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Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Pete Doubleday, all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1976. Pete Willis joined in 1977, departing briefly but returning full time. The band originally consisted of Doubleday (and later Willis) on guitar, Savage on bass guitar after briefly playing guitar ...
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Tony Kenning was born 11th January 1961 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He has three children from a previous marriage. He plays both the drums and piano. He is currently a member of the band Shef Leppard, a tribute band based out of Sheffield; former bands include Atomic Mass, Def Leppard, Tour de Force, Cairo and Ministers of Inspiration. He is...
In early 1977, schoolmates Kenning and Rick Savage started talking about putting together a band. They were quickly joined by guitarist Peter Doubleday and singer Nicolas Mackley and began practicing in Savage's living room. During a jam session at the local youth club, guitarist Pete Willis, together with a bass playing friend of his named Paul Ha...
In the summer of 1977, Kenning and Savage began working at British Rail as Signals and Telecoms Trainee Technicians. Once they met up again with Willis, the trio decided to start a proper band, with Savage and Willis on guitar and Kenning on drums. Savage agreed to take up the bass until the group could find a “proper” bass player (leaving Willis t...
After leaving Def Leppard, Kenning quit his job at British Rail and took a position working for British Telecom, where he met Gerry Fletcher, a talented vocalist and guitarist. In 1981, the pair recruited childhood friend of Pete Willis, Paul Hampshire, and Atomic Mass bassist, Andy Nicholas, and formed ‘Tour de Force’. Kenning found a rehearsal ro...
Shef Leppard was formed in Sheffield in 2019, as the ultimate Def Leppard tribute band. The band consists of members Tony Kenning on drums, Paul Banks on vocals, Harris Nixon and Andy Frost on guitar and Andy Scott on bass. A chance meeting between Kenning and Nixon led to the band's formation. Nixon began playing at the age of 14 and by 1983, with...
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1977-1978. Labels. None. Associated Acts. Atomic Mass, Def Leppard, Cairo, Ministers of Inspiration, Shef Leppard. Website. none. Tony Kenning was the original drummer for Def Leppard. Kenning is credit as being the one that changed the spelling of the band's name from Deaf Leopard to Def Leppard.
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This is the Official Page of British Rock Drummer Tony Kenning. Original drummer & founding member of @DefLeppard Drummer & founding member of @shefleppard Shop ‘My time with Def Leppard and ...
In 1977, Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Pete Willis were students at a secondary school in Sheffield, England; they had a band called Atomic Mass. Joe Elliott became their lead singer later that ...
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Mar 27, 2020 · A week before it was recorded at Fairview Studios in Hull, England, co-founder and drummer Tony Kenning stopped showing up at practice. He was fired, and local musician Frank Noon of The Next Band ...
