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Peter Ham a Townhill boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Surely the band should have been called Badfingers given the Townhill connection?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
Badthievingsixfingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
I remember you when you used be funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
Ouch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
Pete and another member of the band committed suicide I believe.
My brother in law reckons he was friends with him way back then.
The beatles signed them to apple records then apple records got bought out or sold that's how Neilson ended up singing I can't live.
Don't think Pete and the other band member ever got over being so near to fame and fortune.
They reached fame and Stan Polley left them penniless.Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
Great voice on him. Didn’t realise it was such a sad story for them, it deserves a documentary on what happened there I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
They influenced many including our very own SFA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Z4JYVKvesQuote:
Originally Posted by goats
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Just Googled Stan Polley, what a f*cking twat of a man, had he been around today no doubt he’d be dipping his toe in Premier League football. Tragic tale re. Badfinger, could and should have been one of the greats, marvellous that this thread is bringing them to the attention of some younger posters who aren’t aware of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
The royalties from the song Without You would have made them a fortune.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Timeless classicQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
One of the saddest stories of greed basically killing two people.I thought they were amazing but i wonder how big they could have become.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
Yeah looks a pretty crass attempt at humour when you see the subsequent explanation of their sad history. ApologiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
Bloody hell Cyril i was trying to be funny.:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
I remember you when you weren't funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxim
They were a class act who should have had far more recognition than they did. Day After Day is a superb song as is No Matter What. Didn't realise till a few years after Nilsson had a huge hit with it that Without You was written by the Badfinger lads. Loved their music.
Thats what I meantQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxim