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The Idle Race
British rock band (1959–1972)
The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham who in the late 1960s and early 1970s had a cult following but never enjoyed mass commercial success. In addition to being the springboard for Jeff Lynne, the band holds a place of significance in British Midlands' pop-rock history as a link between the Move, Electric Light Orchestra, the Steve Gibbons Band and Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders.
The group has been retrospectively described as freakbeat.
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The Idle Race
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- a band
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- Birmingham
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- 1972
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File card: The Idle Race
members: Jeff Lynne, Bob Lamb, Steve Gibbons, Dave Pritchard, Bob Wilson, Dave Walker, Mike Hopkins, Roger Spencer
formed in: Birmingham
labels: Liberty Records
genres: psychedelic rock
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English band from Birmingham, UK, active 1966-1972, most notable for featuring before the formation of . The Idle Race was formed from the remaining members of after left the group, they released just one single under the name before changing to The Idle Race. After the 1st album was warmly received but failed to chart, and the 2nd album flopped, Lynne left the band to join in January 1970. He was replaced by vocalist Dave Walker and guitarist Mike Hopkins and that line-up recorded the 3rd album in 1970. More personnel changes followed and when the band finally broke up early in 1972, the final lineup became the founding lineup of the ...
Also known as: I. Race, Idle Race
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