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Gipsy Records. Website. tomevans .info. Thomas Evans (5 June 1947 – 19 November 1983) was an English musician. He is best known for his work as the bassist of the band Badfinger. Evans sang lead vocals on " Come and Get It ," the band's breakthrough hit.
Oct 1, 2020 · In the early hours of April 24, 1975, 27-year-old Pete Ham hanged himself in his garage recording studio. Later that morning, his body was cut down by his bandmate Tom Evans. Just a few years earlier, as members of the British quartet Badfinger, Ham and Evans shared what looked like an unimaginably promising future.
Mike Gibbins. Bob Jackson. Website. badfingersite .com. Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre.
- 1961–1975, 1978–1984
- Swansea, Wales
Apr 24, 2017 · Badfinger started life as The Iveys, performing locally in clubs in Wales. Ironically it was the two ‘non-permanent’ members, Ronnie Griffiths and David ‘Dai’ Jenkins, who attracted the most female attention. Some thought the two were brothers. Drummer Micky Gibbins and guitarist Pete Ham were also both Swansea lads.
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Jan 2, 2015 · January 2, 2015. Management, Music, and Misery: Badfinger Signs Their Life Away. Perhaps nowhere in the history of rock has a band been so close to grasping the brass ring of success and crashed back to earth in such tragic disarray. The story of Badfinger is one of wide-eyed innocence being burned by the ugliest manifestations of evil, that of ...
Apr 27, 2013 · Badfinger fell apart, and an attempt to reform four years later failed. Two of the original line-up, Joey Molland and Tom Evans set up rival Badfinger bands. Evans, Ham’s writing partner ...
Oct 21, 2020 · Eight years later, in an eerily similar and no less tragic manner, Evans also hanged himself following a dispute about unpaid royalties. “People say things like ‘the saddest story in rock,’ and I guess they always will,” says Molland, who at 72 continues to tour with a band he calls Joey Molland’s Badfinger.
