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Badfinger were a Rock (music)|rock/Pop music|pop band formed in Swansea|Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and were one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band were touted as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and partly because of their similar sound. However, Badfinger fell victim to some of the worst elements of the music industry, resulting with its two principal singers and songwriters committing suicide in 1975 and 1983.
Biography
The Iveys
Badfinger originated with Peter Ham|Pete Ham (guitar/keyboards) , Ron Griffiths (bass guitar) and David 'Dai' Jenkins (guitar), who formed The Iveys, named after a street in Swansea, Wales, in 1964. By March of 1965, Mike Gibbins had joined as the drums|drummer and the band began playing locally with such national groups as the Spencer Davis Group, The Who, The Moody Blues and The Yardbirds. <ref name="Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger"> Matovina, Dan. [http://books.google.com/books?id=eAURGSMNfTUC&pg=PP1&dq=%22Without+You:+The+Tragic+Story+of+Badfinger%22&sig=jph9Jp_3_JMMBps7_FvJSZkPHrI Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger], Google Books, 2000. Retrieved 25 March 2008 </ref> By March 1966, the band had retained a personal manager named Bill Collins and moved thei... read all
Nick Sinopoli From The Carpet Frogs
