Dedringer

Though generally regarded as fringe associates of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, Yorkshire, England's Dedringer were never above watering down their sound with pop music ambitions, if the ideal occasion presented itself. Formed as a late-'70s cover band by vocalist Johnny "JJ" Hoyle, guitarists Neil Hudson and Al Scott, bassist Lee Flaxington, and drummer Kenny Jones (no, not him), they soon developed enough original material to attract independent Dindisc Records (best known as the home of new wavers Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark) and, following a rather unc...