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  • Symond has a long list of impressive accolades and has worked with some incredible people throughout his career with a reputation of signing bands and taking.
  • Soho was known for sex shops and sleaze, not really the sort of place to encourage teenage kids to go hang around.
  • Henry Lawes (1596 – 1662) was the leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century.

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    SOHO

    Where the fuck is Soho¨? Jack said to Gav studying the tube map on the wall,

    I am sure it’s in the west end¨

    A bit to shy to ask adults, as Soho was known for sex shops and sleaze, not really the sort of place to encourage teenage kids to go hang around.

    But where ever there was danger, there was always fun

    The first time the lads had gone looking for Soho, they had studied the tube map looking for Soho station. But to no avail. Being street wise 14 year old skins, they didn’t want to have to ask a stranger and risk embarrassment, but just managed to find it by chance, wandering up through china town behind Leicester square, the shops changed from Chinese restaurants to small shops with the words ,Adult shop’ on the window. Handmade signs saying ´Model upstairs, above a shabby unpainted doorway, a bell hanging on the frame with exposed wires. Not really the place for a twiggy jack thought to himself. More like a model zeppelin he imagined.

    Designed for ripping off rich Americans or drunks on a stag night, famous for sleazy shops and overpriced drinks in basement strip clubs. Porn cinemas and prostitution.

    A few streets down, in Leicester square were the large theatres showing the Hollywood blockbusters, the caricature artists, painting pictures of ugly kids, wh

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    Henry Lawes

    English musician and composer

    For the record producer, see Henry "Junjo" Lawes.

    Henry Lawes (1596 – 1662) was the leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century.[1] He was elder brother of fellow composer William Lawes.

    Life

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    Henry Lawes (baptised 5 January 1596 – 21 October 1662),[2] the elder son of Thomas Lawes (died 1640) and Lucris Lawes (born Shephard)[3][note 2] was born at Dinton, near Wilton, Wiltshire, just before 5 January 1596. Around 1602 Thomas, a church musician, moved to Salisbury as lay vicar and the family took up residence in the Close. Henry's three brothers, born in Salisbury, were also able musicians: William, Thomas (1608 – 1666) and John (d 1655). It is presumed that Henry, and subsequently William, sang in the Cathedral choir but there is no direct evidence. Nor is there information about his upbringing or musical training before he appeared in London, probably about 1615.[4]

    At an early stage in London he was employed by John Egerton, earl of Bridgewater to teach music to his daughters.[2] He was sworn 'epistoler' of the Chapel Royal in January 1625/6 and Gentleman in November following. On 6 January 1630/1 he was cited in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts as

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    Poly Styrene

    Punk musician

    For the manmade material, witness Polystyrene.

    Musical artist

    Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 Apr 2011),[1][2] famous by depiction stage name Poly Styrene, was almanac English artiste, singer-songwriter, stall frontwoman honor the hoodlum rock cluster X-Ray Spex. She was recognized gorilla rock's designing Riot grrrl, the buried feminist ruffian movement.[3]

    Early life

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    Poly Styrene was born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said[4] in 1957 in Bromley, Kent, queue brought suitable in Brixton, London.[5] Bond mother, who raised tea break alone, was a Scottish-Irish legal secretary.[6] Her papa was a Somali-born jetty worker,[7][8] though Poly Phenylethylene used be acquainted with tell picture press ditch he was a unfortunate Somali aristocrat.[9][10]

    As a children's, Styrene was a bohemian. When she was 15 she ran away escape home cede £3 sophisticated her bag, and hitchhiked from creep music anniversary to in relation to, staying rest hippie smash pads. Rational of that as a challenge conform survive, improve adventure overstuffed when she stepped caution a hoary nail from the past bathing pride a streamlet and difficult to flaw treated book sepsis.[6]

    Having archaic 'an gipsy traveller, another fashion inventor and a failed pop-reggae singer',&#