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Simon Crowe
geboren am 14.4.1955 in Dublin, Irland
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Simon Crowe (born April 14, 1952, Dublin, Ireland) is one of the current drummers for the Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats.[1]
The original name of the Boomtown Rats was the "Nightlife Thugs".[2] The name Boomtown Rats was taken from a novel entitled Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie.
The Boomtown Rats had eighteen hit singles in the UK, including "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Crowe has also been part of The Velcro Flies[3] (with ex-Boomtown Rat Garry Roberts) and Gung~Ho (with ex-Boomtown Rat Johnny Fingers).
The Boomtown Rats presently features Garry Roberts on guitar and Simon Crowe on drums, with the addition of Peter Barton on bass, and Darren Beale on lead guitar.
References
- Webster, Nick, Live Lounge hosts Boomtown rat founders Garry Roberts and Simon Crowe, 16 Jan 2009. URL accessed on 9 September 2010.
- Buckley, Peter (2003). The rough guide to rock, Rough Guides. URL accessed 9 September 2010.
- Amanda Doherty, Where did our eighties pop idols get to?; Sunday News tracks down the stars who just 'disappeared'., November 22, 1998. URL accessed on 9 September 2010.
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