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The Cortinas
12+ albums
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There are at least two bands named The Cortinas. 1. The Cortinas were a short-lived proto-psychedelic beat band from the United Kingdom, based around brothers Paul and Nigel Griggs (vocals/guitar and bass, respectively. They band formed in 1963, were initially Beatles-inspired and played live a lot. In October 1966 they attracted the intrerest of Mike Swain, who ran demo studio Hermitage Sound in Hitchin. The Cortinas recorded two songs there ('In The Park' and the Nigel Griggs-penned 'Sagittarius'), but the recordings were not released. The band did eventually release a single on Polydor: 'Phoebe's Flower Shop' (1968), released shortly before they morphed into Octopus. Paul Griggs would score a few major hits in the mid-1970s cabaret band, Guys 'n' Dolls, while Nigel Griggs joined Split Enz. 2. The Cortinas are a 1970s Bristol-based punk rock band. Guitarist Nick Sheppard went on to play with The Clash. In 2001, the band's debut single, "Fascist Dictator" (originally released in June 1977), was included in a leading British music magazine's list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time. Named after a car, the Ford Cortina, the band moved from R&B towards covering songs by punk forerunners like the New York Dolls and The Stooges. The band developed a large and enthusiastic following in their home town. Unfortunately, their growing popularity began to attract a great deal of crowd trouble. The band were also frequent visitors to London and became one of the pioneering
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