Rock of the North
"Hall of Fame"
Jimmy Duggan The Crimea Tavern's "Top Drawer" Landlord
Landlord John of The New Masons, Generous John!
Charlie Speed -Leeds' own guitar legend.
H and Big Sexy Dave -Aces of Bass
Jimmy Trapp-1952-2005. Dear Departed Friend: Say goodbye to the blues Jimmy!
Jon of Riff Raff. Local enigmatic but humble superstar!
Paul Kossoff - "All Right Now" . Rest in peace Paul.
Joe Pastrami- "Just Hanging Around" but making a difference, -always helping out.
"Mr Rock'n'Roll" Tony Parkin, Steve and "Mad Axeman" Pete. Axe means chopper, not guitar in this case!
Graham Oliver and Tony Whittle BSc- Good Guys and always supporting live music in the North one way or the other!
Lynne Watkin and "Fast Eddie" Cooper -Worthy inductees in the Hall of Fame for their input to Sheffield and Barnsley's rock clubs. Gotcha Eddie!
"Sir Rodders"
-Brilliant drummer and all round good guy!
He makes a difference!
Eddie "Wah" Karch The late and highly revered musician . A nice bloke, a highly talented, experienced and knowledgable fellow who enriched the lives of so many around the Wakefield music scene. Rest in Peace Eddie.
Brian Glover "The Don" of the Bradford Rock'n'Roll Mafia! A deserved inclusion to the HoF for his tireless work looking after the bands and pubs in West Yorkshire, and for the invaluable advice he gives on sound and lighting to new bands!
Julie with Husband H of The Lion. One of the hardest working publicans in the business, Julie has transformed the Lion in Castleford to a thriving rock venue. Julie ,we salute you!
Tracey, Head Cook and Gig Researcher at RotN. Looks after Steve and Joe Pastrami, ensuring clean underwear and black T shirts are available at all times. Nominated by Brian Glover.
Les Thompson of The Boot and Shoe. Massive rock fan and genial host who just loves promoting music at his brilliant venue. Ex roadie and friend of the stars. Top bloke and very well liked by both punters and bands.
Pete Goodfellow of Black Rising has been nominated by quite a few individuals and we think they are right. Pete has done all sorts of things to help the live rock scene, from performing with his band to helping bands get gigs.
Captains of Rock of the North's Conventions Dave of Gun Law and Ady of The Tourettes make it to the Hall of Fame. This is due to their hard work on the rock scene and making the Rock of the North Convention a blazing success. Apart from this they are top musicians on the Northern Rock Scene and great lads.
The brilliant all-round good guy Tony Bianco on his Tokai Jazz bass. Known in the trade as "Italian Tony" he really knows his stuff. Presently in Vamp, Tony made a name for himself in the PLC band. Nominated by Graham Charman.
Pixie Lee Malia of Bring Me The Horizon is a worthy inductee of the HoF and has just celebrated winning The Best British newcomer award at the Kerrang! awards ceremony. To put cream on top the band have also won the Rock Sounds Best Newcomer award. This Yorkshire lad also played with Phoenix 2.Pixie Lee is a great guitar player!
Marcus of Mr Chief has been nominated by Blackout for his timely help in rescuing the band after a disastrous time with PA matters. Marcus is probably the most knowledgeable soundman in RotNdom. Bloody good guitarist as well!
Ian "Agnes" Miles, of Riff Raff and Angabart. One of the top characters on the RotN scene. Nutty on occasions, but with a devastating guitar style, Ian's a star!
Bill Nelson couldn't possibly be left out of the RotN Hall of Fame. This "Wakey" lad is never far from the thoughts of the older RotN fans for his early pub gigs to being seen on Top of the Pops. His Leeds Grand Theatre performance recording Live in the Air Age in 1977 is legendary.
"Gravedigger" Bri Featherstone is included for his tireless work for the good of Barnsley Hospice. We salute you Bri. Nominated by Julie Mr Chief.
Mo Pickles ,The elder statesman of Rock of the North and leader of the fantastic No Quarter! Nominated by us (who are embarrassed he's not been in here from the start!)
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