Talk:Geoff Nicholls

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[edit] Quartz

Geoff Nichols formerly played keyboards and rythym guitar for Birmingham heavy metal band Quartz, between 1974 and late 1979/early 1980 (He did not record on 1979's "Live Quartz", yet a fair degree of synth playing is present on their 1980 masterwork, "Stand Up & Fight"... whether these parts were written by him I do not know, he's not credited at all on the album). He then returned, under the name of Geoff Bate, to record vocals and keyboards on Quartz's 1983 sell-out album for Heavy Metal Records, "Against All Odds".

Edit: No, Geoff Nicholls did not return as Geoff Bate. They are two different people.

Edit (Again): Yeah, I recently realised this having bought their "Satan's Serenade" compilation, and remembering that anything written by someone contributing to allmusic.com is often a load of crap. Can't remember what band Geoff Bate was in before, but bass player Stephen McLaughlin, who replaced Derek Arnold for the aforementioned album, was previously in a band called Ezy Rider.

I recently created a Quartz page and put a note on this page with a link. Olliegrind 23:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)