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Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down

Heaven and Hell, Death and Birth

About Me

First Band the new beatles then various punk bands before joining alternative TV in 1976, Played Bass on the first 3 ATV Singles. Left to play guitar and join the convent nuns and various other bands like the baby trio, image wot image before taking a break due to poor health. Session work with the 3 KP Sound .Re emmerges with ATV as the guitarist on 1998's revolution album more time off due to a broken arm and played CBGB's punk anniversary in 2001 with Tony Barber of the Buzzcocks on bass(top man and great times). And a short stint in a band called 'Loom' with Ashleigh Marsh and Charles Hayward drummer of This Heat. In 2006 with 5new songs on a 4trck demo recorded mixed and produced by Elwell (keyboardist/guitarist with Bert Shaft Orchestra and the legendary Brain of Morbius) started gigging with percussionist/drummer Sheila Stocking and guitarist/bassman Colin Maloney doing short acoustic sets. Sheila joined the excellent ParaFernalia(see below), meanwhile Colin and myself were head hunted by the talented Fiddle Player Barry Targett. After doing some open spots as a 3piece Arnold Lane of 'Bucket' offered us his services on drums and despite my vow never to be in a full blown band again here we were. Gigs have come thick and fast with some ace shows including one at the Union Chapel for Core Arts which was videoed by our good friend Pete Smith(Bulbous Cabbages) and edited and put up on You Tube by Dave Eyre of VJFlickering Lights fame...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIPTFx_vks ...Shortly after this show Barry sadly choose to pursue his own desire to front his own band. Thanks for some great shows and good luck for the future.....Meanwhile we continue with some very special guests offering to help out with our near future shows....so watch this space.....
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: youtube.com/watch?v=iQIPTFx_vks
Band Members: All words and music by tyrone except Steve Elwell on keyboards and Tim Can on theramin. Current live shows with the 'Olympic Clampdown' featuring Colin Maloney guitar and Sheila Stocking percussion plus guests Tim Can and Elwell
Influences: Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Buzzcocks, Clash, Patti Smith,The Ramones,Televison, The Who, Memphis Minnie, Magazine, Wire, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Doctor Alimantado, Siouxs and the banshees Keith Hudson, Johnny Cash, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Dr. Feelgood/Wilco Johnson, The Seeds, Throbbing Gristle, Kate Bush, John Cale, Nico and The Velvets, The Normals, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, The Slits, The Fall, Sex Pistols, Brain Of Morbius, Devo, The Kinks, , Virgin Prunes, Psyhic TV, Can, Otis Redding, Lenny Kaye, Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Peel and Captain Beefheart, The Residents, This Heat, Kevin Ayers, The Pirates, Motorhead, Suicide, Add N to (x) and The Damned (first album).Gertrude, Brain of Morbius, The Man Band, The Dead Boys(Sonic Reducer), Five Go Down to Sea/Beethoven...Iggy and the Stooges(big time) ooh did I forget The Doors...... I must bweird section , The Smiths, fave guitar part 'Fall of Saigon' Charles Bullen of This Heat......Karl Blake lots of bands, Danielle Dax solo and with various bands ........and Alex Ferguson on PTV's Unclean and me ....... Mr. Bowie and Mick Ronson...Jazz on a sunday hangover, Horace Andy, Gram Parson and his mates the Stoned ones.early yrs congrats on playing forever.......don't let them tell you nobody wants to dance forever.....Actic Monkeys....Life on Mars Tellyvision drama...T.rex and Slade.....Roy Wood.....definitly not ELP ever......The Ramones, and how could I forget South London's finest 'The Only Ones'
Sounds Like: Nothing on this particular planet....ho ho ho....except Santa on reindeer piss maybe ......my friend 3Key Bob says a bit like Dave Mason meets Patti Smith.....I'm still working that one out
Record Label: Ripped and Torn Records(sic)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this event: Voices of Experience

Hosted By: Ingrid Andrews presents Olympic Clamp Down When: 18 Oct 2007, 20:29Where: Railway Tavern Tulse Hill...next to Tulse Hill train stationLONDON, SE27United KingdomDescription:Tyrone Thomas ...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:54:00 PST

Check Out the new old

Thought it was time for a new blog.......mainly to bring to everyone's attention all the lovely vids which have been placed on You Tube....they are from our Union Chapel gig for the good folk at ...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:12:00 PST

As promised some ugly blokes

Hey had a great gig with Gertrude on the weekend...thanks to all who got there.....The venue (Grosvenor, Sidney Rd) was well cool and I can see it becoming the  place to play southside in th...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:45:00 PST

Changing friends again and again and again........

Thanks to all who came and supported us at the Klinka Club 30/3/06 gig in Nunhead, Peckham,  extra thanks to our friends from France and Holland who made special efforts to get there......Our nex...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:35:00 PST

Top Tip for Flash Music Player

When you are on the page and want to hear the music and carry on surfing click on the standalone icon in the corner of the flash player.and it will stay on your desktop while online or until swit...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:05:00 PST

Another lost blog......'Life on Mars' TV drama

Just been watching Life on Mars ...a tv cop drama and it's great....it's about a cop who has a car accident in 2006 goes into a coma and wakes up in 1973/74.......I think i did the opposite post punk ...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:44:00 PST

I found one of the missing entries

I had posted this as a comment on my previous blog entry... instead of just adding to blog so in the wrong order is :- Finnally cracked it with the help of my friend Bob got music up and images ...
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:32:00 PST

Keep losing me blog

Another day and I still can't find my previous entries must be clicking something wrong .........but enjoying the myspace world and constantly thinking of new things to add then forgetting them..........
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:25:00 PST

I don't know wot im doing

Hi Im not sure wot a blog is and I don't seem to be able to upload any music .........can anybody help me?
Posted by Tyrone Thomas and Olympic Clamp Down on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:03:00 PST