Algy Ward

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Alasdair Mackie "Algy" Ward (born 7 July 1959, in Croydon, Surrey) is an English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer.^[1]

[edit] Biography

He was first active as a member of the Australian punk band The Saints (playing on their second and third albums Eternally Yours and Prehistoric Sounds) before joining British group The Damned and playing on Machine Gun Etiquette (1979). He also plays on Live at the Moonlight Club (The School Bullies).

Ward founded and fronted the seminal New Wave of British Heavy Metal outfit Tank until he retired in 2010.

Algy and his less-famous brother Iain (a roadie with Motorhead, The Undertones and The Ramones for years) both now live in Kent.

[edit] References

^ "Discogs Biography and Discography for Algy Ward". http://www.discogs.com/artist/Algy+Ward.

v t e The Damned

Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Stu West Monty Oxy Moron Pinch Brian James Rat Scabies Lu Edmunds Algy Ward Paul Gray Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Kris Dollimore Alan Lee Shaw Moose Harris Patricia Morrison Jon Moss Lemmy

Studio albums	Damned Damned Damned Music for Pleasure Machine Gun Etiquette The Black Album Strawberries Phantasmagoria Anything Not of This Earth Grave Disorder So, Who's Paranoid?

Live albums	Live Shepperton 1980 Live at Newcastle The Captain's Birthday Party Not the Captain's Birthday Party? Final Damnation Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum Molten Lager Live at the 100 Club

Compilation albums	Light at the End of the Tunnel The Radio One Sessions Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987

EPs	Friday 13th EP Testify

Singles	"New Rose" "Neat Neat Neat" "Stretcher Case Baby" "Problem Child" "Don't Cry Wolf" "Love Song" "Smash It Up" "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" "White Rabbit" "The History of the World (Part 1)" "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" "Wait for the Blackout" "Lovely Money" "Dozen Girls" "Lively Arts" "Generals" "Thanks for the Night" "Grimly Fiendish" "The Shadow of Love" "Is It a Dream?" "Eloise" "Gigolo" "Anything" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster"

Associated acts	Masters of the Backside London SS The Lords of the New Church Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords Naz Nomad and the Nightmares

Related articles	Discography Stiff Records Chiswick Records Bronze Records Nitro Records

v t e The Saints

Chris Bailey Caspar Wijnberg Jane Mack Peter Wilkinson Ivor Hay Ed Kuepper Jeffrey Wegener Doug Balmanno Kym Bradshaw Algy Ward Arturo LaRizza Bruce Callaway Barry Francis Janine Hall Mark Birmingham Chris Burnham Laurie Cuffe Ian Shedden Tracy Pew Richard Burgman Louise Elliott Arturo LaRizza Joe Chiofalo Dror Erez Tony Faehse Peter Jones Michael Bayliss Marty Bjerregaard Andy Faulkner Andreas Jörnvill Joakim Täck Ian Walsh Måns Wieslander Eddie Nyström Marty Willson-Piper

Studio albums	(I'm) Stranded Eternally Yours Prehistoric Sounds The Monkey Puzzle I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca A Little Madness to Be Free All Fools Day Prodigal Son Howling Everybody Knows the Monkey Spit the Blues Out Nothing Is Straight in My House Imperious Delirium

Live albums	Live in Mud Hut ... Somewhere in Europe The Most Primitive Band in the World (Live from the Twilight Zone, Brisbane 1974)

Compilation albums	Best of the Saints Scarce (1989) The New Rose Years Songs of Salvation 1976-1988 Permanent Revolution Know Your Product: The Best of The Saints 7799: Big Hits on the Underground Wild About You All Times Though Paradise The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made

Singles / Extended plays	"(I'm) Stranded" "Erotic Neurotic One Two Three Four "This Perfect Day" "Know Your Product" "Security" "Always" Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow "Let's Pretend" "Follow the Leader" "Ghost Ships" "Imagination" "Just Like Fire Would" "(You Can't Tamper with) the Temple of the Lord" "See You in Paradise" "The Music Goes Round My Head" "Stay" "Cheap Erotica"

Related articles	Discography The Aints Laughing Clowns Australian Made