The Rumor
The Rumor
Genres: new wave, london, UK, british, england
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About The Rumor
There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) an English pub rock / new wave band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s that was also the backing band for Graham Parker whose early records were credited as Graham Parker & The Rumour; 2) a New Zealand pop/rock music band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. 1) The Rumour was an English pub rock / new wave band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s that was also the backing band for Graham Parker whose early records were credited as Graham Parker & The Rumour. Consisting of pub rock veterans, the band issued three albums. They played an eclectic mix of rock, swing, country, reggae, new wave, power pop, and what used to be called R&B. They were also one of the house bands at Stiff Records, appearing on recordings by artists such as Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, and Nick Lowe. The band members were Bob Andrews, Martin Belmont, Andrew Bodnar, Stephen Goulding and Brinsley Schwarz. They sounded like they did with Graham Parker but with less edginess. The style was like Brinsley Schwarz and Ducks Deluxe, which isn't surprising as some of the members were in these bands too. Their first album was 1977's Max (a pun on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours) which contained self-penned songs, as well as songs written by friends such as Nick Lowe and Sean Tyla. In 1979 they released their second album, Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts, experimenting with new wave sounds. Their final album was Purity of Essence. None of these sold particularly well, and the band disbanded in 1980. All of the former members of the Rumour worked fairly frequently as session musicians in the years following the band's demise. 2) The Rumour was a New Zealand pop/rock music band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in 1966 and featuring twin brothers Shade and Gerard Smith, plus Jacques Koolen and Ross Hindman, they went on to achieve success in the NZ pop scene with chart-topping hits "L'amour Est L'enfant de la Liberte", No 1 on the New Zealand charts for four weeks and "Holy Morning". The band was at various times a duo, a trio, quartet and quintet. Subsequently, the original Rumour members, together with Barry Rushton and Judy Hindman (née Donaldson) (The Chicks), got together in 1987 to perform as a 60s and 70s rock and roll band and have been performing ever since as The Rumour. In 2009 a compilation CD entitled "The Rumour Collection" was released.
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