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Pretty Things in The Netherlands, c.1965. Left to Right: Brian Pendleton, John Stax, Dick Taylor, Phil May, Viv Prince. Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley 's 1955 song " Pretty Thing ", and active in their first incarnation until 1971.
May 28, 2020 · Pretty Things in April 1965 Netherlands from left to right: Brian Pendleton, John Stax, Dick Taylor, Phil May, Viv Prince. Photographer: Joop van Bilsen (ANEFO) / CC0 While I’m a huge fan of the Rolling Stones, journalist Chris Morris is right on the money when he says that The Pretty Things had “A noise that made the early Stones sound like tea-sippers.”
May 18, 2020 · The Pretty Things' Phil May on sharing girlfriends with Jimi Hendrix and living with a Rolling Stone. By Peter Makowski. ( Classic Rock ) published 18 May 2020. Late Pretty Things frontman Phil May talks John Bonham, Iggy Pop, Nancy Spungen, Judy Garland, Rudolph Nureyev and more. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Jan 5, 2021 · @finslaw and @Philip Gruber and @sharedon after reading the liner notes to the Get the Picture LP (Norton 2000), penned by Pretty Things historian Mike Stax (editor of Ugly Things magazine, the last word in '60s music), the details of Viv's bloody mug condensed: Viv Prince was beaten to a pulp in October 1965 before leaving the Pretties... according to Phil May in an interview with Stax, it ...
Jan 7, 2021 · Vivian Prince was the catalyst for their early ferocious/amphetamine driven R&B sound - check out this live clip from Holland where Viv (in his guaranteed to get your azz kicked in '65 Prince Valiant haircut) leaves his drum kit, rambles around the trash- strewn, vegetable projectile covered stage, all the while drumming on the floor/on Phil May's back (who's doing a nice Jerome Green job on ...
Apr 21, 2021 · The single was performed by 2 art school students, vocalist Phil May and guitarist Dick Taylor, who dropped out of The Rolling Stones when he was relegated to bass. The other personnel were relative newbees Brian Pendleton on rhythm guitar and John Stax on bass, as well as previous session musician (and nutcase) Vivian Prince on drums.
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Apr 26, 2021 · Drummer Viv Prince was a bit of a handful, by all accounts. The final straw with Viv came at The Twisted Wheel in Manchester. He refused to play because the pub across the road wouldn’t serve him. What he hadn’t twigged was that it was attached to the hotel he’d been in the night before, causing mayhem with The Kinks. In the end Phil said ...
