The Derelicts
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The Derelicts were a London
-based "Trotskyist
R&B band" active from 1974–1976, well known on the London pub rock
/squat rock circuit, consisting of Barbara Gogan, Richard Williams, Susan Gogan, and John Studholme, amongst others. The band is perhaps most notable for the two bands that formed when they split - Barbara Gogan and Williams forming The Passions
, and Susan Gogan and Studholme forming pragVEC
. Bass guitarist Marion Fudger went on to join The Art Attacks
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London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based "Trotskyist
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
R&B band" active from 1974–1976, well known on the London pub rock
Pub rock (UK)
Pub rock was a rock music genre that developed in the mid 1970s in the United Kingdom. A back-to-basics movement, pub rock was a reaction against progressive and glam rock. Although short-lived, pub rock was notable for rejecting stadium venues and for returning live rock to the small pubs and...
/squat rock circuit, consisting of Barbara Gogan, Richard Williams, Susan Gogan, and John Studholme, amongst others. The band is perhaps most notable for the two bands that formed when they split - Barbara Gogan and Williams forming The Passions
The Passions
The Passions were a British band which formed in 1978, and disbanded in 1983. They were one-hit wonders with their misty song, "I'm in Love with a German Film Star". which was released in early 1981.-Career:...
, and Susan Gogan and Studholme forming pragVEC
PragVEC
prag VEC were a post-punk band from London, probably most famous for the song "Cigarettes" on their debut EP: We can sit about, talk about the kinds of fags we smoke and for the reference to them in the Half Man Half Biscuit song "prag VEC at the Melkweg"....
. Bass guitarist Marion Fudger went on to join The Art Attacks
The art attacks
The Art Attacks were a British punk band from April 1977 to March 1978.Their songs released as singles were "I am a Dalek"/"Neutron Bomb" and "Punk Rock Stars"/"Rat City". The group was formed by Edwin Pouncey and Steve Spear, two students from the Royal College of Art, London for a one-off gig at...
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External links
- International Times Feb 1977 P.28 Photo of The Derelicts performing.
- Derelicts poster