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New UFO ‘Seven Deadly’ album @ No.1 in the UK rock chart and in the Top 75 album chart ten days prior to 16 date UK tour
Seven Deadly’, the humungous new studio album from massively successful multi-million selling veteran classic British hard rock / metal band UFO, crashed straight in to the top slot of the UK rock chart today, simultaneously debuting in the national album chart at 63 and at number 9 in the UK Indie chart.
X-UFO – The Railway Venue, 17th February 2012
When is a tribute act not a tribute act? No, it’s not some kind of joke – it’s a serious question. With the growth in “nostagia bands” it could be argued that many of the current incarnations of once great rock bands are merely top of the range tribute acts – separated from the pack because they have one of the original line-up taking part in the current guise (or in the current guises in some cases!). I don’t have a problem with it, there’s a market and I can remember seeing Brian Connolly’s Sweet play the May Ball when I was at university and thinking it was great. However, back to my question……
Drummer Robbie France Passes Away
Robbie France, who played with both UFO and Diamond Head, died on Saturday, January 14.
In a lengthy career, drummer France played on Diamond Heads 1983 albumCanterbury and spent a year with UFO from 1984. France was also a member of Wishbone Ash, recording the 1991 albumStrange Affair. He was a founder-member of Skunk Anansie, playing on their 1995 debut albumParanoid And Sunburnt.
Last year, France (who was also a respected drum tutor) had first novel published. This wascalled Six Degrees South.
