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    Vivian Martin Prince (born 9 August 1941) is an English drummer. He played in a variety of bands during the 1960s, including Pretty Things . He was noted for his wild and eccentric behaviour, which garnered a lot of publicity for the group and influenced Keith Moon .

  2. Feb 10, 2024 · Viv Prince, stoked by amphetamines, jumps out from behind his kit and begins rattling his drumsticks on the stage floor. Then he sidles over to May, by now wailing on his knees, and uses the singer’s spine as percussion.

  3. Forming a partnership with songwriter Jimmy Duncan, he got the Pretty Things a recording contract with Fontana Records in early 1964. At this point, Viv Andrews was replaced by Viv Prince, a more experienced drummer who had played with Carter-Lewis and the Southerners. 1964–1966: Early career Pretty Things in 1965

  4. Viv Prince drummer legend of the 1960s. View gallery. THE news that former Kinks and early Rolling Stones drummer Mick Avory, is set to appear in Loughborough sparked off recollections of the...

  5. Apr 26, 2021 · Drummer Viv Prince was a bit of a handful, by all accounts. The final straw with Viv came at The Twisted Wheel in Manchester. He refused to play because the pub across the road wouldn’t serve him. What he hadn’t twigged was that it was attached to the hotel he’d been in the night before, causing mayhem with The Kinks. In the end Phil said ...

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  7. Jan 19, 2011 · As the drummer for the Pretty Things, Viv Prince was one of British rock's first wildmen, playing with an uninhibited drumming style which influenced the you...

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  8. Dec 19, 2013 · Viv Prince, the out-of-control drummer, was probably rather ill-directed and incoherent in his public behaviour (I recall the moment when he ran around the stage of the Opera House in New Plymouth, waving a flaming newspaper) but he did set the template for other out-of-control drummers (Keith Moon of The Who, for example), and arguably paved ...

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