The Valves
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| The Valves | |
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 Publicity photo taken by Paul Slatterly, circa 1977 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1977–1979 |
| Labels | Zoom, Albion |
| Members | |
| Dave Robertson - vocals Ronnie Mackinnon - Guitar Gordon Scott - Bass Gordon Dair - Drums |
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The Valves were one of the early punk groups from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band, chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave, featured Dave Robertson as Dee Robot on vocals, G. Dair / Teddy Dair aka Gordon Dair on drums, Gordon Scott or Pada on bass guitar and Ronnie Mackinnon on guitar. The band was originally called Angel Easy and were a pub rock group.[1][2]
The Valves released three singles and then broke up in 1979, with most of the members quitting the music business.[1]
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[edit] Members
- Dee Robot (Dave Robertson) - vocals
- Ronnie Valve (Ronnie Mackinnon) - Guitar
- Pada Valve (Gordon Scott) - Bass
- Gordon Valve / Teddy (Gordon Dair) - Drums
[edit] Singles
- "Robot Love" / "For Adolfs Only" (Zoom - September 1977)
- "Ain't No Surf in Portobello" / "Tarzan of the Kings Road" (Zoom - December 1977)
- "It Don't Mean Nothing At All" / "Linda Vindaloo" (Albion - June 1979)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- May 2000 interview with Dave Robertson
- The Valves
- Collection of (mostly bad) reviews of The Valves
- fletchWeb
- Worthless-trash.blogspot.com
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