Haircut 100 were a New Wave band, formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward, whose most successful single was "Love Plus One". The group broke up in 1984, but then briefly reunited in 2004.
The band was originally formed by pin-up Heyward (guitar, vocals), Les Nemes (bass), Tim Jenkins (guitar) and Rob Stroud (drums). Jenkins left quite early on when the band was unsigned. He was later followed by Stroud who joined the punk band The Sex Gang Children. Graha...
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Haircut 100 were a New Wave band, formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward, whose most successful single was "Love Plus One". The group broke up in 1984, but then briefly reunited in 2004.
The band was originally formed by pin-up Heyward (guitar, vocals), Les Nemes (bass), Tim Jenkins (guitar) and Rob Stroud (drums). Jenkins left quite early on when the band was unsigned. He was later followed by Stroud who joined the punk band The Sex Gang Children. Graham Jones left The Low Numbers to join the band, which at the time was named 'Moving England'. Stroud was replaced by Patrick Hunt on drums who played on their first single, "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)". Hunt was fired and replaced by the American Blair Cunningham. Cunningham replaced the drum track on the album version of "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)", although the single had the original drums played by Hunt. During their early gigs, Phil Smith and Mark Fox were drafted to play saxophone and percussion respectively. Originally...
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