Edward Tudor-Pole
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Edward Tudor-Pole (born December 6, 1955 in London) is a British musician, singer and actor.
He formed the band Tenpole Tudor in 1974, and eventually came to prominence after appearing in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle as a possible replacement for Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols. He sang "Who Killed Bambi?", "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" and a cover version of "Rock Around The Clock" in the film and on the soundtrack.
Tenpole Tudor returned in 1980, signing to Stiff Records and releasing two successful albums. They had three hit singles, one of them UK Top 10 hit "Swords Of A Thousand Men". Tudor-Pole later returned to acting.
Probably best known for being the presenter on The Crystal Maze and appearing on Top of the Pops, Tudor-Pole has appeared in numerous films and plays, including The Rocky Horror Show, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Drowning By Numbers, White Hunter, Black Heart with Clint Eastwood and several films by Alex Cox including Sid and Nancy and Straight to Hell. Most recently he has seen in Quills alongside Geoffrey Rush and Kate Winslet, and in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Spike Milligan.
His live acoustic shows tend to attract both aging punks and new fans attracted by his TV and film roles, and exhibit a mix of punk rock, country-western and pure rock 'n' roll. Each of his tunes pays tribute to a variety of stars. Standard punk anthems stand side by side with influences as diverse as Status Quo, Freddie Mercury, Tammy Wynette and Shakin' Stevens.
Tudor-Pole was educated at, and expelled from, King Edward's School, Witley, in Surrey UK (three hours before he was due to leave the school anyway)[citation needed]. However in 1981 he made a hero's return at an old-boys day shortly after the roaring success of his single "Swords of a Thousand Men". King Edward’s School was founded in 1553 in part by King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII. Tudor-Pole is himself a descendant of Henry VIII.
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| Sex Pistols |
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| John Lydon | Steve Jones | Glen Matlock | Paul Cook | Sid Vicious |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977 |
| Live and compilation releases: Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols, 1979 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, 1980 | Flogging a Dead Horse, 1980 |
| Related articles |
| Public Image Ltd. | Malcolm McLaren | Jamie Reid | Ronnie Biggs | Edward Tudor-Pole | The Professionals | The Filth and the Fury | Punk rock |
