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The Lambrettas
Origin
Brighton, England
Genres
Mod revival, power pop
Years active
1979–1982 2009–present
Labels
The Rocket Record Company
Members
Doug Sanders (guitar/vocals) Phil Edwards (guitar) Ant Wellman (bass) Paul Wincer (drums)
Past members
Jez Bird (vocals - deceased) Mark Ellis (bass) Steve Bray (drums) Pat Freyne (drums)
Website
Thelambrettas.co.uk
The Lambrettas are an English mod revival band, first active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Named after the iconic Italian Lambretta scooter brand popular among Mods, the band was formed in Brighton, England.[1] Their original line-up consisted of Jez Bird (singer/guitarist), Doug Sanders (guitarist/vocalist), Mark Ellis (bassist) and Paul Wincer (drummer).[1]
Their biggest hit was in 1980, with a cover version of the 1950s Leiber and Stoller song "Poison Ivy", which reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] They scored a No. 12 hit with the follow-up, "Da-a-a-nce". In the same year, they released the album Beat Boys in the Jet Age, which reached No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart, and scored another minor hit single, "Another Day (Another Girl)" (hastily renamed from "Page 3" after complaints from The Sun newspaper).[1][2] After the mod revival faded, subsequent singles, which included a 1982 cover of Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love", and a second album, 1981's Ambience, did not chart.[1] The band played their final concert in their original incarnation in London on 14 April 1982. Bird re-formed the band for a time in the 1990s.
The band reformed in 2009 and toured the UK and Europe. A new EP, Go 4 It was released in February 2017 with three new tracks and a cover of The Kinks' song "All Day and All of the Night".
^ abcdColin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 301/2. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
^ abRoberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 312. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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