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Richard "Kid" Strange (born January 1951) is an English writer, actor, musician, curator, teacher, adventurer and the founder and front man of seminal mid-1970s protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness. ==Music== Strange's first band was Doctors of Madness, formed in 1975, recording three influential but non-commercial albums. The band was supported by the Sex Pistols, the Jam and Joy Division. He disbanded the band in 1978, after Dave Vanian of the Damned briefly joined him on vocals.〔Strong, Martin C. (2003). ''The Great Indie Discography''. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-335-0. p. 57〕 He subsequently recorded as a solo artist, releasing two albums ''The Live Rise of Richard Strange'' (Ze Records 1981) and ''The Phenomenal Rise of Richard Strange'' (Virgin Records 1981) before further releases with the Engine Room up to the early 1990s.〔 Strange has collaborated on recordings by International Noise Orchestra, Anni Hogan and Jolie Holland. He has produced records by Way of the West (Don't Say That's Just For White Boys), Tom Robinson (Martin's Gone) and the Nightingales album ''Pigs on Purpose''. Strange toured Japan in 2005 and 2007 with multi-instrumentalist David Coulter and the Japanese band Sister Paul, playing a selection of Doctors of Madness songs. In 2007 he was part of Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Festival, at the Royal Festival Hall, in an evening of songs from Walt Disney films; performed with the producer/arranger Hal Wilner in Brooklyn; and performed at the Barbican, alongside David Byrne, Tim Robbins, Steve Buscemi, Shane McGowan and Suzanne Vega. In 2009 Strange performed at the Glastonbury Festival, performing his 1981 political concept album ''The Phenomenal Rise Of Richard Strange'' live, in its entirety. He also played Port Eliot, Hay-on-Wye and Fenton Festivals. in 2012 he contributed the song "Blood Brothers" to the Rudolf Buitendach movie "Dark Hearts". In 2013 Strange was invited by Gail Zappa to narrate the British Premiere of Frank Zappa's opera 200 Motels at The Royal Festival Hall London. Strange also sang the baritone role of Rance, and the performance, featuring the 90-piece BBC Concert Orchestra, plus 40 voice choir, 8 piece jazz band and 5 piece rock band, was accorded a 20-minute standing ovation by the sold-out audience. It was filmed by Frank's widow Gail for later release, and was also recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast on November 2013. Two weeks later Strange was part of Hal Willner's evening of the music of Nino Rota at London's Barbican Hall, singing a duet with himself in Italian, from the Fellini film of Casanova. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Strange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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