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The Professionals (band), the Glossary

The Professionals were an English punk rock band active from 1979 to early 1982 and again from 2015 to 2024.^[1]

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.

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Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Billy Duffy

William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is an English rock musician, best known as the guitarist of the band The Cult.

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Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British and American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Chequered Past

Chequered Past was a British-American rock supergroup led by actor/singer Michael Des Barres and featuring members of Blondie, the Sex Pistols and Tin Machine.

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Chiefs of Relief

Chiefs of Relief were a British rock group with a unique electro-punk style, punctuated by the guitar work of vocalist Matthew Ashman, and also featuring drummer Paul Cook.

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Chris McCormack (born 1973 in South Shields, England) is an English rock guitarist, best known as the guitarist and co-founder of 1990s rock band, 3 Colours Red and the organiser of Camden Rocks Festival.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.

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Demo (music)

A demo (shortened from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs typically recorded for limited circulation or for reference use, rather than for general public release.

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Diane Lane

Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Epoxies

The Epoxies were an American new wave band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2000.

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Greatest hits album

A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Hank Dogs

Hank Dogs are an acoustic folk band from South London.

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I Didn't See It Coming

I Didn't See It Coming is the debut album by punk rock band the Professionals. The Professionals (band) and i Didn't See It Coming are sex Pistols.

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Isle of Wight Festival

The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England.

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John Lydon

John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist.

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Johnny Thunders

John Anthony Genzale (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains is a 1982 teen musical drama film about three teenage girls, played by Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Marin Kanter, who start a punk band.

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Lead guitar

Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure.

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Lightning Raiders

Lightning Raiders were an English pub rock band, with Johnny Hodge being the most prominent member of the group. The Professionals (band) and Lightning Raiders are musical groups disestablished in 1982.

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List of Peel Sessions

This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians) who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004.

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List of punk bands from the United Kingdom

There are a number of punk bands originating in the United Kingdom.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (3 September 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a Yemeni-Born fashion designer and music manager. The Professionals (band) and Malcolm McLaren are sex Pistols.

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Man Raze

Man Raze are an English three-piece alternative rock band originally from Finchley, London, England formed in 2004, featuring Phil Collen, Simon Laffy and Paul Cook.

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Marco Pirroni

Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni (born 27 April 1959, London, England) frequently credited simply as Marco, is a British guitarist, songwriter and record producer.

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Mike Read

Michael David Kenneth Read (born 1 March 1947) is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter.

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Neurotic Outsiders

Neurotic Outsiders was a British-American rock supergroup founded in 1995, consisting of Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses, and John Taylor of Duran Duran. The Professionals (band) and Neurotic Outsiders are sex Pistols.

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Nigel Gray

Nigel Gray (1947 – 30 July 2016) was an English record producer.

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Paul Cook

Paul Thomas Cook (born 20 July 1956) is an English drummer and musician.

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Paul Simonon

Paul Gustave Simonon (born 15 December 1955) is an English musician and artist best known as the bassist for the Clash.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Ray Winstone

Raymond Andrew Winstone (born 19 February 1957) is an English television, stage and film actor with a career spanning five decades.

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Rebellion Festival

The Rebellion Festival, formerly Holidays in the Sun and the Wasted Festival is a British punk rock festival first held in 1996.

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Recording contract

A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording act (artist or group), where the act makes an audio recording (or series of recordings) for the label to sell and promote.

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Rhythm guitar

In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together.

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Rich Kids

Rich Kids were a short-lived new wave band from London, founded in 1977 by Glen Matlock following his departure from the Sex Pistols. The Professionals (band) and Rich Kids are English punk rock groups and sex Pistols.

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Session musician

A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance.

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. The Professionals (band) and Sex Pistols are English punk rock groups.

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Silly Thing (song)

"Silly Thing" is a song by the Sex Pistols that was released in 1979.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Steve Jones (musician)

Stephen Philip Jones (born 3 September 1955) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the punk band Sex Pistols.

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Subway Sect

Subway Sect were one of the first British punk bands. The Professionals (band) and Subway Sect are English punk rock groups and musical groups disestablished in 1982.

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The Clash

The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. The Professionals (band) and the Clash are English punk rock groups.

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The Fallen Leaves

The Fallen Leaves are a British garage rock group that formed in Richmond, London in 2004.

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The Pretenders

The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978.

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The Professionals (The Professionals album)

The Professionals is the second album of the rock band the Professionals, released in 1997. The Professionals (band) and the Professionals (The Professionals album) are sex Pistols.

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Timeline of punk rock

This is a timeline of punk rock, from its beginnings in the 1960s to the present day.

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Tom Spencer (musician)

Tom Spencer (born 30 June 1967) is an English singer, guitarist and songwriter.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Zilch (band)

Zilch (stylized as zilch or) was a rock supergroup that was formed in 1996 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto (X Japan), Ray McVeigh (formerly of The Professionals), Paul Raven (Killing Joke), Joey Castillo (Danzig and Queens of the Stone Age), and Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada (hide with Spread Beaver).

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100 Club

The 100 Club is a music venue located at 100 Oxford Street, London, England, where it has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942.

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3 Colours Red

3 Colours Red were an English rock band, formed in 1994 in London.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(band)

Also known as Black Leather (song), What in the World (album).

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