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Having played in numerous bands over the years, Keith Price gave it all up in 1989 to concentrate on his songwriting.
He first had the idea of releasing a World Cup song during the last World Cup, and got to work adapting one of his favourite songs (Jimmy Brown), into what is now “ORDINARY ENGLAND FAN”.
The original track was a big hit in the ‘80’s, for a band called Heavy Metal Kids which formed in 1974. The band featured singer Gary Holton, a spectacular front-man, and with his raucous cockney accent he proved himself a popular cult glam-rock icon of the age. Gary also recorded a solo single (which became a number one hit in Norway, a stunning punk-country version of Kenny Rogers’s “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” with the Boys’ keyboardist Casino Steel , with whom he would later write a song simply titled “Auf Wiedersehen Pet” about his experiences in the show. (*…Gary played the part of Wayne Winston Norris in the smash hit comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet becoming a household name).
The track was also released by Michael Monroe, who is best known as the vocalist of Finnish glam metal/punk band Hanoi Rocks.
The original composer and writer of the track, is a Norwegian called Casino Steel, who gave his full endorsement to the song. !
He first had the idea of releasing a World Cup song during the last World Cup, and got to work adapting one of his favourite songs (Jimmy Brown), into what is now “ORDINARY ENGLAND FAN”.
The original track was a big hit in the ‘80’s, for a band called Heavy Metal Kids which formed in 1974. The band featured singer Gary Holton, a spectacular front-man, and with his raucous cockney accent he proved himself a popular cult glam-rock icon of the age. Gary also recorded a solo single (which became a number one hit in Norway, a stunning punk-country version of Kenny Rogers’s “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” with the Boys’ keyboardist Casino Steel , with whom he would later write a song simply titled “Auf Wiedersehen Pet” about his experiences in the show. (*…Gary played the part of Wayne Winston Norris in the smash hit comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet becoming a household name).
The track was also released by Michael Monroe, who is best known as the vocalist of Finnish glam metal/punk band Hanoi Rocks.
The original composer and writer of the track, is a Norwegian called Casino Steel, who gave his full endorsement to the song. !
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