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Pete Wylie

Pete Wylie (born 22 March 1958, Liverpool) is an English singer/songwriter, best known as the leader of the group variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, The 5,000 Names of Wah! or even The Mighty Wah!. Active from 1979, they garnered critical acclaim for the single Better Scream and the album Nah Poo! The Art Of Bluff. Their biggest hit single was The Story Of The Blues, which was released in late 1982, and ultimately reached Number 3 in the UK singles chart.

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The Farm

1. The Farm are an alternative rock band which formed in Liverpool, England in 1984 and split in 1996. They were popular through the early 1990s. Their album Spartacus stormed to number one in the UK albums chart when it was released in April 1991. The band are seen to be influenced by the madchester movement, although they had existed for several years before the creation of the genre. 2. Farm is a band from Enosburg Falls, Vermont that plays rootsy indie rock.

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Gerry and The Pacemakers

Gerry Marsden formed the group in the late 1950s with his brother, Fred, Les Chadwick and Arthur McMahon. They rivalled the Beatles early in their career, playing in the same areas of Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool, England. Mac (Arthur was called Mac as he didn't fancy the name Arthur) was replaced on piano by Les Maguire around 1961. They are known to have rehearsed at Camell Laird shipping yard at Birkenhead.

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Ricky Spontane

Taken from their Facebook page (not that it does them justice because they're a much loved band originally from Liverpool that were too lazy to take over the world!) - "Post punk quirk with a modicum of yelp. Their sentiment and melodies will walk with you always. Hometown: Made originally in Liverpool but they now prowl the world." Taken from band website - "The Liverpudlian garage punk behemoths it's okay to snog during your first date" (NME)

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The Real People

Zach Condon was no part of the original Real People/
--- There is also another artist using the pseudonym Realpeople (note the lack of 'The' and one word). His name is Zach Condon (of Beirut fame), and his first album under this name is "The Joys of Losing Weight." Released unofficially, it is circulating on the Internet. An official release, credited to "Realpeople", will be packaged with Beirut's "March of the Zapotec", and will be titled "Holland.

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Henry Priestman

“Trouble is, see….when you’re 25, your biog’s tiny…but when your 50+, it’s huge, man! (but stick with it… it might be worth it… Or scroll straight to 2008!” 1955
Born…Hull, East Yorkshire 1975
Moved to Liverpool…enrolled at Liverpool Art College…”cut off hair, took in flares” 1976 – 81
Founder member of (art school) band Yachts. An early incarnation of the band supported Sex Pistols at Liverpool Erics club in 1976, days after the infamous “Bill Grundy” TV debacle. October 1977, Yachts released cult single “Suffice To Say” on Stiff Records.

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