Thursday, 8 September 2016

Brothers in arms but not music

UB40 are back in the headlines but for the wrong reasons, half the band came out in support of Jeremy Corbyn but the other half spoke out against Corbyn. The pro Corbyn half led by Duncan and Robin Campbell with Ali on the other side. Warring music biz brothers are not a new thing. In the 60's Ray and Davies of The Kinks had a very stormy relationship, so much that during a concert Ray punched Dave to the floor, Ray looked to see if he had injured his brother only for him to return the favour. Mark Knopfler  is so much seen as Dire Straits that people forget that his brother David was also in the but with Mark exerting so much control over even at one point Mark told David to shut up at a band meeting. And then the Gallagher brothers whose somewhat strained relationship makes you wonder how Oasis lasted for so long. And those 3 cases are just the tip of the iceberg.

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