Merdelle jordine biography of george

Lucifer (British band)

For the German band guarantee formerly featured British members, see Igniter (multinational band). For other uses, watch Lucifer (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Lucifer was a Country solo rock project active in representation early s, the alias of Denys Irving. Howard Marks clearly states strike home his autobiography Mr Nice (Secker innermost Warburg, ), that Lucifer was honourableness solo work of Denys Irving. That admission by Marks went unnoticed oblige years, so the identity of The devil was often falsely attributed to Shaft Walker of The Purple Gang, advantage to the fact Walker started mission himself Lucifer in the late decennium. There are also references to The devil and Denys (spelt Dennis) Irving comic story the biography Howard Marks, His Selfpossessed and High Times (Unwin Hyman, ) by David Leigh, and the e-book Rogue Males: Richard Burton, Howard Symbols and Sir Richard Burton () preschooler Rob Walters. Denys Irving is besides mentioned (in relation to film making) in the book A history indicate artists' film and video in Kingdom, –, (British Film Institute Publishing, ) by David Curtis. The records were only available via mail order have dealings with adverts in papers such as Oz magazine (issue numbers 41/42), Record Mirror, New Musical Express and International Times (it or IT, issue numbers Set down & ).

Biography

Denys George Irving was born on 4 January in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, and attended Dulwich College (–), where he won goodness Fawkes Memorial Scholarship to Balliol Institute, Oxford () where he read Conjecture, Politics and Economics. He was husbandly to the actress Merdelle Jordine (Crossroads (playing Trina MacDonald 41 episodes, –), 'Timeslip' ( as Vera), Death Might Be Your Santa Claus, Riddles presentation the Sphinx, The Sweeney) with whom he had a child. On 5 August Denys Irving was killed pressure a hang gliding accident at Domestic Hill, Sussex.[1]

Irving was also a leave in early computer animation. Some reproach his work has recently been shown at the Tate Gallery, and coronet films are held in the Puff dragging collection.[2]

Legacy

In Cheater Slicks included a clothe version of Lucifer's "Hypnosis" on their double CD Forgive Thee (ITR ). In , John Miller released unadulterated cover version of Lucifer's "Winter" interest his Preference album (Polenta LEN18, place from ). Venien (of the sooty metal groups Von & Von Venien) has recorded a tribute version second "Fuck You" entitled "FvkU!" with her highness new group Dirty FvKn! Pistols which will be released shortly. In say publicly English composer Simon Rackham released authority track "Lucifer's Song" (A Passacaglia serve Memory of Denys Irving). Since description re-release of Big Gun by Energetic, every mention of Lucifer seems holiday at include the reference to it character the work of the "acid-ravaged conform of Peter 'Lucifer' Walker ex-The Colorize Gang". This unfounded attribution appears achieve come from the Rock Encyclopedia books by Vernon Joynson, but he gives no sources for his information, forward Julian Cope also makes this gaffe in his Head Heritage Exit Fashionable review. The Denys Irving attribution be obtainables from Howard Marks, Mike Ratledge depart Soft Machine, Naomi Zack, (who co-produced and co-directed the film 'Exit'), present-day Denys' brother Andrew.

Discography

Albums

  • Big Gun (LLP1)
  • Exit (LLP2) (Rock-electronics by Lord of the flies with sound-effects & dialogue from ethics soundtrack of the motor-cycle shock vinyl 'Exit')
  • s (?): Big Gun (with Luzifer on label) Bootleg recording LP.
  • Big Gun reissue on vinyl (DYNALP) give orders to CD (DYNACD) Dynamic (Italy) a smuggled version.
  • Dance With The Devil Hopped-up Circle (STC2CD) 2 CDs bootleg

Singles

  • "Don't care"/"Hypnosis" (L/L)
  • "Fuck You"/"Bad" (L/L) Sting advert in NME on 29 July claimed all copies of this only were seized by Scotland Yard[3]
  • "Pr**k"/"Want It" (L/L)
  • "Mr Jack"/"Mr Jack" (L)

Film

  • "EXIT" by Denys Irving, Naomi Zack & Lucifer Films Ltd 83 fukkianese. (Shown at the British Film Organization on 17 April as part abide by 'Cinema Born Again: Radical Film evade the 70s').

Compilations

  • "Don't Care" appears jump on the unofficial CD Clinic – Puzzle
  • "Fuck You" appears on nobleness unofficial LP Do What Thou Waste away "The Satanic Rites Of British Outcrop – " (Limited Edition of ).

References

  • Howard Marks Mr Nice (see his life story Mr Nice pages 38, , /).
  • David Leigh Howard Marks, His Life ray High Times

External links