Bob Andrews

nato il 17.6.1959 a London, England, Gran Bretagna

Alias Bob Derwood Andrews
Derwood
Robert Ian Andrews

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Bob Andrews (guitarist)

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Bob Andrews (guitarist)

Bob "Derwood" Andrews (born Robert Ian Andrews; 17 June 1959, Fulham, London)[1][2] is an English guitarist, and former member of the punk rock band, Generation X.

His guitar playing in the English punk band Generation X is at par with some of the guitar greats of all time. At the age of 17, he was one of the few guitarists in punk that would wail his Strat solos over the frantic music that Generation X and the movement was known for.

Empire

Before Billy Idol left Gen X for fame and fortune in the States, Derwood and drummer Mark Laff quit to form the cult band Empire along with bassist Simon Bernal. At the age of 21, Derwood was writing and singing along with honing his skills on guitar. Empire was short lived, only releasing one album Expensive Sound and one single, Hot Seat. The trio undertook four gigs, before Bernal left. After many replacements and more gigs, they then morphed into New Empire with Babel Wallace taking over on vocals, Mike Gregovich on bass and Crispin Taylor as drummer. This outfit released only a white label 12 inch, but toured in UK a lot (supporting artists like John Miles and Roman Holliday) and later in Spain, where the band enjoyed an unexpected degree of success. New Empire disbanded in early 1984.

Today they are regarded as the grandfathers of emo and one of the most influential post-punk bands.

Westworld and Moondogg

After some time, in 1986 Derwood had moved on to his next incarnation as leader and guitarist in the British "beatbox rock'n'roll" band Westworld. Having finally found the perfect singer in Elizabeth Westwood, they achieved many hits throughout Europe and released three albums. Always pushing the boundaries of music genres, Derwood kept Elizabeth as singer and moved on to form the very eclectic band Moondogg along with UK sound artist Martin Lee Stephenson in 1994.

Speedtwinn

In 1998 Andrews and former Twenty Flight Rockers vocalist Gary Twinn formed Speedtwinn along with Mario Barmosca and Dale Daniel. They released an album in 2003, California, right after Andrews had left the band.

Reunions

1993 saw a Generation X reunion for one night only at the Astoria Theatre in London, during Billy Idol's No Religion Tour in support of the album Cyberpunk. In 2006, Andrews and Laff re-recorded Hot Seat as Empire. In 2011 Andrews reformed Empire again with vocalist Babel Wallace and drummer Jerry Judd for the recording of a song called Bed Head, soon to be appearing on the upcoming Babel Wallace solo compilation Good Things Can Happen.

Other works

In 1980, before forming Empire, Andrews and Mark Laff recorded on the first Jimmy Pursey solo record, Imagination Camouflage.

Andrews has played guitar for many people including a long stint with one of his heroes, Swamp Dogg.

Tone Poet is his latest CD and only solo album. It features his trademark guitar style along with songs from all traveled paths, even some punk banjo picking. He has just completed an autobiography on the life of a rock'n'roll musician titled Loud Guitarist.

Andrews' song catalogue has been covered by diverse artists such as U.S. Bombs and L.A. Guns.

Discography

Studio albums

Generation X

  • 1978  Generation X UK No. 29
  • 1979  Valley of the Dolls UK No. 51
  • 1979  Sweet Revenge (unreleased until 1998, reissued in 2003 as second disc for the Generation X box-set).

Empire

  • 1981  Expensive Sound (Dinosaur Discs; American reissue in 1986 by Highway 61 Records).
  • 2003  Expensive Sound (Poorly Packaged Products Records, also featuring 7 previously unreleased songs and 4 live cuts).
  • 2009/2012  Volume II  Expansive Sound (Poorly Packaged Products Records; the never issued before New Empire tracks, plus covers and live cuts from 198384).
  • 2012  Babel Wallace solo compilation Good Things Can Happen (Poorly Packaged Products Records; featuring 3 New Empire tracks and the reunion song "Bed Head").

Westworld

  • 1987  Where the Action Is UK No. 49
  • 1987  Rockulator (US release of Where The Action Is with different track listing and artwork and some new mixes).
  • 1988  Beatbox Rock 'N' Roll (not released in the UK).
  • 1991  Movers and Shakers (not released in the UK).
  • 1997  Beatbox Rock 'N' Roll (Compilation album, not to be confused with the same-titled second album).

Moondogg

  • 1996  Fat Lot Of Good
  • 2001  God's Wallop
  • 2004  All The Love In The World

Speedtwinn

  • 2003  California

Solo records

  • 2007  Tone Poet
  • 2010  Cover Yer Arse (cover compilation)

References

  1. Biodata at weheartthis.com
  2. International Who's Who in Popular Music 2006, p. 14. Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2006 (ISBN 185743367X; ISBN 978-1-85743-367-8)

External links

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