Born Alisdair Ward, Algy has been an on & off (when friends) bass player with The Damned. Played bass on what is known as a seminal alternative / punk / pop / Goth record; Machine Gun Etiquette for The Damned. These records are often left out of music history lessons though are critically acclaimed by critics, music historians, and members of many later bands to contain some of the earliest sounds of what would become common place styles of playing in radio-orientated pop music. He also was briefly a member of the Australianproto-punk band The Saints (playing on their second album Eternally Yours), and also founded and fronted the seminal New Wave of British Heavy Metal outfit Tank during the 1980s. The Damned are a rock music band originally from Croydon, England a suburb of London, formed in 1976. ... An alternative is one of two possible choices. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music, but a list of popular music performers since the 1920s is included. ... A goth girl as seen on the satirical cartoon, South Park. ... Machine Gun Etiquette is the third album by the British punk band the Damned. ... The Damned are a rock music band originally from Croydon, England a suburb of London, formed in 1976. ... Protopunk is a term used to describe a number of performers who were important precursors of punk rock, or who have been cited by early punk rockers as influential. ... The Saints are an influential Australian rock and roll band, formed in Brisbane in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) emerged in the late 1970s, in part a reaction to the decline (or over-popularity, and therefore untouchable status) of traditional heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
We spoke first off about Algy's days with The Saints, there's a new box set coming out this month which includes a live CD which Algy plays on, he was waiting for the courier to deliver his promo copy that day.
Algy then told me about the new Tank CD which is fully written, he is just waiting to have his operation and then its back into the studio to record it.
Algy then had to head off to his girlfriend's place so I stayed with Kipper for a pint and then made a sad attempt to find my way back to the pub where I was staying.
TANK Frontman ALGYWARD: 'Tumor' Reports Are Misleading - Jan. 26, 2004
TANK bassist/vocalist AlgyWard has posted a message on the TANK "This Means War" web site regarding the recent reports that he was scheduled to be taken into hospital next month to have a tumor removed from his head.
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