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2 4 6 8 Motorway

2 4 6 8 Motorway

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Motorway" was their first single, released in late 1977, which got into the top five of the UK singles charts and stayed there for over a month. A great amalgam of punk / pop, ethics and all, translated as an exciting, visceral album in a style much imitated, but rarely bettered for fury and genuine loathing.

2-4-6-8 Motorway: Best Of by Tom Robinson Band on Apple Music ‎2-4-6-8 Motorway: Best Of by Tom Robinson Band on Apple Music

All my new songs had to be written with a dead simple chord sequence so the various players could learn the entire set in half an hour during the soundcheck. It was only after six months of playing everywhere from prisons to pubs to public schools that the band became ‘gig-fit’, ie tough enough and tight enough to put the song over with real conviction, so it would connect with listeners on first hearing. It got some help from her fellow Canadian Justin Bieber, who tweeted that it was "possibly the catchiest song I've ever heard. Tom Robinson talked to M about the secrets of 2-4-6-8 Motorway - the debut single by Tom Robinson Band (TRB) in 1977. Robert Christgau described it as an "instant hit" [5] whilst David Quantick described the song as "somewhere between a terrace chant (or a demo marching song) and a Brucie Springsteen number".It was the way everyone played it on the record, and especially Danny Kustow’s guitar work, that finally persuaded EMI they had a future hit on their hands. Heyman's picture was included on the album cover, but there was never any intention for him to join the band permanently. Continuing our look at the stories behind the songs, we turn our attention to a perennial driving favourite. It was released as a single in 1977 by British punk rock/ new wave group the Tom Robinson Band, and reached No.

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Power in the Darkness reached number 4 in the UK album charts and won the band a gold record, and TRB were voted "Best New Band" and "Best London Band" for the year 1977 by listeners at the Capital Radio Music Awards. The verse lyric came from having done cheap gigs around the country with my previous band Cafe Society, and driving back through the night from places like Scarborough and Rotherham. Tom Robinson began gigging in London in 1976 with a constantly shuffling lineup of musician friends backing him and by the end of the year, he had decided to put together a permanent band.Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives? By the time our van hit the last stretch of M1 into London the motorway sun really was coming up with the morning light. A drummer for one of the most successful metal bands of the last decade, Chris talks about what it's like writing and performing with Slipknot.



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