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801 (band)

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801 was an English experimental rock band originally formed in 1976 for three live concerts by Phil Manzanera (guitars, Roxy Music), Brian Eno (keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, vocals and tapes, ex-Roxy Music), Bill MacCormick (bass and vocals, ex-Quiet Sun, Matching Mole), Francis Monkman (Fender Rhodes piano and clavinet, ex-Curved Air), Simon Phillips (drums and rhythm generator) and Lloyd Watson (slide-guitar and vocals). [1]

38 relations: Acrostic (puzzle), Andy Mackay, Art rock, Band (rock and pop), Bill MacCormick, Brian Eno, Concert, Curved Air, DI unit, England, Experimental rock, Francis Monkman, John Lennon, Listen Now, Lloyd Watson, London, Matching Mole, Paul McCartney, Paul Thompson (musician), Phil Manzanera, Polydor Records, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Quiet Sun, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Rhodes piano, Roxy Music, Simon Phillips (drummer), Split Enz, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), The Kinks, Tim Finn, Tomorrow Never Knows, Triple J, Twice as Much, You Really Got Me, 801 Live.

Acrostic (puzzle)

An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form.

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Andy Mackay

Andrew "Andy" Mackay (born 23 July 1946) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member (playing oboe and saxophone) of the art rock group Roxy Music.

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Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements.

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Band (rock and pop)

A rock band or pop band is a small musical ensemble which performs rock music, pop music or a related genre.

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Bill MacCormick

Bill MacCormick (born 15 April 1951, London) is an English bassist and vocalist.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (born Brian Peter George Eno; 15 May 1948) is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Curved Air

Curved Air are a pioneering English progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classical, folk, and electronic sound.

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DI unit

A DI unit (direct input) is an electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high-output impedance, line level, unbalanced output signal to a low-impedance, microphone level, balanced input, usually via an XLR connector and XLR cable.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Experimental rock

Experimental rock (or avant-rock) is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre.

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Francis Monkman

Francis Monkman (born 9 June 1949, in Hampstead, North London, England) is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Listen Now

Listen Now is the only studio album by 801, whose live debut was released in November 1976.

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Lloyd Watson

Lloyd Watson (born Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English rock and blues guitarist.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Matching Mole

Matching Mole were an English progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Paul Thompson (musician)

Paul Thompson (born 13 May 1951) is an English drummer, who is best known as drummer for the rock band Roxy Music (from 1971 to 1980 and then from 2001 onwards).

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Phil Manzanera

Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951) is an English musician and record producer.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances.

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Quiet Sun

Quiet Sun were an English progressive rock/jazz fusion band from the Canterbury scene consisting of Phil Manzanera (guitars), Bill MacCormick (bass), Dave Jarrett (keyboards) and Charles Hayward (drums).

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Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual rock music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.

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Rhodes piano

The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano or simply Fender Rhodes or Rhodes) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s.

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Roxy Music

Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the band's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson.

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Simon Phillips (drummer)

Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer songwriter, and producer, best known for his studio and session work with seminal English rock acts throughout the 1970s and 1980s and for being the drummer for Toto from 1992 to 2014.

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Split Enz

Split Enz was a rock band from New Zealand that was popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is the second solo album by English musician Brian Eno (credited simply as "Eno").

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The Kinks

The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.

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Tim Finn

Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer and musician.

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Tomorrow Never Knows

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released as the final track on their August 1966 album Revolver but recorded at the beginning of sessions for the album.

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Triple J

Triple J (often triple j) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 34 which began broadcasting in January 1975.

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Twice as Much

Twice as Much was composed of Dave Skinner (born David Ferguson Skinner, 4 July 1946) and Andrew Rose (born Andrew Colin Campbell Rose, 12 March 1946, Edgware, Middlesex) and were harmony singers who also wrote much of their own material.

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You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a song written by Ray Davies for English rock band the Kinks.

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801 Live

801 Live is the first live album by 801, released in November 1976.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/801_(band)

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