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The Hamsters

Index The Hamsters

The Hamsters were a British band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. [1]

55 relations: Albert Collins, Americana (music), Autodidacticism, Bassist, BBC, BBC Radio 2, Bill Wyman, Blues rock, Bob Harris (radio), Classic Rock (magazine), Cliffs Pavilion, Closing credits, Condensed Hamsters, Continental Europe, Dave Bronze, Dr. Feelgood (band), Dystonia, Electric Hamsterland, Eric Clapton, Essex, Fender Stratocaster, Guitarist (magazine), Hamster Jam, Horror film, Jimi Hendrix, John Otway, LBC, Lightnin' Slim, Nine Below Zero, Ogg, Open All Hours (album), Otis Elevator Company, Paul Jones (singer), Pet Sounds: 10 Years of Rodent Rock, Pub rock (United Kingdom), Putney, Radio comedy, Rhythm and blues, Robin Trower, Rockabilly, Round the Horne, Route 666 (The Hamsters album), Runner-up, Sex Pistols, Southend-on-Sea, Status Quo (band), The Half Moon, Putney, The Hamsters (album), The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts, The Kursaal Flyers, ..., The Rolling Stones, They Live by Night (album), Wembley, Wilko Johnson, ZZ Top. Expand index (5 more) »

Albert Collins

Albert Gene Drewery, known as Albert Collins and the Ice Man (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993),Skeely, Richard.

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Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, and other external influences.

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Autodidacticism

Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools).

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Bassist

A bassist, or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman (born William George Perks Jr., 24 October 1936) is an English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer.

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Blues rock

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock.

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Bob Harris (radio)

Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, OBE (born 11 April 1946), known as "'Whispering Bob Harris", is an English music presenter known for being a host of the BBC2 music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, and as a co-founder of the listings magazine Time Out.

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Classic Rock (magazine)

Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to rock music, published by Future PLC, who are also responsible for its "sister" publications Metal Hammer and Prog magazine.

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Cliffs Pavilion

Cliffs Pavilion is a theatre at Station Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, a suburb of Southend-on-Sea.

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Closing credits

Closing credits or end credits are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television program, or video game.

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Condensed Hamsters

Condensed Hamsters (1990) is a Hamsters album that was originally released only as an audio cassette (Music Cassette) compilation of the four original cassette only albums (recordings from 1988–1990) that were only available from the band's gigs.

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Continental Europe

Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.

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Dave Bronze

David Eric "Dave" Bronze (born 2 April 1952 in Billericay, Essex) is an English bass guitarist.

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Dr. Feelgood (band)

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Dystonia

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder syndrome in which sustained or repetitive muscle contractions result in twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal fixed postures.

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Electric Hamsterland

Electric Hamsterland (1990) was The Hamsters first CD release and consists entirely of Jimi Hendrix covers.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster is a model of electric guitar designed in 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares.

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Guitarist (magazine)

Guitarist is a monthly music making magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom.

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Hamster Jam

Hamster Jam (1991) was The Hamsters second CD but first live CD only release.

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Horror film

A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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John Otway

John Otway (born 2 October 1952 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring.

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LBC

LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a London-based national talk and phone-in radio station.

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Lightnin' Slim

Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974), was an African-American Louisiana blues musician, who recorded for Excello Records and played in a style similar to its other Louisiana artists.

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Nine Below Zero

Nine Below Zero are an English blues band, who have a cult following throughout Europe, and were most popular during the period 1980–1982.

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Ogg

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

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Open All Hours (album)

Open All Hours (2004) is The Hamsters ninth album.

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Otis Elevator Company

The Otis Elevator Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways and related equipment.

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Paul Jones (singer)

Paul Jones (born Paul Pond, 24 February 1942) is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter.

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Pet Sounds: 10 Years of Rodent Rock

Pet Sounds: 10 Years of Rodent Rock (1998) is a double CD compilation that contains 34 tracks and is a combination of a 'greatest hits' type collection along with songs from the archives that have never been released on CD before.

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Pub rock (United Kingdom)

Pub rock is a rock music genre that was developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United Kingdom.

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Putney

Putney is a district in south-west London, England in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Radio comedy

Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve sitcom elements, sketches and various types of comedy found on other media.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Robin Trower

Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as Robin Trower.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.

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Round the Horne

Round the Horne is a BBC Radio comedy programme that was transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968.

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Route 666 (The Hamsters album)

Route 666 is The Hamsters fourth CD release, and like the previous album, The Hamsters, was a studio recording using lots of uncharacteristic overdubs and other studio techniques.

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Runner-up

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975.

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Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as simply Southend, is a town and wider unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock.

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The Half Moon, Putney

The Half Moon is a public house and music venue on Lower Richmond Road in Putney, London.

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The Hamsters (album)

The Hamsters (1993) (known informally as “The Black Album”) was The Hamsters third CD release.

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The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts

The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts: 1995 is a live, double CD composed entirely of Jimi Hendrix covers.

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The Kursaal Flyers

The Kursaal Flyers were a British pop band, formed in Southend-on-Sea in 1973.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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They Live by Night (album)

They Live By Night (2002) is The Hamsters eighth album.

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Wembley

Wembley is an area of northwest London, England, and part of the London Borough of Brent.

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Wilko Johnson

Wilko Johnson (born John Peter Wilkinson, 12 July 1947) is an English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor.

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ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hamsters

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