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Both "Burn" and "Bedlam" shared
the same line up. The name change came when we discovered there was already a band called "Burn". The band was formed out of the
old band "Livin' Dangerous" when my cousin Simon Pledger
replaced Olaf Laos as rhythm guitarist.
After Simon came into the fold, the material began to shift from the 80's metal we had been playing
with Livin' Dangerous (Poison, Cinderella, Dave Lee Roth, AC/DC) to a more 90's grunge/punk metal type of feel (Sex Pistols, Undertones,
Metallica, Wolfsbane). The band played several gigs in and around Cambridge and supported local metallers "Hope and Glory"
on several occasions.
One of our gigs was video'd for an MTV competition. The idea was to
produce a video of your band performing AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" (a song which we all knew from the old bands set). The only
problem was we didn't realise the closing date for competition was that night, so we had done it for nothing! It doesn't sound
too bad though.
The band has now taken something of a hiatous (although we never officially split), because of other commitments. We did, however,
get back together twice, to play at Dan's wedding and then Steve's wedding the following year (I had to word that carefully!) where
we played a greatest hits kind of set.
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| Stuart Pledger - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals |
| Steve "The Throat" Jackson - Vocals |
| Dan Soar - Bass Guitar |
| Phil Bryant - Drums |
| Simon Pledger - Rhythm Guitar |
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| The following pictures were taken at the, now defunct, Qualisound Rehearsal
Studio at Bar Hill near Cambridge. Notice how no more than 4 people appear in any one shot. We couldn't get it together to organise
someone to take pix of us! |
| Click on image to view at full size. |
| The following pictures were taken at Steve and Liz Jackson's wedding at Chilford Hall, near
Linton, Cambridge, England. |
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