Baby Tuckoo

English hard rock band

Baby Tuckoo
Genres	New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Years active	1982-1986

Past members	Andy Barrott, Neil Saxton, Paul Smith, Rob Armitage, Tony Sugden

Baby Tuckoo was an English hard rock band, formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England in 1982.^[1] Their name is taken from the first sentence of the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.^[2] They were generally considered a part of the second generation of new wave of British heavy metal.^[1]

They released two albums with Rob Armitage (vocals), Neil Saxton (guitar), Andy Barrott (keyboards, guitar), Paul Smith (bass) and Tony Sugden (drums).^[3] Prior to their recording career, Steve Holton (vocals) and Andy Tidswell (keyboards) were in the band.^[2]^[4]

Armitage left to join Accept in 1987, but was replaced by the American David Reece in 1988 without having taken part in any releases from the band.^[3] He later joined the UK outfit Jagged Edge, and founded a band named Passion.

Discography

Albums

1984: First Born (Ultranoise)
1986: Force Majeure (Music for Nations)^[3]^[1]

Singles and EPs

1984: "Mony Mony" (Albion) - single
1986: "Rock (Rock)" (Music for Nations) - single and EP
1986: "The Tears of a Clown" (Fun After All) - EP (The A-side, a Smokey Robinson & the Miracles cover, was not included on any Baby Tuckoo album)^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
^ ^a ^b "rockdetector.com - rockdetector Resources and Information". Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Encyclopedia by Malc Macmillan, Iron Pages, 2001, p. 57
^ "Baby Tuckoo". Discogs. Retrieved 26 September 2022.