Hell Town Story
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Hell Town Story is a song of the British pop
musical group Level 42
. The song was written by the musicians Boon Gould and Mark King
, and makes part of the album "Retroglide", that it marks the turn of the band to the active after one decade.
In spite of the light rhythm of this song, the lyric tells the people's history that they had fallen in despair. "Hell Town History", is the name of a city acted by those people's group.
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Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
musical group Level 42
Level 42
Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
. The song was written by the musicians Boon Gould and Mark King
Mark King (musician)
Mark King is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.-Early life:King was brought up on the Isle of Wight,...
, and makes part of the album "Retroglide", that it marks the turn of the band to the active after one decade.
In spite of the light rhythm of this song, the lyric tells the people's history that they had fallen in despair. "Hell Town History", is the name of a city acted by those people's group.
Personnel
- Mark KingMark King (musician)Mark King is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.-Early life:King was brought up on the Isle of Wight,...
- Lead Vocals and Bass. - Mike LindupMike LindupMike Lindup is best known as the keyboard player and falsetto voiced singer, who joined with Mark King and brothers Phil and Boon Gould to form the 1980s - 1990s British funk/rock/pop band, Level 42....
- Backing Vocals and Keyboards. - Gary HusbandGary HusbandGary Husband is a British jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer.- Short biography:Gary Husband is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer...
- Drums. - Nathan KingNathan King (musician)Nathan King is a guitarist, bass player and singer, and has been a member of Level 42 since 1998. He is also currently working with Frost* and It Bites.-References:...
- Backing vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars.
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- Lyndon Connah - Keyboards