Medway groups

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Medway Groups is a term denoting bands in the Medway Towns, north Kent, England.

The best-known musician is Billy Childish who started with the band The Pop Rivets in the late 1970s. The music draws heavily on the tradition of garage/punk/rock'n roll/raw-blues-music from the 1950s and 1960s. His inspiration has led to many other bands forming, and they now have a worldwide cult following. Records have been released on Big Beat records, Media Burn and other small indie labels, as well as Childish's own Hangman records.

There has also been an accompanying, though not so well known, poetry scene, started by The Medway Poets also in the late 1970s. Childish was a member of this group. There is also a crossover into art with the Stuckists art group.

Contents 1 Bands 2 Musicians 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Bands

This list is incomplete

• The Pop Rivets
• The Milkshakes
• The Mighty Caesars
• The Delmonas
• Thee Headcoats
• Thee Headcoatees
• The Buff Medways
• The Prisoners
• The Prime Movers
• The Headcoatees
• The Delmonas
• The Pop Rivets
• Len Bright Combo
• The Masonics
• The Bristols
• Armitage shanks
• Solar Flares
• The Len Price 3
• The Long Weekend
• Second Sun
• Maker
• Quad Riot
• The Ambience

[edit] Musicians

This list is incomplete

• Billy Childish
• Bruce Brand
• Micky Hampshire
• Holly Golightly
• Ludella Black
• Wolf Howard
• Kyra De Coninck
• Lupen Crook
• Oli Burgess
• Paul Peacock
• Nato Coombs
• Brad Harmer
• Kid Harpoon
• Clayton Boothroyd

[edit] See also

• Billy Childish
• The Medway Poets
• Stuckism
• Rock 'N' Rant

[edit] External links

• Maker official site