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Russell Webb (born 1958 [1] in Glasgow, Scotland) [2] is a Scottish new wave bass guitarist who was member of bands such as Slik, PVC2 (both with Midge Ure), Zones, Skids, The Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd and collaborated with Richard Jobson, Virginia Astley and The Who.
Russell Webb. Slik were a Scottish pop group of the mid-1970s, most notable for their UK number 1 hit " Forever and Ever " in 1976. Initially glam rock, the band later changed their style to soft rock / bubblegum.
Aug 16, 2021 · Slik were a Bay City Rollers type pop band who had some success, including a number one single with Forever and Ever. They also gave a young Midge Ure his first taste of fame. RussellWebb was drafted in as their bass player in March of 1977, just as the musical tide was turning as punk spread to the provinces.
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Here is surely one of the strangest and most obscure number 1s of the 70s, perhaps of all time. Before his solo career, before Band Aid, before Ultravox, Midge Ure was in a group called Slik, who briefly lorded it over the charts with a bizarre mix of Gothic horror and Bay City Rollers-style pop.
Slik started out as Glasgow-based heavy-rock band Salvation in 1970. The original line-up featured the McGinlay brothers, Kevin and Jim, Nod Kerr, Mario Tortolano, and Ian Kenny. The line-up changed several times but stabilised in 1972 with Kevin on vocals, Jim on bass, Kenny Hyslop on drums, Billy McIsaac on keyboards and Jim Ure on guitar. In a b...
I can still recall the first time I saw this on a BBC Four repeat of Top of the Pops. It blew my mind. Who the hell decided the opening section should insinuate we were about to hear some proggy, concept single or Black sabbath style metal obscurity? Considering Kenny and Slik’s version starts the same way, it must have been Martin and Coulter’s id...
Slik, Martin and Coulter tried to repeat their surprise success with the follow-up Requiem, but only got to 24. This wasn’t helped by Ure being injured in a car accident which forced the band to cancel promotional appearances. Their eponymous LP soon followed, but didn’t even dent the top 40. In March 1977 Jim McGinlay left to be replaced by Russel...
Weirdly, this is the first of two songs called Forever and Ever to reach number 1 in 1976, as Demi Roussosachieved the same accolade when an EP featuring his song topped the charts that summer.
Aug 22, 2016 · Here we tip our hat to bassist Russell Webb, who hit the trifecta. He played with three of the bands I’ve noted here as influencing U2: Slik, the Skids, and (much later) PiL.
- Tim Sommer
In March 1977, Jim McGinlay left the group and was replaced by Russell Webb, a university drop-out, [2] who continued for the final Slik gigs. PVC2 Shortly after Webb joined and a last tour, the band decided to change both genre and name.
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Russell Webb (born 1958 [1] in Glasgow, Scotland) [2] is a Scottish new wave bass guitarist who was member of bands such as Slik, PVC2 (both with Midge Ure), Zones, Skids, The Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd and collaborated with Richard Jobson, Virginia Astley and The Who.
