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Thompson Twins
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(1977 – 1993)
Thompson Twins were an English new wave band. The band formed in April 1977, and disbanded in May 1993. Massively popular in the mid-1980s, the band scored a string of hits in the UK, broke into the U.S. and Canada and enjoyed huge popularity around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson from Hergé’s comic strip, The Adventures of Tintin.
In 1977, the original Thompson Twins lineup consisted of Tom Bailey (born January 18, 1956, in Halifax, Yorkshire) on bass and vocals, Pete Dodd on guitar and vocals, John Roog on guitar, and Jon Podgorski (known as “Pod”) on drums. Dodd and Roog first met when they were both 13 years old.
After moving to London but having so little money, they lived as squatters in Lillieshall Road, London. Future Thompson Twins’ member, Alannah Currie, lived in another squat in the same street — which is how she met Bailey. It was in this ramshackle and run-down house that they found an illegal way of “borrowing” electricity from the house next door. Bailey described themselves (laughingly) as “spongers” (meaning parasites) back then, as they were living on very little, and scavenging everything they could lay their hands on. He even said that the only instruments they had were bought, or had been “stolen or borrowed”. Dodd managed to get a council flat not far away. Their roadie at that time was John Hade, who lived in the same house, and who later became their manager.
In 1977, the original Thompson Twins lineup consisted of Tom Bailey (born January 18, 1956, in Halifax, Yorkshire) on bass and vocals, Pete Dodd on guitar and vocals, John Roog on guitar, and Jon Podgorski (known as “Pod”) on drums. Dodd and Roog first met when they were both 13 years old.
After moving to London but having so little money, they lived as squatters in Lillieshall Road, London. Future Thompson Twins’ member, Alannah Currie, lived in another squat in the same street — which is how she met Bailey. It was in this ramshackle and run-down house that they found an illegal way of “borrowing” electricity from the house next door. Bailey described themselves (laughingly) as “spongers” (meaning parasites) back then, as they were living on very little, and scavenging everything they could lay their hands on. He even said that the only instruments they had were bought, or had been “stolen or borrowed”. Dodd managed to get a council flat not far away. Their roadie at that time was John Hade, who lived in the same house, and who later became their manager.
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Love on Your Side
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If You Were Here
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Lay Your Hands on Me
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Lies
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In The Name Of Love
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You Take Me Up
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King for a Day
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Sister of Mercy
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Don't Mess With Doctor Dream
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We are Detective
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The Gap
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Rissacakes wrote:
:) I am positively in love with this group.
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ardo123 wrote:
these are the ways of the modern world
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LQQKIE wrote:
Love it!!!
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ThoseDamnTwins wrote:
Twins win
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Waddetree wrote:
the nickname of the lead singer Tom Bailey "Roosterhead" he also lost his walkman in the park Tom had beat mixtures and several other music textile ideals..we never heard from Tom rather he found it ..
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sneggyuser wrote:
Loved Alannah!
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brownieboy wrote:
Love that synth in Doctor Doctor .. reminds me of a good Sega megadrive game soundtrack =)
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Waddetree wrote:
I danced to "love on your side" a rare studio edit track at London underground my favorite dJ had the edit 'its my favorite" a really gourmet (Thompson Thompson) Rin Tin Tin effect.
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Tegues wrote:
honestly they were so good
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jenzabar wrote:
Classic 80's!!!
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harryscoffin wrote:
it would be great if they could do some sort of reunion... i'm really craving some new thompson twins material :)
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xxbrooke16xx wrote:
Thompson Twins and Berlin! That does sound like a good show. I wish music was still like this today!
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Multimode wrote:
Still one of my favorite bands! I saw the Thompson Twins in concert back in 1984 when they had a double-billing with Berlin...that was a great show!
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coachingmukk wrote:
cool!
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Alnusglutin wrote:
das waren noch zeiten
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TheS1n wrote:
Geile Musik :-D
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DJMissyBee wrote:
Erinnerung an alte Zeiten - Cool!
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Pellkoppf wrote:
Fantastisch
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Rissacakes wrote:
Nothing short of 80's perfection. :)
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MoralniPatuljak wrote:
Finally, a great new default pic. Please, keep voting for it here: http://www.last.fm/music/Thompson+Twins/+images/428606.
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