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[[image:flightx7.jpg|right|thumb|''Don't get too Close'' single]] | [[image:flightx7.jpg|right|thumb|''Don't get too Close'' single]] | ||
− | ''Flight X-7'' was a band from the late 1970s to early 1980s that | + | ''Flight X-7'' was a band from the late 1970s to early 1980s that was based in Hamilton. They were initially called ''Flight 77'', which formed after another band, [[Euphoria]], broke up. They played the ''Nambassa Music Festival'' in front of 45,000 people in 1979 (as ''Flight 77''), and appeared on the associated compilation "[[Festival Music]]". They released two singles in 1980, and on 15 September that year supported XTC at the Logan Campbell Centre, Wellington. Flight X7 played support for Roxy Music at the Sweetwaters Festival in Ngaruawahia 1982 to a crowd of over 75,000. |
− | + | After ''Flight X-7'' broke up, [[Tim Powles]] and bassist [[Warwick Keay]] went on to Wellington band ''The Knobz'', while ''Powles'' currently plays in Australian band ''The Church''. [[Paul Turney]] moved to the UK in 1995 as an audio engineer who later specialized in audio and video archives. | |
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− | [[Tim Powles]] and bassist [[Warwick Keay]] | + | |
==Band Members== | ==Band Members== | ||
− | * [[Jeff Clarkson]] (lead vocals | + | * [[Jeff Clarkson]] (lead vocals) |
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* [[Bill Hill]] (guitar) | * [[Bill Hill]] (guitar) | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[Paul Jamieson]] (guitar) |
− | + | * [[Warwick Keay]] (bass) | |
+ | * [[Phil Smart]] (drums) | ||
+ | * [[Tim Powles]] (drums) | ||
+ | * [[Mark Stubbs]] (keyboards) | ||
+ | * [[Paul Turney]] (keyboards) | ||
+ | * [[Alan Johnson]] (drums) | ||
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==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
*[[I Lose Control]] single, 1980 <br> | *[[I Lose Control]] single, 1980 <br> |