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'''Gaye Advert''' (born August 29, 1956), also '''Gaye Black''', is an [[English |
'''Gaye Advert''' (born August 29, 1956), also '''Gaye Black''', is an [[English people|English]] [[punk rock]] [[musician]], who played [[bass guitar]] in the [[band (music)|band]] [[The Adverts]] in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female [[rock music|rock]] [[celebrity|stars]] of the punk rock movement, whom ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music'' called the "first female punk star".<ref>{{cite book |title= ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music''|last= Larkin|first= Colin|year= 2002|publisher= Virgin Books|location= London|isbn= 1-85227-947-8|pages= 9}};</ref> She was "one of punk’s first female icons".<ref name="Strong 2003 4"/> Dave Thompson wrote that her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket defined the face of female punkdom until well into the next decade".<ref name="Thompson 2000 146">{{cite book |title= ''Alternative Rock''|last= Thompson|first= Dave|year= 2000|publisher= Miller Freeman Books|location= San Francisco|isbn= 0-87930-607-6|pages= 146}};</ref> |
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Black and Adverts frontman [[T.V. Smith]] were both from [[Bideford]], a small coastal town in [[Devon]]. The pair moved to London and formed the band there in 1976.<ref name="Strong 2003 4">{{cite book |title= ''The Great Indie Discography''|last= Strong|first= M.C.|year= 2003|publisher= Canongate|location= Edinburgh|isbn= 1-84195-335-0|pages= 4}};</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= ''Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk''|last= Joynson|first= Vernon|year= 2001|publisher= Borderline Publications|location= Wolverhampton|isbn= 1-899855-13-0|pages= 27}};</ref> They were later married.<ref name="Strong 2003 4" /> |
Black and Adverts frontman [[T.V. Smith]] were both from [[Bideford]], a small coastal town in [[Devon]]. The pair moved to London and formed the band there in 1976.<ref name="Strong 2003 4">{{cite book |title= ''The Great Indie Discography''|last= Strong|first= M.C.|year= 2003|publisher= Canongate|location= Edinburgh|isbn= 1-84195-335-0|pages= 4}};</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= ''Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk''|last= Joynson|first= Vernon|year= 2001|publisher= Borderline Publications|location= Wolverhampton|isbn= 1-899855-13-0|pages= 27}};</ref> They were later married.<ref name="Strong 2003 4" /> |
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Gaye Advert | |
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| Also known as | Gaye Black |
| Born | August 29, 1956 Bideford, Devon, England, UK |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Instrument | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1976–1979 |
Gaye Advert (born August 29, 1956), also Gaye Black, is an English punk rock musician, who played bass guitar in the band The Adverts in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, whom The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star".[1] She was "one of punk’s first female icons".[2] Dave Thompson wrote that her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket defined the face of female punkdom until well into the next decade".[3]
Black and Adverts frontman T.V. Smith were both from Bideford, a small coastal town in Devon. The pair moved to London and formed the band there in 1976.[2][4] They were later married.[2]
After the demise of The Adverts in 1979, Advert stopped playing bass and disappeared from the British punk scene, taking up a career as a manager in social services.[5] She recounted her experiences of being in the band in an interview for Zillah Minx's film, She's a Punk Rocker UK.[5]
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 9. ISBN 1-85227-947-8.;
- ^ a b c Strong, M.C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 4. ISBN 1-84195-335-0.;
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 146. ISBN 0-87930-607-6.;
- ^ Joynson, Vernon (2001). Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk. Wolverhampton: Borderline Publications. p. 27. ISBN 1-899855-13-0.;
- ^ a b Cooper, Leonie (8 August 2007). "Punk's forgotten female heros". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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