Steve Wilkin (guitarist)
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Steve Wilkin is a British guitarist who took part of the punk
and new wave
, now member of Vmat2
, along Stuart Thorneycroft.
In the early 1970s he formed Wired. In 1976 he founded Masterwitch, a punk band, which released an only single in 1978, called Action Replay. In September of that year, he joined Neo
, fronted by American punk pioneer Ian North
, replacing Steve Byrd
(of Gillan
), but the band split up shortly afterwards. He later played with The Profile
, Random Hold
, Rikki Sylvan, Nadia Kapiche, Soundtrack
, It's Again and The Little Doctors
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
, now member of Vmat2
VMAT2
The vesicular monoamine transporter 2 also known as solute carrier family 18 member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC18A2 gene...
, along Stuart Thorneycroft.
In the early 1970s he formed Wired. In 1976 he founded Masterwitch, a punk band, which released an only single in 1978, called Action Replay. In September of that year, he joined Neo
Neo (UK band)
Neo was an early New Wave band which was part of the Engish musical scene originated by punk in the 1970s. The group was formed by the American-born singer Ian North, who was the frontman and the only continuous member from the band formation in 1977 to the end in 1979.-Early days: Radio:In 1976,...
, fronted by American punk pioneer Ian North
Ian North
Ian North is an American musician, producer and painter known for being part of the bohemian punk movement in United States with his power pop band Milk 'N' Cookies. A self-taught artist, he was also interested in painting....
, replacing Steve Byrd
Steve Byrd
Stephen John Byrd is a British guitarist and session musician who has worked with artists including Kim Wilde, Ian Gillan, ZZebra and many others....
(of Gillan
Gillan
Gillan was a rock band formed in 1978 by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan.-History:In 1978 Ian Gillan had become dissatisfied with the jazz fusion style of his band called the Ian Gillan Band and dissolved it, retaining only keyboard player Colin Towns, and formed a new band entitled Gillan...
), but the band split up shortly afterwards. He later played with The Profile
The Profile
The Profile is a Marvel Comics character, created by writer Charlie Huston and penciler David Finch. He first appeared in Moon Knight #2 in the second chapter of "The Bottom."-Fictional character biography:...
, Random Hold
Random Hold
Random Hold was a British rock band from 1977 to 1980.-History:The first line-up featured David Ferguson and David Rhodes , plus Simon Ainley , Bill MacCormick and David Leach...
, Rikki Sylvan, Nadia Kapiche, Soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
, It's Again and The Little Doctors
External links
- DharmaJester.com Steve Wilkin's homepage