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"2-4-6-8 Motorway" was not issued on a UK album at the time, and Robinson still rues what he calls the "fatal mistake" of omitting the band's most famous songs "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "Glad to Be Gay" from their debut album Power in the Darkness, although both songs appeared on a 12" bonus record included with the US release of Power in the ...
The following year the group released the single "2-4-6-8 Motorway", [2] which peaked at No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. [1] The song alludes obliquely to a gay truck driver. [ 2 ] In February 1978, the band released the live extended play Rising Free , which peaked at No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart and included his anthemic song ...
Tom Robinson Band (TRB) are a British rock band, established in 1976 by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson.The band's debut single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was a top five hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1977, and their third single, "Up Against the Wall", is seen by some as a classic punk rock single; [2] [3] while their debut album, Power in the Darkness (1978), is regarded as a definitive ...
Pages in category "Songs written by Tom Robinson" ... 0–9. 2-4-6-8 Motorway; 1967 (song) A. Ain't Gonna Take It; All Right All Night; B. Baby You're an Angel;
Power in the Darkness is the debut studio album by English punk band Tom Robinson Band, released in early 1978.The UK LP had ten tracks. It included inside the album cover a stencil similar to the cover art, but with the album title replaced by "Tom Robinson Band"; it held the warning, "This stencil is not meant for spraying on public property!!!"
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In the late 1980s, Kustow performed live with a temporarily reformed Tom Robinson Band, and played on its long-player release Winter of '89 (1992), [14] after which he retired from professional music. [15] In October 2017, he came out of retirement briefly to perform the song "2-4-6-8 Motorway" during a Tom Robinson gig at London's 100 Club.
The band has had 2 first-place victories, in 1986 and 1987. [3] Along with Bloomington South's string orchestra, North's band forms the Hoosier Youth Philharmonic (HYP). HYP has performed nationally and internationally, including at Carnegie Hall. [4]