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There are 2 bands with the name Urchin.
1. Urchin was the second band of Adrian Smith (after Evil Ways) which was formed with his friend Dave Murray around 1974. Eventually Dave left to join Iron Maiden but Adrian stayed loyal to his band despite being offered to join Iron Maiden. Urchin had recorded two 7” singles, Black Leather Fantasy and She’s A Roller. The band managed to sign a contract but did not last long after Adrian’s eventual departure to replace Iron Maiden’s guitarist Dennis Stratton.
On 19th December 1985 Adrian organised a reunion of his former band mates and performed two gigs under the names of The Entire Population of Hackney and the other under The Sherman Tankers. Both gigs were also performed with Nicko McBrain and the other members of Iron Maiden for various songs.
In 2004, High Roller Records released limited and handnumbered to 330 copies, silver vinyl incl. 4 Single Tracks, 1 x Live + 5 (!!!) unreleased songs.
2. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. It all started in a winter of the mid nineties; a winter whose dark nights long outstayed their welcome, either that or someone forgot to draw the curtains. Anyway, in a boudoir-come-studio lit by the dancing lights of echo boxes and strewn with records from lost musical eras, their once gaudy sleeves now musty and dog-eared, two shadowy figures busily worked the discs and dials until the clutch of tracks that became Urchin’s first album was assembled……
From this introduction I will begin to describe the long and undulating journey through the leafy byroads and grassy bridleways of music that has led Urchin to this point in time.
1. Urchin was the second band of Adrian Smith (after Evil Ways) which was formed with his friend Dave Murray around 1974. Eventually Dave left to join Iron Maiden but Adrian stayed loyal to his band despite being offered to join Iron Maiden. Urchin had recorded two 7” singles, Black Leather Fantasy and She’s A Roller. The band managed to sign a contract but did not last long after Adrian’s eventual departure to replace Iron Maiden’s guitarist Dennis Stratton.
On 19th December 1985 Adrian organised a reunion of his former band mates and performed two gigs under the names of The Entire Population of Hackney and the other under The Sherman Tankers. Both gigs were also performed with Nicko McBrain and the other members of Iron Maiden for various songs.
In 2004, High Roller Records released limited and handnumbered to 330 copies, silver vinyl incl. 4 Single Tracks, 1 x Live + 5 (!!!) unreleased songs.
2. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. It all started in a winter of the mid nineties; a winter whose dark nights long outstayed their welcome, either that or someone forgot to draw the curtains. Anyway, in a boudoir-come-studio lit by the dancing lights of echo boxes and strewn with records from lost musical eras, their once gaudy sleeves now musty and dog-eared, two shadowy figures busily worked the discs and dials until the clutch of tracks that became Urchin’s first album was assembled……
From this introduction I will begin to describe the long and undulating journey through the leafy byroads and grassy bridleways of music that has led Urchin to this point in time.
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Killed-By-Death wrote:
Urchin had nothing to do with Mr. Murray! It's Adrian who was part of it!
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xmattj916x wrote:
electronic urchin baby
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AlisAmanka wrote:
She's a roller <3
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Naathiw wrote:
She's A Roller!
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lovertriphoper wrote:
Love this music... Deep is very deep... Drive. Like me
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Cpt_Mumpitz wrote:
and it was not dave it was ``H``
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Cpt_Mumpitz wrote:
this is not urchin it´s urchin
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-C- wrote:
Hi LE- indeed I is :) and it's Jez who I know and hassled to get his shizz up on here...
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LondonEuphoria wrote:
Hey -C- is you Marcus on myspacer ? Fantastic suprise to see there are finaly Top urchin tracks on last.fm , have to say I may have prodded Jez a little in the past. Some top Turntableism , adding to playlist pronto. =^-^=
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jixor wrote:
Last FM really needs to find a better way of separating two artists with the same name.
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Sun-And-Steel wrote:
Urchin > Samson and A.S.a.P and any other maiden related group, apart from maiden ofcourse
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-C- wrote:
@ LondonEuphoria: your comments have been passed on to Urchin- look for previews very soon...
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LondonEuphoria wrote:
The Album with the Orange cover URCHIN : Urchin is a top electronic Trip Hop album , at times the sound of Cypress Hill to stoned to sing. Of all the artist on last.fm this is the only I dont have full prviews of on my Playlist , =^~^= , So sad I feel so incomplete.
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-C- wrote:
The tracks here are nothing to do with Dave Murray- there's another, current Urchin that produced these tracks.
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BloodRelegion wrote:
Think I've heard She's a roller somewhere!
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x-lolarose-x wrote:
I LOVE DAVE MURRAY!
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Zloodie wrote:
Like Dave Murray?
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