Tenpole Tudor were a British punk band led by Edward Tudor-Pole (born December 6, 1954). 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. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tudor-Pole (under the moniker of Eddie Tenpole) came to prominence as a replacement for Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols in 1978, though he only sang "Who Killed Bambi?", "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle" and an unlikely cover version of "Rock Around The Clock". He returned in 1980 as lead singer of his own band, Tenpole Tudor, along with Bob Kingston (guitar), Dick Crippen (bass guitar) and Gary Long (drums). Their only UK Top 10 hit was "Swords Of A Thousand Men". Tudor-Pole later became a television presenter as host of The Crystal Maze in the 1990s and is also an actor. John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ... The Sex Pistols in 1977. ... This article is about the song. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Fender Precision Bass For other uses of the term see Bass (disambiguation). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

Probably best known for his appearances in 'The Crystal Maze' and on Top of The Pops, Tudor-Pole has appeared in numerous films and plays, including The Rocky Horror Show, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, White Hunter, Black Heart with Clint Eastwood and numerous films by Alex Cox. He is presently shooting The Life and Death of Peter Sellers in which he plays Spike Milligan. The Rocky Horror Show was a long running stage musical (in London initially, on June 16, 1973) which inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... The Great Rock n Roll Swindle is a documentary film directed by Julien Temple. ... White Hunter, Black Heart is a 1990 film starring Clint Eastwood as John Wilson, based on the book by Peter Viertel. ... Clint Eastwood today. ... Alex Cox (b. ... Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Kt CBE (April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002) was a comedian, novelist, script writer, poet, jazz musician (trumpet and guitar - also played the piano - and was a dab hand at raspberry blowing) and is best remembered as the creator, principal writer and performing member of The...

His live acoustic shows tend to attract both aging punks and new fans attracted by his TV and film roles, and exhibit a mix of punk rock, country-western and pure rock 'n' roll. Each of his tunes pays tribute to a variety of stars. Standard punk anthems stand side by side with influences as diverse as Status Quo, Freddie Mercury, Tammy Wynette and Shakin' Stevens. 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. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Rock and roll - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Status Quo is a legendary UK rock band founded by Alan Lancaster and Francis Rossi in 1962. ... Freddie Mercury - Live at Wembley 1986. ... Tammy Wynette on the cover of her tribute album Tammy Wynette Remembered Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. ... Shakin Stevens (born Michael Barratt, March 4, 1948) is a Welsh rock and roll singer born in Cardiff, who has the distinction of being the best-performing UK singles artist of the 1980s. ...

External links

• Edward Tudor-Pole at the Internet Movie Database