Many bands can boast being together for 20 or 30 years, not many however can touch one of Coventry’s original bands the Zodiacs still together after 47 incredible years! Let me take you back to 1959, Cliff Richard was beginning his career as Britain’s answer to Elvis Presley, the death of the legendary Buddy Holly’s …
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The Zodiacs
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New City Sounds
The area has a proud history of show/club bands, like Smakee, The Pat Gissane Showman and our featured group today The New City Sounds, who came to fame as two times winners of the hit TV show Opportunity Knocks! Coming together in 1969 at the old West End Club (now the HQ of Mercia FM), …
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WHEN THE AVENGERS WERE MIGHTY
Imagine you were a struggling beat band from Rugby in the early part of the sixties, then imagine being fortunate enough to become part of The legendary Rolling Stones “inner sanctum”. A future secured I hear you say: well read on… Rugby’s Mighty Avengers were indeed riding high on the crest of beat boom in …
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Pete Chambers puts forward the case for Warwickshire’s most rocking town:… Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa, the quintessential home of Regency elegance. Picture if you will, the Parade on a Sunday afternoon, chaperoned ladies sartorially dressed in their best bonnets, casting a shy glance at a passing dandy. Hold on a moment though, the dandy hath something to impart, what could it be… (wait for it)…..”LEMMY BLOOMIN’ ROCKS” that’s …
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New Millennium Sounds
Now it’s Stereo Nation and The Enemy‘s time, with many unique items from Coventry’s current hitmakers here on display.
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Into the 90’s
In the 90’s we go all Bhangra, then we celebrate Dave Willetts in Phantom of the Opera (we even have his original Phantom mask).
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The Rude Boy’s Bedroom
Many of our guests recognise this room straight away, thats because it was the same as theirs! This is a reconstruction bedroom of a typical Specials, Madness, Selecter, Beat fan circa 1981. See what you can spot, and see why it’s once of our most popular education areas of the museum.
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The 60’s Sound Booth
Remember these? Many of our guests do, here you will learn of how impresario Larry Page strived to create a “Coventry” sound to rival “Mersey Beat” and “Brum Beat”
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The 2-Tone Sound – Made in Coventry
For eighteen glorious months2-Tone Records dominated the charts, with its roster of ska infused talent with the likes of The and The Selecter from Coventry, Birmingham’s The Beat, and Madness and The Bodysnatchers from London. Their infectious rhythms, and finger-on-the-pulse lyrics, inspired not only the great record buying public, but critics and journalists alike. The …
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The 70’s & 80’s
There’s the 70’s, when Coventry ruled the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Our 80’s area celebrates Hazel O’Connor, The Primitives and of course, King.
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