Clive Metcalfe
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Clive Metcalfe is a British musician and artist. A student at Southampton Art College and Chelsea School of Art in the early 1960s, Metcalfe played rhythm, and occasionally bass guitar as a member of the 1965 band The Abdabs (also known as The Screaming Abdabs) with Roger Waters
(lead guitar
), Richard Wright
(rhythm guitar
), Nick Mason
(drums
), (Keith Noble), and (Juliette Gale) (vocals
).
They were known as Sigma 6, The Tea Set, and The Meggadeaths as well as the Abdab monikers. They played rhythm and blues
covers and some original material by the band's manager, Ken Chapman. The group was "available for clubs and parties", according to their calling card.
Clive Metcalfe helped write "A Summer Song
", which became a top ten hit for Chad & Jeremy.
In 1965 Noble, Gale, and Metcalfe left the group. The line-up at that point settled around Klose, Syd Barrett
(guitar
and vocals
), Waters (bass guitar
) and Wright (moved to keyboards
and organ
), and Mason (still on drum
s). Klose left after a short tenure, after parental pressure to concentrate on taking his exams. Barrett took over lead guitar and the bulk of the vocal & song writing duties. The remaining quartet went on, eventually becoming Pink Floyd
.
After leaving the band, Metcalfe returned to his artistic roots as a goldsmith and a painter, and also as a tutor at the Sir John Cass School of Art. He established a gallery in 1999 with his wife, Christa Metcalfe-Hofmann, in Deal, Kent
. Some of Metcalfe's works are available through the Bridgeman Art Library and in exhibitions.
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
(lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
), Richard Wright
Richard Wright (musician)
Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...
(rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
), Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
), (Keith Noble), and (Juliette Gale) (vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
).
They were known as Sigma 6, The Tea Set, and The Meggadeaths as well as the Abdab monikers. They played rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
covers and some original material by the band's manager, Ken Chapman. The group was "available for clubs and parties", according to their calling card.
Clive Metcalfe helped write "A Summer Song
A Summer Song
"A Summer Song" is the title of a 1964 Top Ten hit by Chad & Jeremy; the song was written by group member Chad Stuart with Clive Metcalfe and Keith Noble....
", which became a top ten hit for Chad & Jeremy.
In 1965 Noble, Gale, and Metcalfe left the group. The line-up at that point settled around Klose, Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
), Waters (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Wright (moved to keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
), and Mason (still on drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s). Klose left after a short tenure, after parental pressure to concentrate on taking his exams. Barrett took over lead guitar and the bulk of the vocal & song writing duties. The remaining quartet went on, eventually becoming Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
.
After leaving the band, Metcalfe returned to his artistic roots as a goldsmith and a painter, and also as a tutor at the Sir John Cass School of Art. He established a gallery in 1999 with his wife, Christa Metcalfe-Hofmann, in Deal, Kent
Deal, Kent
Deal is a town in Kent England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover and eight miles south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town...
. Some of Metcalfe's works are available through the Bridgeman Art Library and in exhibitions.