Richard Strange

Born Richard Harding in January 1951, Richard Strange first received attention in the early '70s at the helm of the well-titled Great White Idiot -- well-titled because, according to legend, their most important gig yet, in 1973, found them headlining "soul night" at the 100 Club in London, and being booed out of sight. The group combusted on the spot, leaving Strange and drummer Pete DiLemma to set about forming a new band, the Doctors of Madness. In this guise, Strange was responsible for some of the most exhilarating yet overlooked music of the mid- to late '70s. Emerging a...