Name Danny Kustow | Role Guitar player | |
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Albums TRB Two, Power in the Darkness Music group Tom Robinson Band (1976 – 1979) Similar Dolphin Taylor, Tom Robinson, Ian Parker, Charlie Morgan, Preston Heyman | ||
Danny Kustow (born early 1955) is a former English rock guitarist from the late 1970s-1980s, known for his dynamic performance style and work with the Tom Robinson Band.
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Early life
Danny Kustow grew up in Willesden, North London, the son of a physician . He met Tom Robinson at the therapeutic community established by George Lyward called Finchden Manor, where he began playing the guitar.
Career 1977-1989
Kustow commenced his professional career in 1977 as the lead guitarist with the Tom Robinson Band. Despite the band's politically radical agenda, reflected in its song-writing and activities under the influence of Robinson, Kustow's primary personal musical ambition was to be a successful rock star. After an initial number 5 hit in the charts with the single release "2-4-6-8 Motorway" in October 1977, the band recorded its debut long-player Power in the Darkness (1978). After the release of their second album, entitled TRB Two (1979) the band broke up in October 1979.
At the beginning of the 1980s Kustow played with The Spectres, and The Planets.
He subsequently worked as a guitar for hire, recording with Gen X on its long-player release Kiss Me Deadly (1981) when the band was looking for a new lead guitarist, but the slot was given to James Stevenson instead.
In the mid-1980s he worked with Tom Robinson again on songs such as "War Baby", and also performed with the band Time UK. In the late 1980s Kustow performed live with a temporarily reformed Tom Robinson Band, and played on its long-player release Winter of '89 (1992).
Equipment
Gibson Les Paul Standard Sunburst (1959 model), Marshall Top (1975 model), Marshall 4x12 speaker cabinet.