British five-piece The Long Blondes have split-up. The band posted on their official website Monday, October 20 saying the reason for the split was because guitarist Dorian Cox was unsure when he would be well enough to play guitar again. In June 2008, Cox suffered a stroke resulting in several show cancellations. The Long Blondes formed in late 2003 in Sheffield, UK and leave us with two albu...
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In a statement found on Stories In High Fidelity and their MySpace page, Dorian of The Long Blondes, announces that they are breaking up due to a stroke he suffered earlier this summer. We have decided to call it a day. The main reason for this is that I suffered from a ...
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The Long Blondes broke up after guitarist and song writer Dorian Cox decide that he was unable to keep up duties as a musician (in his myspace post, he said that he may never be able to play the guitar again…) after suffering a stroke in June of this year. They had to cancel numerous number [...] Related posts:The Long Blondes - Couples Review The Long Blondes' Someone To Drive You Home was a.
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The band split due to long-term health problems of guitarist and main lyricist Dorian Cox.
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(photo by Devon Banks) Um, and Kate Jackson is already working on her solo career? Word? Sheffield group The Long Blondes decided to call it quits yesterday, as the stroke that guitarist Dorian Cox had suffered over the summer (leading...
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The Long Blondes broke up after guitarist and song writer Dorian Cox decide that he was unable to keep up duties as a musician (in his myspace post, he said that he may never be able to play the guitar again…) after suffering a stroke in June of this year. They had to cancel numerous number [...] Related posts:The Long Blondes - Couples Review The Long Blondes' Someone To Drive You Home was a.
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I originally bought tickets for this show as it was originally advertised as the Young Knives and the Long Blondes.Now I am not sure if the Young Knives were ever supposed to play or not that night. Although I was disappointed, I like the Long Blondes enough to go ahead and see this show.Opening bands were the Sharpening Markers and the Caves. Both up and coming Portland bands. The Sharpenin...
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MOGstars 8 out of 10Emerging at the end of 2006 with debut album Someone to Drive You Home, The Long Blondes were one of the first of a slew of bands to emerge from the UK with a heavily retro-tinged sound. The record exploded with sixties styled guitar pop that combined youthful abandon with a wry and knowing sense of humour. 18 months later and things have changed a fair bit for the band – tw.
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The Long BlondesSomeone To Drive Your Home Rought Trade Six out of ten starsYou can’t listen to The Long Blondes without thinking about the past: Their edgy, hooky sound falls somewhere between punk, post punk and new wave. And their front woman is clearly enamored by the likes of Debbie Harry, Nico, Edie Sedgwick and Nancy Sinatra. Seems the British, punkish five-piece are smitten by retro/cou.
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... and there'll always be a phone to ring at three in the morningyou'll always have someone to drive you home.Neckerchief TIGHT, beret POISED. "You fill me with inertia." Ghosts of creeping Britpop. A thousand red wine stains and cigarette butts. A nervous glance over your shoulder to your teenage self, dancing always dancing. "There are wants and there are needs and they're two very different...
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Christmas songs are all rubbish, right? Wrong. Everett True has managed to find a whopping 30, and presents his findings as a handy double CD sized extravaganza right after this dotted line... - - -Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' (2007)Sparkling wit from the Chatham poet (and a killer riff): "My father walked in pissed through the ...
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Sad circumstances: Guitarist Dorian Cox had a stroke in June and notes at MySpace "unfortunately I do not know when / if I will be well enough to play guitar again." We wish him and the band the best. Here they are at the dog show , in happier times.
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A couple months ago we told you the Long Blondes called it quits after guitarist Dorian Cox had a stroke. Well, with the assistance of the SaeboFlex, a device that "helps patients by supporting their wrists and helping them grasp and release objects," he may be able to play guitar again. Read the story and a nerdy comments thread about the misuse of the word "bionic" at Slashdot .
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After Long Blondes guitarist Dorian Cox suffered a stroke in June that paralyzed the right side of his body, calling into question his future as a guitarist. Since he plays leftie, a paralyzed right hand means no fretwork. However, Cox...
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MOGstars 8 out of 10Emerging at the end of 2006 with debut album Someone to Drive You Home, The Long Blondes were one of the first of a slew of bands to emerge from the UK with a heavily retro-tinged sound. The record exploded with sixties styled guitar pop that combined youthful abandon with a wry and knowing sense of humour. 18 months later and things have changed a fair bit for the band – tw.
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