Explore andy allan (2)'s biography, discography, and artist credits Shop rare vinyl records, top albums, and more on discogs. All the songs we wrote in that era went on the professionals’ first album.” signing to pistols label virgin in 1980, cook and jones’s professionals (then using lightning raiders bassist andy allan for sessions) released a brace of modestly performing singles The band were a trio consisting of andy allan, piano pace and a daughter lily ramona from allan’s previous releationship The original lineup was this When steve jones and paul cook first formed the professionals, many people assumed that their success was guaranteed
After all, they had been members of the sex pistols and had already proved themselves as songwriters on their own with hit singles like ‘silly thing’ and ‘the great rock’n’roll swindle’, both released as sex pistols material but in reality only featuring cook and. Originally session musician andy allan, was on bass guitar before being replaced by former subway sect bass player paul myers, with ray mcveigh joining as a second guitarist An american tour was curtailed when three members of the band were injured in a car crash and the professionals called it a day shortly after in 1982.
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