Paul Rudolph (musician)
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Paul Fraser Rudolph is a guitarist,bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground
music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling. He now resides in Gibsons, BC where he owns and operates a bicycle business.
At the recommendation of his childhood friend Jamie Mandelkau he relocated to London, England joining the Mick Farren
led band The Deviants as guitarist. After recording their third album and contributing to Twink
's Think Pink
album, the band and singer parted company during a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America.
Returning to England, the band hooked up with Twink forming The Pink Fairies, signing to Polydor and embarking upon a career centred around Ladbroke Grove
, occasionally hooking up with Hawkwind
for sets as Pinkwind. Recording two albums, Never Never Land
and What a Bunch of Sweeties
, Rudolph left immediately after the release of the second album to pursue other ventures, including sessions for Sparks
and a stint in Uncle Dog
with Carol Grimes
.
It was at the final Uncle Dog gig that he met former Roxy Music
musician Brian Eno
which would lead to him contributing to four of his albums in between 1973 and 1977, namely Here Come the Warm Jets
, Another Green World
, Music for Films
and Before and After Science
. At the same time he became the main musical interpretor for Hawkwind collaborator Robert Calvert
, to which Eno also became involved, recording the concept albums Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
and Lucky Leif and the Longships
.
Rudolph joined Hawkwind during 1975 after they sacked their bass player Lemmy, and Robert Calvert soon joined him. They produced one album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
followed by a non-album single Back on the Streets
before he and drummer Alan Powell
were sacked for trying to broaden the scope of the band's music.
Powell and Rudolph formed the short lived Kicks with Cal Batchelor and Steve York, before the pair of them worked on Mick Farren
's Screwed Up EP. The EP led to the offer of an album, Vampires Stole My Lunch Money, but by then Rudolph had decided to return to his native Canada.
There have been archive releases and reunions for both Pink Fairies and Hawkwind which he has resisted, with the exception of a pair of albums Pleasure Island and No Picture recorded with Twink and released under the Pink Fairies name.
In September 2009, the What a Bunch of Sweeties Pink Fairies line-up re-united in the studio to record a new version of "Do It" for the various artists CD Portobello Shuffle.
UK underground
The Underground was a countercultural movement in the United Kingdom linked to the underground culture in the United States and associated with the hippie phenomenon. Its primary focus was around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill in London...
music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling. He now resides in Gibsons, BC where he owns and operates a bicycle business.
Musical career
As a child he suffered from polio affecting his upper right arm and shoulder, and at the age of 10 he took up guitar playing which also served as physiotherapy for his condition. As a teenager he played bass in local bars for Blues and Boogie bands such as The Midnighters and The Pannix http://pnwbands.com/pannix.html.At the recommendation of his childhood friend Jamie Mandelkau he relocated to London, England joining the Mick Farren
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony 'Mick' Farren is an English journalist, author and singer associated with counterculture and the UK Underground.-Music:...
led band The Deviants as guitarist. After recording their third album and contributing to Twink
Twink (musician)
John Charles Alder , better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and songwriter who was a central figure in the English psychedelic movement, and an actor.-Early life and career:...
's Think Pink
Think Pink
Think Pink is the 1970 debut album by English psychedelic musician Twink.It was produced by Mick Farren and featured members of The Pretty Things, The Deviants, plus Steve Peregrin Took of Tyrannosaurus Rex...
album, the band and singer parted company during a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America.
Returning to England, the band hooked up with Twink forming The Pink Fairies, signing to Polydor and embarking upon a career centred around Ladbroke Grove
Ladbroke Grove
Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the name given informally to the immediate area surrounding the road. Running from Notting Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North Kensington and straddles...
, occasionally hooking up with Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
for sets as Pinkwind. Recording two albums, Never Never Land
Never Never Land (album)
Never Never Land is a 1971 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.The group were formed when the three musicians from The Deviants, having sacked their singer and leader Mick Farren, returned from a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America and hooked up with Twink...
and What a Bunch of Sweeties
What a Bunch of Sweeties
What a Bunch of Sweeties is a 1972 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.Twink had left the band before the recording of this album...
, Rudolph left immediately after the release of the second album to pursue other ventures, including sessions for Sparks
Sparks (band)
Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...
and a stint in Uncle Dog
Uncle Dog
Uncle Dog is a band that released an album and single in 1972.Members of Uncle Dog were:*Carol Grimes - vocals*Phillip Crooks - guitar*Sam Mitchell - guitar*John Porter - guitar, bass*David Skinner - keyboards, vocals...
with Carol Grimes
Carol Grimes
Carol Grimes is a smooth jazz and world music singer.Grimes came to prominence in 1969 as a member of Delivery, associated with the Canterbury Scene. During the 1970s she performed regularly on the London blues circuit with her band The London Boogie Band...
.
It was at the final Uncle Dog gig that he met former Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...
musician Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
which would lead to him contributing to four of his albums in between 1973 and 1977, namely Here Come the Warm Jets
Here Come the Warm Jets
Here Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo album by Brian Eno. Produced by Eno, it was released on Island Records in 1974. The musical style of Here Come the Warm Jets is a hybrid of glam rock and art rock, similar to Eno's previous album work with Roxy Music but with songs that are more quirky and...
, Another Green World
Another Green World
Another Green World is the third studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Island Records in September 1975. As he had done with previous solo albums, Eno worked with several guest musicians including Phil Collins, John Cale and...
, Music for Films
Music for Films
Music for Films is an ambient album by Brian Eno. It is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films.- Overview :...
and Before and After Science
Before and after Science
Before and After Science is the fifth studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977. Unlike Eno's previous albums which were written and recorded quickly, the album took over two years to complete...
. At the same time he became the main musical interpretor for Hawkwind collaborator Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
, to which Eno also became involved, recording the concept albums Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters was a 1974 satirical concept album by Robert Calvert, the former frontman of British space-rock band Hawkwind. It consists of a mixture of songs and comic spoken interludes....
and Lucky Leif and the Longships
Lucky Leif and the Longships
Lucky Leif and the Longships is a 1975 record album by Robert Calvert, produced by Brian Eno.It is a concept album dealing with how American culture might have been different had the Vikings managed to colonise the continent...
.
Rudolph joined Hawkwind during 1975 after they sacked their bass player Lemmy, and Robert Calvert soon joined him. They produced one album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind, released in 1976. It reached #33 on the UK album charts....
followed by a non-album single Back on the Streets
Back on the Streets (single)
Back on the Streets is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 28 January 1977 and has been included on some North American versions of the album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music. It featured on Spirit of the Age - a 1988 compilation album...
before he and drummer Alan Powell
Alan Powell
Alan Powell is a drummer who was mainly active during the 1970s.In 1964 Alan joined Manchester R&B band Ivans Meads who released their first single for EMI label "Sins of a Family" followed in 1965 with "We'll Talk about it Tomorrow"...
were sacked for trying to broaden the scope of the band's music.
Powell and Rudolph formed the short lived Kicks with Cal Batchelor and Steve York, before the pair of them worked on Mick Farren
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony 'Mick' Farren is an English journalist, author and singer associated with counterculture and the UK Underground.-Music:...
's Screwed Up EP. The EP led to the offer of an album, Vampires Stole My Lunch Money, but by then Rudolph had decided to return to his native Canada.
There have been archive releases and reunions for both Pink Fairies and Hawkwind which he has resisted, with the exception of a pair of albums Pleasure Island and No Picture recorded with Twink and released under the Pink Fairies name.
In September 2009, the What a Bunch of Sweeties Pink Fairies line-up re-united in the studio to record a new version of "Do It" for the various artists CD Portobello Shuffle.
Cycling
During his time in England he discovered and indulged in another passion - cycling. He gained a racing licence and was taught by a master wheel builder, skills which he used to embark on a new profession which he still follows today.Discography
- 1969 - The Deviants - #3The Deviants 3The Deviants 3 is the third and final album by the UK underground group The Deviants, recorded and released in 1969.Lead vocalist Mick Farren regards the album as the beginning of a divergence between himself and his fellow musicians, stating "I had one idea and the rest of them wanted to be a kind...
- 1970 - TwinkTwink (musician)John Charles Alder , better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and songwriter who was a central figure in the English psychedelic movement, and an actor.-Early life and career:...
- Think PinkThink PinkThink Pink is the 1970 debut album by English psychedelic musician Twink.It was produced by Mick Farren and featured members of The Pretty Things, The Deviants, plus Steve Peregrin Took of Tyrannosaurus Rex... - 1971 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- The Snake (single) - 1971 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Never Never LandNever Never Land (album)Never Never Land is a 1971 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.The group were formed when the three musicians from The Deviants, having sacked their singer and leader Mick Farren, returned from a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America and hooked up with Twink... - 1972 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- What a Bunch of SweetiesWhat a Bunch of SweetiesWhat a Bunch of Sweeties is a 1972 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.Twink had left the band before the recording of this album... - 1972 - Various Artists - Glastonbury FayreGlastonbury Fayre (album)Glastonbury Fayre is a triple album released in 1972, comprising performances by acts who had appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 1971...
- 1973 - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- Here Come the Warm JetsHere Come the Warm JetsHere Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo album by Brian Eno. Produced by Eno, it was released on Island Records in 1974. The musical style of Here Come the Warm Jets is a hybrid of glam rock and art rock, similar to Eno's previous album work with Roxy Music but with songs that are more quirky and... - 1974 - Robert CalvertRobert CalvertRobert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
- Captain Lockheed and the StarfightersCaptain Lockheed and the StarfightersCaptain Lockheed and the Starfighters was a 1974 satirical concept album by Robert Calvert, the former frontman of British space-rock band Hawkwind. It consists of a mixture of songs and comic spoken interludes.... - 1975 - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- Another Green WorldAnother Green WorldAnother Green World is the third studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Island Records in September 1975. As he had done with previous solo albums, Eno worked with several guest musicians including Phil Collins, John Cale and... - 1975 - Robert CalvertRobert CalvertRobert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
- Lucky Leif and the LongshipsLucky Leif and the LongshipsLucky Leif and the Longships is a 1975 record album by Robert Calvert, produced by Brian Eno.It is a concept album dealing with how American culture might have been different had the Vikings managed to colonise the continent... - 1976 - HawkwindHawkwindHawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
- Astounding Sounds, Amazing MusicAstounding Sounds, Amazing MusicAstounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind, released in 1976. It reached #33 on the UK album charts.... - 1976 - HawkwindHawkwindHawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
- Back on the Streets (single)Back on the Streets (single)Back on the Streets is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 28 January 1977 and has been included on some North American versions of the album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music. It featured on Spirit of the Age - a 1988 compilation album... - 1977 - Mick FarrenMick FarrenMichael Anthony 'Mick' Farren is an English journalist, author and singer associated with counterculture and the UK Underground.-Music:...
- Screwed Up (EP) - 1977 - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- Before and After ScienceBefore and after ScienceBefore and After Science is the fifth studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977. Unlike Eno's previous albums which were written and recorded quickly, the album took over two years to complete... - 1978 - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- Music For FilmsMusic for FilmsMusic for Films is an ambient album by Brian Eno. It is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films.- Overview :... - 1982 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Live at the Roundhouse 1975Live at the Roundhouse 1975Live at the Roundhouse 1975 is a 1982 album of a 1975 concert by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.A one-off reunion concert featuring all five previous members of the group was organised by Ted Carroll, head of Chiswick Records. At the time of this gig, Rudolph was also playing bass for... - 1996 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Pleasure Island - 1997 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- No Picture - 1998 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Mandies and Mescaline Round at Uncle Harry's (live 1971) - 1999 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Live at the Weeley 1971Weeley FestivalWeeley Festival was a British rock festival that took place in August 1971 near the small village of Weeley outside Clacton in Essex.-Details:...
(live 1971) - 1999 - HawkwindHawkwindHawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
- Atomhenge 76Atomhenge 76Atomhenge 76 is a 2000 live album release of part of a 1976 concert by Hawkwind.Part of this set was also issued in North America on a single CD as Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures .-Track listing:CD1...
(live 1976) - 2008 - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
- Finland Freakout 1971 (MLP)
External links
- Momentum - 2006 cycle press article
- Aural Innovations - Rudolph's work with Calvert