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Paddy McAloon: 'I'll do without an audience to make the music I want' Paul Lester Prefab Sprout sold millions of records in the 80s, but singer Paddy McAloon always made music for himself.
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Prefab Sprout are an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham formed in 1976, who rose to fame during the 1980s. The band's best known lineup comprised Paddy McAloon (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Wendy Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Martin McAloon (Prefab Sprout bass), and Neil Conti (drums). The Devil Has All the Best Tunes / Walk.
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Martin McAloon is known as the bassist of British Art-Pop heroes Prefab Sprout and is brother to frontman, Paddy McAloon. Martin McAloon tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Nov 2022. Follow Martin McAloon on Ents24 to receive updates on any new tour dates the moment they are announced. Follow Be the first to know about new tour dates
Prefab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon ‘I’m not cultivating mystique’ Metro News
Starting from 2003, Paddy McAloon has retained the Prefab Sprout name as a solo project. [6] Career Early days (1977-1983) In 1977 brothers Paddy and Martin McAloon formed The Dick Diver Band. By 1978, the name had changed to Prefab Sprout, a name McAloon had created years earlier when, he has said, "all the groups had names like that".
Paddy McAloon The Last Pop Genius
After reading English at Newcastle, minister's son Paddy McAloon formed Prefab Sprout with his girlfriend Wendy ("Smithy") and his bass-playing younger brother Martin. The trio produced a flood of extraordinary songs that drew on sources as diverse as The Beatles, Steely Dan and George Gershwin. On their first album, Swoon, tracks like Cruel, Technique and Elegance were wry and sparkling
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Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith of Prefab Sprout in the mid-1980s. Photograph: Anthony Cake/Photoshot/Getty Images . Next album. On the boil is a batch of new songs for a forthcoming Spike Lee movie.
Paddy McAloon THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN
Paddy wrote some of the best songs - both lyrically and musically, in the history of popular music. Martin carried it off with style. If you loved Prefab Sprout, you will love this gig.
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Tue 30 Jun 2020 01.00 EDT Paddy McAloon, singer, songwriter I grew up in Witton Gilbert in County Durham and started Prefab Sprout with my brother [Martin, bass] and Michael Salmon, who lived.
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Martin McAloon was the bass player and a founding member of Prefab Sprout. Martin will be performing a 2-hour show featuring a large selection of Prefab Sprout songs from their 40 years in the music industry, stripped back to the bare necessities, the raw elements of how they were first performed when originally written by his brother Paddy - before the bells, whistles and budget were added.
Paddy McAloon on prog rock and trawling the megahertz Louder
Martin McAloon is known as the bassist of British Art-Pop heros Prefab Sprout. Martin will be performing a large selection of hit songs from Prefab Sprout's extensive archive celebrating over 40 years of his brother, Paddy McAloon's writing.
Prefab Sprout Founder Paddy McAloon On The Tragedy of Tinnitus
Prefab Sprout were already popular with prog fans, but with his reissued I Trawl The Megahertz, Paddy McAloon finds himself drifting in a much proggier world. "My relationship with prog is a complex thing, which has to do with my feelings about the 70s," muses Paddy McAloon. "That period was very, very interesting.
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Paddy McAloon remembers it all too well: 23 January 2006, when the maverick genius behind Prefab Sprout was last able to sing his own songs.. In 1979, when he and his brother Martin were.
Paddy McAloon, a king on a hay field. Photo by Kevin Westerberg. Prefab sprout, The magicians
Paddy McAloon Patrick Joseph McAloon (born 7 June 1957) [1] is an English singer-songwriter and a founder of the band Prefab Sprout . Early life McAloon was born and grew up in Witton Gilbert in County Durham, England. [2] [3] He was trained to be a Catholic priest before deciding on a career in music. [4] Career
BBC Radio 4 Best of Today, Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout
Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout Photo: Redferns Prefab Sprout's Crimson/Red (Kitchenware) is simply their best record in a quarter of a century. I say 'their', but of course it's 'his' now..
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Martin McAloon will be performing a large selection of hit songs from Prefab Sprout's extensive archive celebrating over 40 years of his brother, Paddy McAloon's writing. This will be a rare opportunity to hear these incredible songs performed in their natural state. THIS IS AN ALL SEATED SHOW, IF YOU BOOK A TABLE AND YOUR PARTY IS LESS THE DESIGNATED CAPACITY WE MAY SEAT OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOU.
Paddy McAloon on Prefab Sprout’s Legacy & Breaking His Rule About Songs Called ‘America’ Billboard
On a blustery afternoon, Paddy McAloon is standing by the banks of the Tyne River in Newcastle, England, posing for a photo. In so doing he has captured the interest of two young, New Kids on.
