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Difford & Tilbrook are the songwriting team of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, known for their work as the principal writers for the new wave rock band Squeeze. In addition to playing guitar for the band, they are responsible for the group's many hits, including "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Another Nail in My Heart ...
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Difford and Tilbrook. During Squeeze's first hiatus, from...
- Difford & Tilbrook (album)
Squeeze es una banda musical británica formada en Londres en 1974. Los dos únicos componentes que permanecen desde el principio ―que también son compositores de la mayoría de canciones―, son el letrista Chris Difford (n. 1954) y el compositor Glenn Tilbrook (n. 1957), ambos guitarristas y cantantes. Se suele clasificar a la banda como new wave .
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First incarnation: 1974–1982
The band's founding members in March 1974 were Chris Difford (guitar, vocals, lyrics), and Glenn Tilbrook (vocals, guitar, music). Difford claims that in 1973, he stole 50p from his mother's purse to put a card in a local sweetshop window to advertise for a guitarist to join his band, although he was not actually in a band at the time. Tilbrook was the only person who responded to the advertisement. Difford and Tilbrook began writing songs together, and soon added Jools Holland (keyboards) an...
Difford and Tilbrook years: 1983–1984
Difford and Tilbrook continued to work together, and released one self-titled album as the duo Difford & Tilbrook in 1984. Although it is not officially a Squeeze album, to many fans Difford & Tilbrook is considered a "lost" Squeeze LP because Difford and Tilbrook were themselves the only constant members of Squeeze. Several Difford & Tilbrook tracks have been featured on officially sanctioned Squeeze compilations, and Tilbrook's official site lists Difford & Tilbrookas a Squeeze album. The d...
Second incarnation: 1985–1999
Squeeze re-formed to play a one night charity gig in 1985, with all five members from the 1980 Argybargy period—Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Lavis, and Bentley. The performance was such a success that the band unanimously agreed to resume recording and touring as Squeeze. Searching for a different sound, the band replaced Bentley with bassist Keith Wilkinson from the Difford & Tilbrook sessions. This line-up released the 1985 LP Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti. The new LP featured complex double-tracked...
Style
Stylistically, Squeeze have been characterized as new wave, post-punk and power pop. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic proclaimed the band to provide "one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk". Squeeze have also been labeled as punk and pop punk. In a January 1988 interview by Music Connection, when addressing Squeeze being thought of as a punk band, Glenn Tilbrook commented "I never thought that we were [a punk band] – although I thought we were influenced by it to...
Influences
Squeeze were inspired by 1960s rock bands The Kinks and The Beatles, and the songwriting partnership of Difford and Tilbrook has attracted comparisons to that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, a likening the band have expressed "mixed feelings" about. In addition, members of Squeeze have cited artists including David Bowie,[page needed] Elvis Costello, Donovan,[page needed] The Blockheads' Ian Dury, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson and Greg Lake,[page needed] Nick Lowe, Glenn Miller, Ra...
Squeeze have been cited as an influence by several bands and artists. American new wave singer Marshall Crenshaw cited Squeeze as one of the primary influences for his 1982 self-titled debut album. College rock band the Replacements, particularly bassist Tommy Stinson, also professed an admiration for the band. Many artists in the Britpop genre als...
Current members 1. Glenn Tilbrook – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (1974–82, 1985–99, 2007–present) 2. Chris Difford – rhythm guitar, vocals (1974–82, 1985–99, 2007–present) 3. Stephen Large – keyboards, backing vocals (2007–present) 4. Simon Hanson – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2007–present) 5. Steve Smith – percussion, rhythm guitar, vocal...
Difford has written lyrics for over 50 years, most notably in partnership with Glenn Tilbrook. The two were primary members in Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook . According to Difford, he stole 50p from his mother's purse to put a card in a local sweetshop window advertising for a guitarist to join his band, although he did not have one ...
1 de ene. de 2020 · Squeeze: A History. 4 years ago. It’s 1973 in South London. Teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook form the band that will see them dubbed ‘The New Lennon and McCartney’.
