Lobby Loyde

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Lobby Loyde (May 18, 1941 – April 21, 2007) was an Australian rock music guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was a leading figure in the 1970s Australian pub rock scene, particularly as a member of the bands Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and the Coloured Balls. Known for his plectrum guitar technique, Loyde inspired a legion of Australian musicians, and was also cited as an influence by international musicians such as Kurt Cobain and Henry Rollins. Born in Longreach, Queensland as John Baslington Lyde, he first came to prominence under the name Barry Lyde in the Brisbane rhythm and blues band Purple Hearts in 1965. In January 1967, he left to join the second incarnation of the Melbourne band Wild Cherries, and he wrote most of the songs that made up the band's four singles for the Festival label. The Coloured Balls can be best described as skinheads playing punk rock, about four years before punk emerged. Dances and concerts around Melbourne became battlegrounds between rival skinhead gangs, fuelled by the music of the Coloured Balls. The band released their debut album, Ball Power in 1973. Loyde released the critically acclaimed album Obsecration which was instrumentally based. Loyde lived in the United Kingdom for several years, apparently unhappy with the Australian media's linking of his music to violent skinhead brawls. Before moving to the UK, he wrote a science-fiction novel and recorded an accompanying concept "soundtrack" album: Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Kl

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albums

Plays With George Guitar

Lobby's Last Summer Jam

Obsecration (Bonus Track Version)

Obsecration

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Fitz Riff Comp 2

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Obsecration (Remastered)

Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Klimster

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Summer Jam... Lobby's Last

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Live With Dubs

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Australian Progressive Rock

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Beyond Morgia - The Labyrinths Of Klimster

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Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Klimster (Remastered)

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