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Music on the Island in the 1970s â from punk to prog (opens the original)
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The mid-1970s saw the advent of punk, which some would say began on the Island in the form of the band Stormtrooper. Although their pioneering single, Iâm a Mess, didnât appear until 1977, when they were based in West London, it was cut from the tape of a demo they made in 1975. This was passed by their founding bassist, Jeff Piccinini, then living in Havenstreet, to John Waterman, the legendary founder of Solent Records. The songâs cult status was cemented when Sid Vicious wore a promotio
Island musicians in the 1950s to 1960s - from talent shows to festivals (opens the original)
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In the first article in this series, we looked at Terence Perkins, the Isle of Wight milkman who shot to fame as Craig Douglas with his Number One single, Only Sixteen. Although he became a household name, he wasn’t the Island’s first pop star, nor its first milkman to achieve renown as a musician. That was John Mowbray, better known as Johnny Vincent, who was raised in Wootton. His career, like Douglas’s, was launched by a talent show. Mainly through his own choice, he didn’t achieve the stardo
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