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They've spent a fortune in pubs. They scrub up nicely. They're not as bright as they think they are. And, even as I write, one of those rascals is probably chatting up your girlfriend. But you knew - or at least suspected - all of that already, right?... Perhaps unsurprisingly, the origins of Soho Dukes can be traced back to a pub. It was way back in '82 - when all of this was just fields - that Johnny Barracuda (vocals) and Bomber (bass guitar) ambled into the back room of a boozer to make their stage debuts in a band that would become Empyre and then, eventually, Monterrez. The pair of chancers chased their rock'n'roll dreams all the way to London's Marquee Club, where Monterrez twice appeared as support act for Guns N' Roses. That was in 1987. When there were only four channels on the telly... Bomber eventually quit Monterrez to join London-based Waterbratz and then Drugdealer Cheerleader with whom he recorded an album and toured the nation. A rock ‘n' roller to the core, Bomber..

Also known as: Soho Dukes

Primary location: Horsham United Kingdom