released on Angel Air Records: Run from the Wildfire (SJPCD337); The Firestorm and Other Love Songs (SJPCD370) and, in October 2014, Losing Ground (SJPCD437).

Band members

Recent

*Ian Raines - Lead vocals, bass guitar *Roy Shipston - keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals *

- drums, percussion *Rod Halling - guitar, backing vocals *Tym Scopes - guitar *James Fox - bass guitar, backing vocals

Past

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- bass guitar *Steve Carman - bass guitar *Gary Harvey - bass guitar *Richard Stevens - lead vocals

Guest Performers

* Chris Thompson - lead vocals * Charlie Morgan - drums *

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- bass guitar *Ronnie Johnson - guitar *Alan Townsend - backing vocals *Alice Spring - backing vocals *Alice Raines - backing vocals *Emily Raines - backing vocals

Discography

Albums

*The Living Rock (Flopidiscs 2003) *Hoodlum Fun (Flopidiscs 2003) *Run From The Wildfire (Angel Air Records 2010) *The Firestorm and Other Love Songs (Angel Air Records 2011) *Losing Ground (Angel Air Records 2014) * Angel Air releases produced by Ray Hendriksen and Roy Shipston

Singles

*"Ultrastar" / "Wildfire" (Deram 1973) *"Follow That Car" / "Lucinda (Flint n'Tinder Love)" (Mountain Records 1976) *"Home Town Girls" / "Quicksilver Mail" (Paro 1981, under the name "Future")

External links

Angel Air Records - Losing Ground CD {{Authority control Musical groups from London English rock music groups Musical groups established in 1970