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Duncan Reid Solo Show Live At 12 Bar Club London
He came on the 12 Bar Club stage in London for this amazing solo show. The audience were mesmerized with the harmonic performance and grace he showed on the stage. Soaring vocals matched by more than adept guitar strumming. Duncan Reid showed off his amazing vocals as well as great control of the guitar.
Who is Duncan Reid?
Duncan Reid is one of those people you may never have heard of but as singer and bass player of Joey Ramone’s favorite band, The Boys, Duncan rode on the crest of a wave during punk’s original late-1970s heyday as part of a wider collective of friends and peers that included Sex Pistols, The Clash, Generation X and a host of other power-chord pioneers.
Born in a small, English, cathedral town, Duncan Reid’s early dream was to be the next George Best but one thing standing in his way was a complete lack of football talent. Then he discovered a vintage bass guitar in his father’s cupboard, Duncan headed to London in his teenage years to land smack bang at the birth of the 70s punk explosion.
Duncan’s future fellow band member, Matt Dangerfield, had a basic 4 track studio in the coal cellar of his Maida Vale apartment. It was at this flat that members of The Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned, Generation X and others took their first recording steps along the path which would change Rock n Roll forever. One of the bands which coalesced out of this youthful melee was The Boys, the band which recruited Duncan Reid as bass player and singer.
The Boys became known as “the Beatles of Punk“, a title given to them due to their, at that time, unique fusion of harmonies and pop sensibility with raw punk. By the time The Boys had recorded 4 albums and toured extensively throughout Europe and the US, their influence had spread far and wide to groups like Green Day and Die Toten Hosen, as well as being quoted by the likes of Joey Ramone as his favorite group.
During a tour with The Ramones Duncan, together with fellow Boys member Casino Steel, provided backing vocals for the live version of their hit, “Baby I Love You.” Duncan became one of only 2 people in history to play with The Ramones while not themselves being called Ramone.
The Boys also recorded periodically as The Yobs creating a whole genre of comedy punk with their versions of The Worm Song and Christmas Carols, a genre much copied since. 18 years after they first split The Boys were persuaded to reform for 2 gigs in Tokyo. Pressure for new gigs had come from a new generation discovering their music for the first time.
Where is Duncan Reid today
For years The Boys played worldwide, headlining in front of audiences in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Norway, Sweden, Japan, United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and elsewhere.
After a further recording with other Boys members under the name “The Mattless Boys“, and writing songs for other bands such as The Cute Lepers, Duncan finally released his first solo album in 2012 – Little Big Head – bringing a unique angle to the pop punk genre, and taking it into new realms of melodic sweetness.
In September 2014 Duncan Reid released his second album, The Difficult Second Album, this time under the name Duncan Reid and the Big Heads.
Duncan Reid Video Stats Oct 26, 1999:
Date of Recording:
Video: NTSC
Audio:Stereo
Time: 40 min
Digital File Size: 425Meg
Taster Video From Duncan Reids’s solo show:
Courtesy Lost Concerts
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