Reply With QuoteGreat guitaristOriginally Posted by Mr Soul '68
Saw him with UFO at the top rank after the original gig at Sophia gardens was cancelled because the roof fell in
I was only a nipper , it was a great gig
Interesting reason why he was nicknamed tonka
| + Visit Cardiff FC for Latest News, Transfer Gossip, Fixtures and Match Results |
Legendary South Wales guitarist Paul Tonka Chapman has sadly passed away yesterday, on his 66th birthday. No age at all in this day and age.
Saw him first with local legends Kimla Taz when I was still at school. Then with the legendary (and should have been huge) Lone Star. After that wth UFO several times. A mighty fine and very under-rated guitarist was 'Tonka'.
Great guitarist
Saw him with UFO at the top rank after the original gig at Sophia gardens was cancelled because the roof fell in
I was only a nipper , it was a great gig
Interesting reason why he was nicknamed tonka
Yes, I was at that Top Rank gig. February '82 if my memory serves me well?
I think he was called 'Tonka' because he was indestructible?
He was called tonka because he had a huge love gun
He was one of the few rock guitarists of his era to use box amps instead of Marshall stacks
happy to say that i saw lone star...sad to see his passing.
googled box amps and i'm none the wiser!!!
crate amps ?
Typo
Vox amps
Yes I was at the delayed gig at the top rank.R.I.P.
Trivia question
What band supported UFO that night?
The guitarist went on to join def leppard
RIP Tonka great guitarist, he was a massive fan of BC Rich guitars too. Sleep tight
Apparently when micheal schenker left UFO the band went downhill but some of their best stuff was with chapman on guitar
Making Contact was excellent
MSG was a decent album imo...but tonka in lone star what a band that could have been.
I liked MSG when they had graham bonnet on vocals
But schenker was a moody git and went back to Gary barden
Saw em at st David's hall , they were dreadful
https://youtu.be/JwXXWjdxbu4 the tour i saw
You can see why UFO picked him up
Defo
Second album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker of queen fame....giving them that fat bass and drum sound.
great memories
Talking of bassists Pete way from UFO was good
Andy parker was a great drummer as well
Pete way rings a bell ... the drummer not so much.
i think i departed at this time for things likejudas priest and rush
Love priest
Rush were great up to moving pictures then they went all keyboardy and technical
Farewell to kings , caress of steel , hemispheres , permanent waves and moving pictures were my favourites
I saw them several times and have their albums (one of them being a press copy) - and I was surprised that they didn't make it big.
I thought that the lyrics of 'The Bells of Berlin' seemed fanciful tosh at the time but how wrong was I!
Sadly, punk 'killed' Lone Star. Unfortunately for them they came out at the wrong time, their debut album being released in 1976, when the UK music press was slavishly groveling to all things punk. Had they formed and released their debut album two or three years earlier I am sure they would have been huge.
Good point. A photograph of a £5 note is winging its way to you....
The band who supported UFO at the top rank at the rescheduled gig after Sophia gardens roof collapsed were Girlschool , a second rate glam type sleazy outfit with phil Collen from def leppard on guitars
Posting Permissions