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The group disbanded after Kidd's sudden death in an automobile accident, but former members of the band reunited as The Pirates and continued performing until the late 2000s. Early days. The original group came under the management of Guy Robinson and was signed to HMV in 1959 under the auspices of producer Walter J. Ridley.
70's rock 'n' roll band the Pirates were formed out of the remnants of 60's icons Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and have recently had released a new box set. John Clarkson speaks to singer and bassist Johnny Spence about his band and friendship with founder member, the late Mick Green.
- John Clarkson
In an earlier House of Commons debate (in June 1966), the government had said that the pirate ships were a danger because of radio frequency interference to emergency shipping channels, and to overseas radio stations and the pirates were paying no royalties to artists, composers or record companies. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates ...
The 1970s and 1980s saw a wave of land-based pirate radio, broadcasting mostly in larger towns and cities, transmitting from flats and tower blocks. These included community-focused local stations as well as stations emerging for the first time to specialise in particular music genres.
Oct 14, 2022 · Pittsburgh now is exactly 30 years removed from the worst sports defeat in its history, a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, which kept the Pirates out of the World Series then, and perhaps forever.
Feb 19, 2024 · The pirates – heroes, outlaws, celebrities, pariahs – were an habitual topic du jour in Parliament, not to mention a source of immense discomfort to the BBC. But what would it take to stop them?
Oct 12, 2012 · Cincinnati, riding its Nasty Boys relief corps, knocked off the Pirates four games to two in 1990, and the worst-to-first Braves had taken out the Pirates in seven games the next year. This...
