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unusual facts about British rock


Kenichi Nishi

He is a fan of British rock music and once had a dog named Tao, who Nishi featured as a character in many of his games including Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, GiFTPiA, L.O.L.: Lack of Love, Chibi-Robo and Captain Rainbow.


Plays Live

Plays Live is the first live and fifth album overall released by British rock musician Peter Gabriel.


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30th International Istanbul Film Festival

British rock band Tindersticks started their Claire Denis Film Scores 1995-2010 international tour on April 11 with a live performance of scores the band made for French auteur Claire Denis.

Adictos Al Ruido Versión UK

Even though the main concept of the show is promoting new British rock/pop bands in Latin America and Spain, unsigned or major artists; Francisco has interviewed a large number of artists of other nationalities such as Apocalyptica (Finland), the former-Kraftwerk Wolfgang Flür (Germany), Fabrizio Camaratta - The Second Grace (Italy), Kamp!

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

The British rock group Keane based their song "A Bad Dream" (featured on the album Under the Iron Sea) on it, and a recording of the poem, read by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, is played before the song at live venues, explaining their reasons for the lyrics.

Anna Webber

Webber studied in Florence, Italy in 2005, under Jill Furmanovsky, the British rock photographer best known for her photos of Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, and others on display in the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.

Baler

On 3 September 2010, on the A381 in Halwell near Totnes, Devon, UK an early member of British rock group ELO Mike Edwards was killed when his van was crushed by a round bale.

Belle Tout lighthouse

The lighthouse was further immortalised in the song "Belle Tout" by British rock band Subterraneans, and in the movie B Monkey starring Asia Argento.

Cris Bonacci

In a period of inactivity of Girlschool in 1990, she joined up with British rock singer Toyah Willcox, performing on GMTV to promote Willcox' album Ophelia's Shadow.

Don Allum

British rock band Marillion released an eighteen-minute song called "Ocean Cloud" on its 2004 album Marbles based on Allum's 1987 crossing.

Dumpy

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts British rock band founded by Graham "Dumpy" Dunnell

Everybody Have a Good Time

"Everybody Have A Good Time" is a song by the British rock band, The Darkness, released as a promotional single from their third studio album, Hot Cakes, released in June 2012.

Fly to the Rainbow

In support of their Lonesome Crow album, Scorpions appeared as the opening act for the British rock band UFO.

From the Sky

From The Sky is the debut studio album by British rock band Blackbud, released on July 31, 2006, on Independiente.

Front Row

Front Row Club Issue 1, a 1998 live album by British rock group Marillion

Georgie Fame

After taking part in a singing contest at the Butlins Holiday Camp in Pwllheli, North Wales he was offered a job there by the band leader, early British rock'n'roll star Rory Blackwell.

Great Langdale

The fell has a small sharp summit below which rises Gimmer Crag, which is one of the top rock climbing venues in the Lake District, the crag is made of Rhyolite rock and was pioneered in the early 1880s by the father of British rock climbing Walter Parry Haskett Smith.

Greatest Hits!

The Kinks Greatest Hits! was the first compilation album released in the US by British rock group The Kinks in 1966.

Horse Guards Parade

In affiliation with Brad Pitt's 2013 film World War Z, British rock group Muse, who performed on the soundtrack of the film, performed a free concert here on shortly after the premiere of the film itself at Leicester Square.

League of Lights

Formed around vocalist Farrah West and keyboard player/producer Richard West from British rock band Threshold, League of Lights recorded their debut album with contributions from guitarist Ruud Jolie of Dutch symphonic rock act Within Temptation, drummer Mark Zonder of US progressive metallers Fates Warning, and bassist Jerry Meehan.

Lise Lyng Falkenberg

Since 2005, Falkenberg has worked with British rock band Slade, especially their drummer Don Powell and this has led to a string of Slade-related blogs on the internet as well as many articles and interviews in magazines and papers.

Mansfield, Queensland

Recently reopened, the "Rock Arena" at the Mansfield Tavern was in its heyday a popular venue for touring musical acts and has starred such acts as The Offspring, Hunters & Collectors, Madness, Statoz Quo, Hoodoo Gurus, The Angels and great British rock band The Cult.

Mercurana

The generic name was derived from and given as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, the late vocalist of the British rock band Queen, in combination with the Latin name for "frog" (Rana, which is also the name of the most common frog genus).

My Life with Morrissey

The film chronicles the adventures of an off-kilter career girl whose life goes completely berserk after she meets her idol, British rock star Morrissey who, as the former Smiths frontman remains a towering figure in the Britrock pantheon.

Natalie Duncan

In September of that year she appeared on the BBC programme Later... with Jools Holland, the same episode also featured the British rock band Muse, who she went on to support at the commencement of their European tour.

Nazxul

In a remarkable turn of events, Kostic's other band was then approached to tour with British rock group Skunk Anansie over the same period but declined due to the drummer's commitment to Nazxul; the Skunk Anansie tour was in turn cancelled when the group suddenly split up.

NME Radio

Broadcast from studios in the Blue Fin Building in South Bank, London, also home to IPC Media, NME Radio was launched on 24 June 2008 with its first track being "Knights of Cydonia" by British rock band Muse.

Owen Jones

Owen Glynne Jones (1867–1899), British rock-climber and mountaineer

Peter Townend

Pete Townshend (born 1945), British rock guitarist of the band The Who

Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band.

Progres 2

The public presentation of this rock opera was the first audiovisual program of rock music in Czechoslovakia, inspired by the British rock group Pink Floyd.

Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd Tour

The 11 cities on the tour from November 20 to December 6 saw the band opening for the British rock group The Who.

Raw Glory

Underwood began his career with The Outlaws in 1961 and has been one of the most influential figures in the British rock genre ever since, along the way playing in The Herd (with Peter Frampton), Episode Six, Quatermass, Peace with Paul Rodgers, Strapps, Gillan (with four UK top twenty albums, two of which were top three), and Quatermass II.

Sogliano al Rubicone

On July 25th 2010 British rock band Deep Purple is expected to play Piazza Matteotti in Sogliano al Rubicone.

Standing on a Beach

Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976.

SWLABR

"SWLABR" is a song by British rock band Cream from their 1967 album Disraeli Gears and later released as the B-side to the single "Sunshine of Your Love".

That's Rock 'n' Roll

The song has been covered by the British rock 'n' roll band Showaddywaddy.

The Mystery Trend

Although they are categorized in the San Francisco Sound, they differed from other bands in the scene because they were not a folk rock group nor did they go psychedelic, but their sound was influenced more from the British rock and mod sound of The Kinks and The Who and the Motown sound writing of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

The Next Band

The Next Band were a British rock trio featuring vocalist/bassist Rocky Newton, guitarist John Lockton and drummer Frank Noon, who is credited with playing drums on Def Leppard's 1979 EP The Def Leppard E.P..

The Paris Sisters

The Paris Sisters appeared in the 1962 British rock film It's Trad, Dad! released in the U.S. as Ring-a-Ding Rhythm and directed by Richard Lester.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum.

The Stone

The Rolling Stones, a British rock and roll band, often called "the Stones"

The Western Mechanism

The Western Mechanism is the debut album by British rock band Days of Worth.

Tidey

Dean Tidey, musician, mainly known as guitarist with British rock band Feeder

Weoley

Weeley Festival, a British rock festival that took place in 1971 near the village of Weeley

Whillans

Don Whillans (1933–1985), British rock climber and mountaineer.

Ziggo Dome

British rock band Muse performed one sold out show at the venue as part of their The 2nd Law World Tour.