All words and music by tyrone except Steve Elwell on keyboards and Tim Can on theramin. Current live shows with the 'Olympic Clampdown' featuring Colin Maloney guitar and Sheila Stocking percussion plus guests Tim Can and Elwell
Influences
Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Buzzcocks, Clash, Patti Smith,The Ramones,Televison, The Who, Memphis Minnie, Magazine, Wire, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Doctor Alimantado, Siouxs and the banshees Keith Hudson, Johnny Cash, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Dr. Feelgood/Wilco Johnson, The Seeds, Throbbing Gristle, Kate Bush, John Cale, Nico and The Velvets, The Normals, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, The Slits, The Fall, Sex Pistols, Brain Of Morbius, Devo, The Kinks, , Virgin Prunes, Psyhic TV, Can, Otis Redding, Lenny Kaye, Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Peel and Captain Beefheart, The Residents, This Heat, Kevin Ayers, The Pirates, Motorhead, Suicide, Add N to (x) and The Damned (first album).Gertrude, Brain of Morbius, The Man Band, The Dead Boys(Sonic Reducer), Five Go Down to Sea/Beethoven...Iggy and the Stooges(big time) ooh did I forget The Doors......
I must bweird section , The Smiths, fave guitar part 'Fall of Saigon' Charles Bullen of This Heat......Karl Blake lots of bands, Danielle Dax solo and with various bands ........and Alex Ferguson on PTV's Unclean and me .......
Mr. Bowie and Mick Ronson...Jazz on a sunday hangover, Horace Andy, Gram Parson and his mates the Stoned ones.early yrs congrats on playing forever.......don't let them tell you nobody wants to dance forever.....Actic Monkeys....Life on Mars Tellyvision drama...T.rex and Slade.....Roy Wood.....definitly not ELP ever......The Ramones, and how could I forget South London's finest 'The Only Ones'
OlympicClampDown Myspace page is at http://www.myspace.com/olympicclampdown
Sounds Like
Nothing on this particular planet....ho ho ho....except Santa on reindeer piss maybe ......my friend 3Key Bob says a bit like Dave Mason meets Patti Smith.....I'm still working that one out
First Band the new beatles then various punk bands before joining alternative TV in 1976, Played Bass on the first 3 ATV Singles. Left to play guitar and join the convent nuns and various other bands like the baby trio, image wot image before taking a break due to poor health. Session work with the 3 KP Sound .Re emmerges with ATV as the guitarist on 1998's revolution album more time off due to a broken arm and played CBGB's punk anniversary in 2001 with Tony Barber of the Buzzcocks on bass(top man and great times). And a short stint in a band called 'Loom' with Ashleigh Marsh and Charles Hayward drummer of This Heat. In 2006 with 5new songs on a 4trck demo recorded mixed and produced by Elwell (keyboardist/guitarist with Bert Shaft Orchestra and the legendary Brain of Morbius) started gigging with Sheila Stocking and guitarist/bassman Colin Maloney doing short acoustic sets. Sheila joined the excellent ParaFernalia(see below), Arnold Lane of 'Bucket' offered us his services on drums and despite my vow never to be in a full blown band again here we were. Gigs have come thick and fast with some ace shows including one at the Union Chapel for Core Arts which was videoed by our good friend Pete Smith(Bulbous Cabbages) and edited and put up on You Tube by Dave Eyre of VJFlickering Lights fame...... Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIPTFx_vks
OCD currently working on recordings...and now with their own myspace (see below) with lots of demo's on it. Played a few excellent gigs with Sylvia Hallet and joined on bass and sax by James Gilbert..
Also done a ton of gigs this year with Paradise 9 and a real ace recording done at Steve Howes management studio great sound and out as EP etc Check it out on Paradise9 myspace. Also doing the Great South Run again this year, possibly a 1 mile swim in Lake Windermere Cumbria For the ALD LIFE charity
http://www.justgiving.com/tyronethomas1/
......Thanks to Voices of Experience for fund raising for ALD.
Check links
OlympicClampDown Myspace page is at http://www.myspace.com/olympicclampdown
You ready for the swim yet? y'know its obgligatory to wear a wetsuit if the surface temp drops under 17c or is it 15c? I'm really looking forward to it now, overall thinking that I'll be so over awed at swimming in Lake Windermere I defo wont have my usual probs with boredom that I have in the pool.. I worked out that I do one 25m length a min, so technichally I should be able to it in 1hr & 4mins!! anyways should see you before then.. enjoy your gig next neek, sorry I'll miss another one.. Simon send his love too ~ see ya =o)
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When you come to the edge of all the light you know And you’re about to step off into the darkness of the unknown Faith is knowing one of two things will happen There will be something solid to stand on or you will be Taught how to fly. Barbara J Winter
How are you my dear friend, do hope you are keeping well and are able to smile lots…best medicine..
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