Tenpole Tudor
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| Genre (s) | punk |
| founding | 1977 |
| resolution | 1982 |
| Founding members | |
Guitar, piano |
Bob Kingston |
Bass, vocals |
Dick Crippen |
Guitar, piano, saxophone, vocals |
Edward "Eddie" Tudor Pole |
Drums |
Gary Long |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Ed Tudor Pole |
guitar |
Darrell Bath |
Drums |
Sam Woodward |
Bass guitar |
Donagh O'Leary |
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Tenpole Tudor is a British punk band that had some success in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Career
The group was formed in 1977 from the remains of a band called The Visitors . Head and lead singer was and is Edward "Eddie" Tudor Pole. This broke up the group several times and put it together again and again.
1979 Tudor-Pole starred at the instigation of Malcolm McLaren in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle with and about the Sex Pistols . For this he also contributed two of his own songs, which were published on the B-sides of Singles of the Pistols, but listed on the same level as the A-sides in the British charts: Who Killed Bambi? (B-side of Silly Thing ) and Rock Around the Clock (B-side of The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle ). In April 1981 Swords of a Thousand Men achieved their first and biggest success (UK charts number 6).
In 1982 the band was dissolved for the first time. Tudor-Pole has since been seen as an actor in many plays in theater, film and television, using many different but similar names: Eddie Tudor Pole / Edward Tudor Pole / Eddie Tenpole / Tenpole Tudor / Eddie Tudor-Pole / Ed Tudor -Pole . In the early 1990s, he took over the game show The Crystal Maze on British television from Richard O'Brien .
Again and again he goes on tour with a new formation under the same name.
Original cast
- Bob Kingston (guitar, piano)
- Dick Crippen (born October 18, 1956; bass, vocals)
- Edward "Eddie" Tudor-Pole (born December 6, 1955; guitar, piano, saxophone, vocals)
- Gary Long (drums)
Current occupation
- Ed Tudor Pole (vocals, guitar)
- Darrell Bath (guitar)
- Sam Woodward (drums)
- Donagh O'Leary (bass guitar)
Albums
- Eddie, Old Bob, Dick & Gary (1981, Stiff Records )
- Let the Four Winds Blow (1981, Stiff Records)
Filmography by Edward Tudor-Pole (selection)
- Game of Thrones (2012, TV)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
- Henry VIII (2003, TV)
- Quills (2000)
- Les Misérables (1998)
- Kull the Conqueror (1997; Kull the Conqueror )
- Tunnel of Love (1997)
- Different for Girls (1996)
- Horror in the Night (1996, TV)
- The Crystal Maze (1990, TV, presenter 1994–1995)
- White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
- Sid and Nancy (1986)
- Absolute Beginners - Young Heroes (1986; Absolute Beginners )
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Web links
- Biography at allmusic.com
- Homepage of Tenpole Tudor