Cowboys International

Cowboys International was the band of the English singer Ken Lockie that existed from 1979 to 1980.

Band History

Ken Lockie came during the beginning of the punk movement from Newcastle to London. In early 1979 he founded his own band Cowboys International and got through the mediation of his friend Keith Levene a record deal with the major label Virgin Records. A first single Aftermath was released on 20 March 1979, in April and May, followed by a UK tour supporting penetration. A second single was released in June Doing Nothing.

In the summer of 1979 the band went to London Advision Studios to record their debut album The Original Sin. The friendly band Public Image Ltd.. borrowed from their Prophet-5 synthesizer, and Keith Levene guested on a song on lead guitar. Presumably during these sessions worked Lockie and Levene to an instrumental piece that landed in revised form later under the title Radio 4 on the Public Image Ltd LP - Metal Box. The Original Sin was released together with the single Thrash in October 1979 and received good reviews in the music press. In the " Album of the Year 1979 ", the readers of the music magazine Melody Maker album ranked 11th

From October to November 1979 International Cowboys went on the UK tour, but after the band fell apart. Terry Chimes rose in January 1980 in Generation X, James Hughes joined Ian Broudies band The original mirrors.

Ken Lockie put a new band with former Ultravox guitarist Steve Shears, former Magazine drummer Paul Simon and the session bassist Lee Robinson (mainly Boney M. ) together. A final single Today, Today was released on 6 February 1980 on the Lockie said later: " In the last single Virgin has rejected my first mix. Then I have pissed as I was, made ​​this completely insane second version, with violin and rattling timbales, and they have then taken. Really crazy. "

In May 1980, followed by a short tour in Germany and the Netherlands, helped out at the Brian Brain bassist Pete Jones. Then Ken Lockie dissolved the band to continue working as a solo artist.

Later solo activities

Ken Lockie took in winter 1980/81 at London's Townhouse Studios on his solo album, The Impossible, which was released in May 1981. Had Jim Kerr of Simple Minds made ​​a guest appearance as well as Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist John McGeoch. Ken Lockie in turn contributed in April 1981 choral singing to Simple Minds album Sons And Fascination.

In August 1981, Lockie was in the Britannia Row Studios in London, where he contributed a song (Fields ) of The Skids album Joy cello and backing vocals. The track was released in the same month as a single, the album followed in November 1981.

In the fall of 1981 Lockie moved with his fellow band Public Image Ltd.. to New York and lived there for a time with John Lydon. Public Image Ltd. announced in January 1982. the music press that Lockie was playing the keyboards become a member of the band in September 1982 but he left the band already.

Lockie moved his activities as a producer in the dance and hip-hop area and worked in 1984 at the successful Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight Single and 1985 ( the Unique Recording Studios in New York) at Death Comet Crew Single At The Marble Bar after he left the music industry and moved to Atlanta. In 2003 he founded his own record label Pnuma Records and released almost the entire Cowboys International material on the CD Revisited. 2004 was followed by a solo album under the name Cowboys International, which he recorded with fellow guest musicians and family members. On February 11, 2005, there was a single performance under the name Cowboys International in Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery in Atlanta.

Discography

Albums

  • The Original Sin (Virgin Records, 5 October 1979)
  • The Impossible (Virgin Records May 1981. Ken Lockie solo album )
  • Revisited ( Pnuma Records, April 2003 )
  • The Backwards Life of Romeo ( Pnuma Records, August 2004 )

Singles

  • Aftermath / Future Noise ( Virgin Records, March 1979)
  • Doing Nothing / Millions ( Virgin Records, June 1979 )
  • Many Times ( Flexi Single Supplement for Single Doing Nothing, Virgin Records, June 1979 )
  • Thrash / Many Times (Revised ) ( Virgin Records, October 1979)
  • Today, Today / fixation ( Virgin Records, in February 1980 )
  • Today / Train Of Events ( Virgin Records February 1981. Ken Lockie solo single )
  • Dance House / Tenderness Of Fools (Virgin Records May 1981. Ken Lockie solo single )
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