Malcolm Allured
Malcolm Allured | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Malcolm James Allured |
| Also known as | The Duke |
| Born | 27 August 1945 Leicester, UK |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Formerly of | Showaddywaddy |
Malcolm James Allured is a drummer. He was one of two drummers for Rock and roll revival group Showaddywaddy from 1973 to 1984.
A member of The Golden Hammers, they met the band Choise, and became Showaddywaddy. Allured, who was nicknamed The Duke, was one of two drummers, although Allured was mostly at centre stage dancing and singing backing vocals with Buddy Gask and Al James, leaving the drumming to Romeo Challenger.
Allured left the band in 1984, the first original member to ever depart. He has since operated pubs around North England, and formed his own rock and roll group, The Fabulous Teddys, (which at one point included Gask) who still appear at music festivals and tour the UK as of 2024.
Early life
[edit]Malcolm James Allured was born in Leicester on 27 August 1945. He is the oldest original member of Showaddywaddy.
Music career
[edit]Allured played in many local bands as a teenager.[1]
Allured, Buddy Gask, Rod Deas, and Russ Field were in The Golden Hammers. All four members were then one half of the rock and roll revival group Showaddywaddy. They had ten top 10 hits in the UK from 1974 to 1978, including "Under the Moon of Love" which went to number one, and have spent a total of 209 weeks on the chart.[2] Malcolm was nicknamed "The Duke", and his nickname is mentioned in their 1977 song "Dancin' Party" ("Is Dukey here?").
Allured spent more time on stage performing choreographed dances and backing vocals then playing drums, and has quoted other drummer Romeo Challenger as "the better drummer".
Allured, Gask, and Al James were all in a small side project band called Burgular's Dog. They released a cover of the Trevor Oakes written song "I Don't Like Rock n Roll No More" in 1981. Also in the band was guitarist Ray Martinez, who was in Showaddywaddy for one decade after replacing Russ Field in 1985.
Allured left Showaddywaddy in 1984, to focus more on the Travellers Rest pub he was managing.[3] Malcolm was the first original member to leave the band. He had already missed a few gigs that year because of a knee injury. Malcolm later said: "I didn't plan my last gig, I just decided in the car on the way home".[3]
In 1994, he and Gask created a group called "The All-Stars". They later changed their name to "Buddy & Duke's Showaddywaddy", which resulted in a lawsuit from the actual band.[3][4] The lawsuit led to the band being renamed to "The Teddys", which Allured still performs in. A former lead singer for The Teddys, Andy Pelos, was hired by Showaddywaddy to replace Dave Bartram, following his retirement in 2011.
Business career
[edit]In the 1980s, Allured owned the Travellers Rest pub in Griffydam.[5] Other pubs he has owned include The Crazy Horse in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, which was closed down in 2001, when co-founder Brian Harkins passed away from cancer aged 56.[3][6][7][8]
In 2015, Allured was a guest celebrity on an episode of the talent show "Thunder Valley Rocks".[9]
Another club Malcolm owned, the Miles From Nowhere Club, was closed in 2022, and is now being refurbished into a hotel and wedding venue.[10][11][12]
Arrests
[edit]In 2008, Malcolm was fined £400 for Flyposting advertisements for his club, The Miles From Nowhere, in areas around Heanor and Alfreton, in Derbyshire.[13] Although Allured himself did not put the posters up, since it was his club, he received the fine.
Allured was arrested by Derbyshire police for Drunk driving in 2023. He was found guilty on 19 March 2024, and received a £400 fine and 14 month driving suspension.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Malcolm Allured Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "SHOWADDYWADDY". Official Charts. 1974-05-18. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b c d "Malcolm Allured". Official Showaddywaddy Web Site. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Q&A August 2007". Official Showaddywaddy Web Site. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Travellers Rest". Griffydamhistory. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Nuneaton's Crazy Horse pub demolished". Hinckley Free Press. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Live, Coventry (2001-07-26). "Doors close at Crazy Horse". Coventry Live. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "PUB FALLS SILENT IN MEMORY OF BRIAN. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Wellingborough 4 12 15 by Extra Newspapers - Issuu". issuu.com. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Reporter, Eddie Bisknell Local Democracy; Pegden, Tom (2023-02-03). "Biker bar set up by pop drummer could become boutique hotel". Business Live. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Plans to turn biker bar founded by pop star into big wedding venue". Derbyshire Live. 2023-02-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Bisknell, Eddie (2023-02-07). "Plans to transform Eastwood biker bar into grand wedding venue". Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Ex-Showaddywaddy drummer is fined". 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Derbyshire Roads Policing @DerbyshireRPU - Twitter Profile | TwStalker". twstalker.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.