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[BRIAN POOLE] left the band in 1966 to be replaced by Len 'Chip' Hawkes, the 'One and Only' Chesney's dad. The Tremeloes did better without Brian. But only marginally: by the early Seventies, their run of hits had dried up. Still, if memory serves, that four-piece from Liver...

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Published inThe Observer (London)
Main Author Bromley, Tom
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 23.01.2005
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Barlow, Gary
Poole, Brian
Williams, Robbie
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Summary:[BRIAN POOLE] left the band in 1966 to be replaced by Len 'Chip' Hawkes, the 'One and Only' Chesney's dad. The Tremeloes did better without Brian. But only marginally: by the early Seventies, their run of hits had dried up. Still, if memory serves, that four-piece from Liverpool had split up by then as well. 'The future of pop or a load of codswallop?' Smash Hits inquired of this band in the mid-1980s. A musical car crash of Giorgio Moroder, Billy Idol and the kitchen sink, Sigue Sigue Sputnik were the ultimate triumph of style over substance. Personally, I'd hesitate to use the word 'triumph' for a look best described as Clockwork Orange meets My Little Pony. I think the answer was 'codswallop'. Someone thought they'd hit the jackpot with [TASMIN ARCHER]. She sang nice shiny adult tunes, not unlike Seal. She had concerns about the planet, not unlike Sting. She had a Charles Dickens fetish, not unlike. . . er, who else has a Charles Dickens fetish? Her debut album was called Great Expectations but only 'Sleeping Satellite'did the title justice. Last seen as a badger on Harry Hill.
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