Talk:Geoff Nicholls

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Quartz[edit]

Geoff Nichols formerly played keyboards and rythym guitar for Birmingham heavy metal band Quartz, between 1974 and late 1979/early 1980 (He did not record on 1979's "Live Quartz", yet a fair degree of synth playing is present on their 1980 masterwork, "Stand Up & Fight"... whether these parts were written by him I do not know, he's not credited at all on the album). He then returned, under the name of Geoff Bate, to record vocals and keyboards on Quartz's 1983 sell-out album for Heavy Metal Records, "Against All Odds".

Edit: No, Geoff Nicholls did not return as Geoff Bate. They are two different people.

Edit (Again): Yeah, I recently realised this having bought their "Satan's Serenade" compilation, and remembering that anything written by someone contributing to allmusic.com is often a load of crap. Can't remember what band Geoff Bate was in before, but bass player Stephen McLaughlin, who replaced Derek Arnold for the aforementioned album, was previously in a band called Ezy Rider.

I recently created a Quartz page and put a note on this page with a link. Olliegrind 23:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference named "BPI":

From Black Sabbath discography: "BPI Searchable database – Gold and Silver". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
From Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album): "Search for Artist Ozzy Osbourne". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

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Animal Kwackers[edit]

Geoff drummed as Bongo The Dog in the first (1975) series of ITV childrens' show Animal Kwackers before being replaced by Peter Eden for the second series in 1976. This deserves a mention.Romomusicfan (talk) 22:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]