Derbyshire musician. Jon Plumbe changed his name to Jon Kerry about 1975.
Basic Band Timeline
1970/1. HARE
Jon Plumbe: gtr/voc
Ashley Howe: organ/voc
Pete Foulkes: bass/voc
Bob Ward: drums
“Hare was based in Long Eaton and we mainly played in Nottingham , The General , Hearty Good Fellow etc. It was all covers , pop stuff to begin with , then onto The Doors , Cream , Deep Purple etc…”
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1972-74 ARKANGEL
Jon Plumbe: gtr/mellotron
Don Price: vocal/acc gtr
Neil Wright: bass
Rob Mosson: drums
“Arkangel was all original stuff before I joined Centuaris. Based in Sandiacre then Nottm.The pic is from an afternoon gig on Slab Square on a saturday afternoon. Not sure of the date , but summer 74 I think. We only have 2 polaroids of that. First outing for the Mellotron… I have a couple of rehearsal tapes that need sorting. We used to do a stonking version of Queen Bitch! Rob Mosson , the drummer , has been in countless Nottm bands”.
L-R: Rob Mosson, Neil Wright, Don Price, Jon Plumbe
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1975 CENTUARIS
Tony Berrington: Guitar, Vocals
Paul Betts: Drums
Kevin Green: Bass, Vocals
John Lord: Organ
Jon Kerry (Jon Plumbe): Arp 2600, Mellotron (changes name , not rock and roll enough!)
You can read about Centuaris here.
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1977 THE EYES
Jon Kerry: gtr/voc
Tim Rigby: vocals
Nik Smith: bass. 1
Dave Coxon: drums 1
Neil Wright: bass 2
Paul Betts: drums 2
John Lord: guest keys
“The Eyes were a punk/powerpop band , mid 77. Played Katies and the Sandpiper quite a bit”.
L-R: Tim Rigby: vocals, Nik Smith: bass
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1978 TALKIES
Jon Kerry: gtr/vocals
Andy Shread: vocals
Neil wright: bass
Paul Betts: drums
Steve Everett: bass 2
Formed in 1978 in Long Eaton.
“Would love to get in touch with Paddy Flynn sometime. We, that is myself Ken & Vic from Talkies, helped him set up Rainbow Studio and he let us have free studio time!”
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A cassette was recorded on 30th October 1978 at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge consisting of three songs and produced by The Talkies.
- Talk To Me
- It Ain’t Easy
- Kissing In The Movies
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Sandpiper gig – Wednesday 6th December 1978
1980 THE TALKIES 2 – CIVILIANS
Jon Kerry: gtr/vocals
Ken Shanks: bass vocals
Vic Jeffery: drums
A second version of The Talkies in 1980 later became known as The Civilians.
I have a separate page dedicated to The Talkies before Jon got in touch with me. I will integrate them at a later date. There is a link from that page a live gig at the Imperial.
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1981 CLIK CLIK
Jon Kerry: synth/voc
Mark: synth
?: sax
Tim Rigby: vocal 2
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1982 MEZZOFORTE
Line up in 1982
Adrian Rowe – Bass guitar, Synth (23 from Kirkby)
Dave Turner – Lead guitar, Synth, Strings (24 from Kirkby)
Paul Newberry – Drums (22 from Mansfield)
John Kerry – Keyboard, Drum computer, Sequencer, Synthesizer (27 from Uttoxeter)
Robbie Parr – Vocals, Synth (21 from Kirkby)
I have a dedicated page to Mezzoforte here with audio and video.
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1983 RADICAL DANSE
Jon Kerry: synth/gtr/vocal
Tim Rigby: Vocals
Paul: drums
Viv (Gig): backing voc
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1985 PINKORANGERED
Tim Rigby on SDSV drums.
Patrick Walsh on invisible keys. Both sadly not with us any more.
Jon Kerry guitar.
See them on youtube here.
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1989 PLANET REVERB
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1995 BINARYST@R
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1997 SUNFISH
Listen to Sunfish on bandcamp.