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The Valves

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Genres
  
Punk rock

Labels
  
Zoom, Albion

Active until
  
1979

Record label
  
Zoom Records

Years active
  
1977–1979

Website
  
www.thevalves.co.uk

Genre
  
Punk rock

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Origin
  
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1977)

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

  • Dee Robot (Dave Robertson) - vocals
  • Ronnie (Ronnie Mackinnon) - Guitar
  • Pada (Gordon Scott) - Bass
  • G.Dair / Teddy (Gordon Dair) - Drums

    • Singles

  • "Robot Love" / "For Adolfs Only" (Zoom - September 1977)
  • "Ain't No Surf in Portobello" / "Tarzan of the Kings Road" (Zoom - December 1977)
  • "It Don't Mean Nothing At All" / "Linda Vindaloo" (Albion - June 1979)

    • Songs

    For Adolfs' Only1977
    It Don't Mean Nothing at All1979
    Linda Vindaloo1979

    References

    The Valves Wikipedia
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