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<center><h3> Elvis Costello - One itchy trigger </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello - One itchy trigger </h3></center> | ||
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He moved to London in his late teens, got married, had a child and took a job in the computer room at Eizabeth Arden Cosmetics. One story about him is that he used to study fellow passengers on the train to work, putting them into the songs he started writing. | He moved to London in his late teens, got married, had a child and took a job in the computer room at Eizabeth Arden Cosmetics. One story about him is that he used to study fellow passengers on the train to work, putting them into the songs he started writing. | ||
By nights he played in bands, mainly for an outfit called Flip City. They were a pleasant, countryish group, but low on star quality. Flip City broke up and more or less gave up. | By nights he played in bands, mainly for an outfit called [[Flip City]]. They were a pleasant, countryish group, but low on star quality. Flip City broke up and more or less gave up. | ||
Declan McManus was of a different breed however. Convinced of his own enormous talent, he started to hawk his songs around every major record company in London, getting shown the door at every one of them. | Declan McManus was of a different breed however. Convinced of his own enormous talent, he started to hawk his songs around every major record company in London, getting shown the door at every one of them. | ||
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He was re-christened Elvis Costello (back then, remember, the first Elvis was still alive). He just had to be good to carry it off. | He was re-christened Elvis Costello (back then, remember, the first Elvis was still alive). He just had to be good to carry it off. | ||
Elvis was sent into the studio to lay down some of his songs with American group Clover playing back-ups, and with Nick Lowe as his producer. "Less Than Zero" and "Alison," two tracks from these sessions, were released as singles to a certain amount of intrigued reaction, but it was his dynamite debut album ''My Aim Is True'' which signalled that a major new talent had arrived. | Elvis was sent into the studio to lay down some of his songs with American group [[Clover]] playing back-ups, and with Nick Lowe as his producer. "Less Than Zero" and "Alison," two tracks from these sessions, were released as singles to a certain amount of intrigued reaction, but it was his dynamite debut album ''My Aim Is True'' which signalled that a major new talent had arrived. | ||
By the time the album went on sale Elvis had assembled his own band, The Attractions. Pub-band veteran Pete Thomas handled drums, Bruce Thomas (no relation) from the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver was the bassist, and the combo was completed by Steve Naive from the Royal College of Music. | By the time the album went on sale Elvis had assembled his own band, The Attractions. Pub-band veteran Pete Thomas handled drums, Bruce Thomas (no relation) from the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver was the bassist, and the combo was completed by Steve Naive from the Royal College of Music. |
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