Whirlwind

Biography

One of the UK revivalist rockabilly bands of the late 70s, Whirlwind came together after Mike ‘Redhead’ Lewis watched Nigel Dixon (d. 3 April 1993) singing with another band in Uxbridge, Middlesex. With Lewis (guitar), Chris Emo (bass), and Phil ‘Foghorn’ Hardy (drums) they began playing gigs with the rock ‘n’ roll disc jockey, Fifties Flash, using his PA as their sound equipment. They released a one-off single - ‘Full Time Thing’ - on Pye Records in... Read more

Genres

Pop / Rock

Tags

rockabilly

rock

sri metal

Decades

1990s 2000s