Fireclown (band)
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Fireclown were a British heavy metal
band from Manchester, England formed in 1979. The band consisted of Tony Dowler on lead guitar and vocals, Steve "Gyp" Nicholson on guitar, Pete Dutton on bass guitar and Graham Derbyshire on drums. In 1983 they added lead vocalist Paul Austin and released the 10" single "Invasion", with B-side songs "Poor Man" and "Magic", on their self-titled Fireclown Records
. Ross Aspden was a regular member of the road crew, driving the bus and rigging the lights on a nightly basis. Tony Dowler now fronts the Tony Dowler Band and The Hellhounds. Gyp Nicholson went on to write and record his own album named "Gringo Land" under the name of "Mexican Roadsweepers." http://mexicanroadsweepers.net/
Fireclown have supported Motörhead.
They also supported Diamond Head at Manchester's Free Trade Hall.
It is also the name of a song by Tygers of Pan Tang
.
More importantly, "The Fireclown" was a character in one of Michael Moorcock's series of fantasy stories.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Manchester, England formed in 1979. The band consisted of Tony Dowler on lead guitar and vocals, Steve "Gyp" Nicholson on guitar, Pete Dutton on bass guitar and Graham Derbyshire on drums. In 1983 they added lead vocalist Paul Austin and released the 10" single "Invasion", with B-side songs "Poor Man" and "Magic", on their self-titled Fireclown Records
Fireclown Records
Fireclown Records or the Invasion EP is a rare EP released by Fireclown in 1983. This extended play included Paul Austin on vocals, Steve "Gyp" Nicholson on rhythm guitar, Tony Dowler on lead guitar, Pete Dutton on bass guitar, and Graham Derbyshire on the drums. This was the only thing that...
. Ross Aspden was a regular member of the road crew, driving the bus and rigging the lights on a nightly basis. Tony Dowler now fronts the Tony Dowler Band and The Hellhounds. Gyp Nicholson went on to write and record his own album named "Gringo Land" under the name of "Mexican Roadsweepers." http://mexicanroadsweepers.net/
Fireclown have supported Motörhead.
They also supported Diamond Head at Manchester's Free Trade Hall.
It is also the name of a song by Tygers of Pan Tang
Tygers Of Pan Tang
Tygers of Pan Tang are a heavy metal band, formed in 1978 and originating from Whitley Bay, England. They are a notable band of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement...
.
More importantly, "The Fireclown" was a character in one of Michael Moorcock's series of fantasy stories.
Last known line-up
- Paul Austin - vocals
- Steve "Gyp" Nicholson - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm 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...
- Tom Dowler - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Pete Dutton - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Graham Derbyshire - drumsDrum kitA 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 ....