Active until 1979 Record label Zoom Records | Years active 1977–1979 Website www.thevalves.co.uk Genre Punk rock | |
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Members Ronnie MacKinnon, Gordon Dair, Dave Robertson, Gordon Scott Similar The Cortinas, Some Chicken, The Jolt, Venus and the Razorblades, The Art Attacks | ||
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The Valves were one of the early punk groups from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band, chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave, featured Dave Robertson as Dee Robot on vocals, G. Dair / Teddy Dair aka Gordon Dair on drums, Gordon Scott or Pada on bass guitar and Ronnie Mackinnon on guitar.
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The Valves released three singles and then broke up in 1979.They reformed for a one-off gig in Edinburgh 21st December 2014. In 2015 Ronnie, Pada and Gordon joined up with Joe Donkin of The Cheetahs and are currently going out as The Valves doing Valves, Cheetahs and new material. Dave/Dee now lives in Belgium
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Members
Singles
Songs
For Adolfs' Only1977
It Don't Mean Nothing at All1979
Linda Vindaloo1979
References
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