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History Formation and early years: 1991–1996. Tjinder Singh formed General Havoc whilst a student at Lancashire Polytechnic in Preston, in 1987. He relocated to Leicester, where his brother and sister lived, and formed Cornershop in 1991 along with his brother Avtar, and Chambers and Ayres, while working as a barman at Leicester's Magazine pub, also a popular local music venue.
- Tjinder Singh, Ben Ayres, Nick Simms, Peter Bengry, Adam Blake, Pete Downing, James Milne
- Leicester, England
- 1991–present
Mar 9, 2021 · Joe Taysom @josephtaysom. Tue 9 March 2021 19:00, UK. In 1991, Cornershop performed for the first time when they took to the stage at O’Jays in Leicester and, although frontman Tjinder Singh tells me that they formally started in 1992, 2021 still marks 30-years since that special moment. Together, as a group, Cornershop began a journey that ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Tjinder Singh, Cornershop. Bhujhangy Group (Leicester) Bhujhangy Group: Gidhe Wich Nach Baliye – video. For me, there was only one group that was worth recording consistently, hence lugging ...
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Jul 24, 2009 · Tjinder Singh. @TjinderSingh. ·. Jan 25. We are very glad that this mistreated underfed vinyl has finally finished its days as the littlest hobo and is free to be warm and roam locally with all the love it needs to get itself and others through life and all of lives testing times - good work Perry. Quote Tweet.
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Oct 3, 2023 · Puja Nandi speaks with Tjinder Singh of the influential British band Cornershop who formed in the 90s. This interview is part of WEIRDO’s ‘ We Are The Weirdos, Aunty-ji ’ series. Cornershop is a hugely influential band for South Asians in British music, and I had the pleasure of interviewing frontman Tjinder Singh.
Apr 4, 2022 · Cornershop was formed in 1991 by Tjinder Singh (who’s family migrated to the UK from Northern India in the mid 60s) and Ben Ayres, along with Singh’s brother Avtar and drummer David Chambers.
Mar 29, 2020 · Tjinder Singh. Renowned sleeve artist and illustrator Nick Edwards (4AD, XL) went partying with Tjinder’s quirky lyrics & together they have created a wonderful world of mountains, spacecraft, dragons, Kurt Vonnegut…needless to say this is not your everyday journey.
