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thegroovyarchives · 4 months

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Electric Light Orchestra From the March 5th, 1977 issue of Cashbox Magazine (via: archive.org)

#Electric Light Orchestra #ELO #Jeff Lynne #Happy Birthday #Bev Bevan #Richard Tandy #Kelly Groucutt #Mik Kaminski #Hugh McDowell #Melvyn Gale #vintage photography #70's music #mid-century #70's #1977

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the-hottest-band-tournament · 5 days

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Round one

Judas Priest

Formed in: 1969

Genres: Heavy metal

Lineup: Rob Halford – vocals

K.K. Downing – guitars

Glenn Tipton – guitars

Ian Hill – bass

Dave Holland – drums

Albums from the 80s:

British Steel (1980)

Hero, Hero (1981)

Point of Entry (1981)

Screaming for Vengeance (1982)

Defenders of the Faith (1984)

Turbo (1986)

Priest...Live! (1987)

Ram it Down (1988)

Propaganda:

Electric Light Orchestra

Formed in: 1970

Genres: Art pop, art rock

Lineup: Jeff Lynne – Lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, synthesizers, vocoder, production

Bev Bevan – Drums, percussion

Richard Tandy – Acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizers, vocoder, guitars

Kelly Groucutt – Bass guitar, backing vocals

Albums from the 80s:

Xanadu (1980) soundtrack, side 1: ELO, side 2 Olivia Newton-John

Time (1981)

Secret Messages (1983)

Balance of Power (1986)

Propaganda:

#round 1 #judas priest #electric light orchestra #rob halford #k.k. downing #glenn tipton #ian hill #dave holland #jeff lynne #bev bevan #richard tandy #kelly groucutt #The hottest 80s band tournament #The hottest 80s band tourney

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bilbao-song · 21 days

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(via Cherry Blossom Clinic on Facebook)

#im sorry i just saw these and instantly had to run here to spread it like a disease #the kfc shirt positively Sent me #jeff lynne #kelly groucutt #electric light orchestra #elo #1975 #uploads*

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cursed-elo-images · 5 months

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ASDFGHJKL *unbeards the Electric Light Orchestra*

#electric light orchestra #hugh mcdowell #melvyn gale #jeff lynne #bev bevan #mik kaminski #richard tandy #kelly groucutt #cursed #why did I do this #too much creativity #what

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muppetone · 7 months

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#jeff lynne #elo #electric light orchestra #bev bevan #richard tandy #kelly groucutt

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wilbury-sam · 7 months

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Guys? 🤨🤨🤨🤨

#pls calm down guys #hugh mcdowell #kelly groucutt #electric light orchestra #baby got back

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celeste-fitzgerald · 1 year

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Hi! I’ve been an elo fan for a while but I’m not really familiar with any of the band members except for jeff lynne because i always thought the rest were coming and going. Can you give me a little intro to the band like who are considered the main band members? Thanks!

AHHHHHHH thank you for asking this omgggggg!! (Also, as a side note, I actually sent another blogger an ask just like this a year ago when I was getting more into the band, so this is a very surreal moment to see that now people are asking ME???!!!!!)

I will begin with Roy Wood.

ELO was the brain child of Roy primarily, and he and Jeff were the driving creative force of the band at the start. Just like Jeff, he knows how to play 47309478193 different instruments, and on his solo work he did practically everything himself. He's a cool guy with awesome crazy hair and awesome fashion sense. But he left the band very early on (after about a year I think) to form a different band called Wizzard.

Now, there are tons of different guys who were members of ELO over the years, but to keep this from becoming super long and complicated, I will now stick to the rest of the Magnificent Seven. This is the longest running line-up of ELO, and the seven of them were together for a lot of the band's most successful period. This line-up was:

Jeff Lynne: guitar, vocals, writer, producer, etc., you know his deal already haha Bev Bevan: drums Richard Tandy: keyboards Kelly Groucutt: bass Mik Kaminski: violin Melvyn Gale: cello Hugh McDowell: cello

Now the fun part! (Well, fun for me at least haha.)

Bev Bevan:

Bev is the gorgeous smashy drummer with big biceps and a terrifyingly deep voice. He founded the band with Jeff and Roy and was with ELO till 1986. He's very opposite to Jeff in many ways (and pulled lots of pranks on Jeff haha). While Jeff loves working in the studio, Bev loves playing live and going on tour - so much so that after Jeff called it quits for the band in 1986, Bev started up another band called ELO Part II with a few of the other members so he could keep things going (which unfortunately ruffled feathers with Jeff quite badly and essentially ended their friendship 😢😢).

Richard Tandy:

Richard is the very-talented keyboard player who joined very soon after the band began - and he is still an official member to this day!!! Unfortunately he only has small roles on the Jeff Lynne's ELO albums now and he doesn't play live much because of health issues, but he and Jeff are still very close. He is a very focused, serious man when it comes to music. I believe I read that he would lock himself away for hours to learn some challenging pieces of music, and he was the only member of the band to actually take sound checks seriously at their shows haha. Also he's really into films and sports.

Kelly Groucutt:

KELLY MY BELOVED!! He is my favorite hehe. The awesome sweetheart bass player who, fun fact, was actually named Michael. But during the early years of ELO, they had lots of Michaels, so they asked Kelly to pick a different name so it would be less confusing haha, and he went by Kelly ever since. He also sang lots of backup vocals, plus occasional lead vocals (check out Poker to hear his voice, he sang that whole song double-tracked). He was very outgoing and goofy, made tons of silly jokes, couldn't sit still, and was a huge chatterbox. I could say tons more on him but I will hold back haha. He was also in ELO Part II with Bev, but Kelly unfortunately passed away in 2009.

Mik Kaminski:

Mik is the adorable boy on the iconic blue violin. He's a very shy boy, but he still loves touring and performing for the fans. He also loooooves gambling and drinking haha. Also he is another of the Michaels lmao. After ELO ended in the 80s, Mik and Kelly made their own band called Orkestra, then later both joined ELO Part II. And after Bev left ELO Part II, the band changed their name to The Orchestra, and Mik is still playing with them to this day!

Melvyn Gale:

Melvyn is the angel on cello. It took him a while to join the group (he was asked to join multiple times but kept recommending other cellists instead haha), but they finally got him! He is apparently also very chatty, and quite the charmer with the ladies. And in addition to cello, he's also a phenomenal pianist (the epic piano solo in Wild West Hero is him). After his time in ELO ended he ran (or at least worked at) a record manufacturing company for a while, and he is currently teaching cello and piano lessons!

Hugh McDowell:

And Hugh is the demon on cello ahaha. He is fucking crazy and I love him for it. He joined ELO very early on, then left with Roy Wood to be in Wizzard, then came back to ELO. He stole the show in all the live performances, jumping around, spinning/throwing his cello, hair flying in his face. He rocks hard. He's just wild all-around. He apparently got kicked out of school for telling a teacher to fuck off because the teacher wouldn't let him play the music the way he wanted or something. He also once broke down his hotel room door when he lost the key haha. Though he was also known to always have his face buried in a book - he loved to read. He unfortunately passed away in 2018.

And that concludes my not-so-brief introduction to the band!! Thank you for the ask!!!!!!! <3

#elo #electric light orchestra #jeff lynne #bev bevan #richard tandy #kelly groucutt #roy wood #mik kaminski #melvyn gale #hugh mcdowell

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stephi1is1awesome · 7 months

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Wake up babe, midnight special just posted!

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Highlights!

• Great performance all around from everyone!

• Kelly opera

• Hugh being an attention whore

• Bev throwing his sticks at people

• Jeff’s nips being uncomfortably visible

Thank you once again The Midnight Special!

#electric light orchestra #the midnight special #elo #jeff lynne #bev bevan #hugh mcdowell #richard tandy #melvyn gale #kelly groucutt #mik kaminski #swag #Youtube

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chad-jeff-lynne · 7 months

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Jeff and Kelly are gay for each other

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#Jeff Lynne #Kelly Groucutt #ELO #electric light orchestra #Youtube

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elictriclightorchestra · 1 year

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elo bootleg record

anaheim, 1978

#70s music #electric light orchestra #elo #jeff lynne #classic rock #prog rock #elo truck #bev bevan #richard tandy #symphonic rock #hugh mcdowell #mik kaminski #the traveling wilburys #melvyn gale #kelly groucutt

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knocking-nails-into-my-house · 2 years

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I've read this book so many times and I'm still utterly enamored by the way Bev talks about Kelly like ??

besties, if you will.

also this I have no words for this

mans just grabbed a whole bird ??? bro ??? and he's completely unfazed by it ?? terrifying I love it

#electric light orchestra #elo #bev bevan #kelly groucutt #love this funky bass dude

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longliverockback · 11 months

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Electric Light Orchestra Secret Messages 1983 Jet ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Secret Messages 02. Loser Gone Wild 03. Bluebird 04. Take Me on and On 05. Four Little Diamonds 06. Stranger 07. Danger Ahead 08. Letter from Spain 09. Train of Gold 10. Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King —————————————————

Bev Bevan

Kelly Groucutt

Jeff Lynne

Richard Tandy

* Long Live Rock Archive

#ELO #ElectricLightOrchestra #Electric Light Orchestra #Bev Bevan #Kelly Groucutt #Jeff Lynne #Richard Tandy #Secret Messages #LP #Pop #1983

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bilbao-song · 18 days

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[Thanks to Bev Lees for these photos of him with Jeff and Kelly in 1975, Bev is playing Jeff's Goldtop Les Paul.] <- from Martin Kinch (Cherry Blossom Clinic) on facebook

sgklsgkslg i saw these the other day and i posted them >:) >:) >:) but nonetheless thank u so much!!!!! a pleasure to see them again

#i loveeeee cherry blossom clinic <3 perpetually lurking there w my fake fb account #hewasanamericangirl #elo #jeff lynne #kelly groucutt #e*

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cursed-elo-images · 2 months

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WHILE I AM SAD that only we get to hear Jeff and Bev talk, I AM SO GLAD to see the seven sillies ONCE AGAIN, IN A NEW VIDEO I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!