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Gay Dad News

NU-QUEER SOUNDS

The much-maligned band are now down to a three-piece...

  • Feb 23, 2001

BYE HONEY, I'M HOMO

Singer Cliff Jones can't shake off a bout of viral laryngitis...

  • Feb 2, 2001

FATHER FIGURES!

Crowds of fans are turned away - but NME.COM made it in to see Cliff Jones' stripped-down band back on stage again...

  • Nov 30, 2000

DADDY - COOL!

They were once the most talked about band in Britain - now we'll see how they get on as a three-piece...

  • Nov 24, 2000

GAY DAD ROCKET BACK INTO ACTION

Frontman [b]Cliff Jones[/b] claims the band are "on a silver rocket to the mooooon"...

  • Aug 9, 2000

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Gay Dad Reviews

Gay Dad : Transmission

Gay Dad : Transmission

Cliff Jones' grand scheme works. Almost.

  • Sep 18, 2001

Gay Dad : Now, Always And Forever

They're learning to rock again. Be patient with them.

  • Mar 15, 2001

Gay Dad : Oh Jim

The phrases 'tender love song' and 'soaring epic chorus' are not used in polite society in this cynical age, but such is the stirring emotional resonance of this pop record that you have no choi

  • Jul 24, 1999

Leisurenoise

In the indecent haste to smother [a]Gay Dad[/a] at birth, many people seem to have forgotten why they liked music in the first place....

  • May 2, 1999

Middlesborough Arena

[B]Cliff[/B] ends the night giving [B]'V'[/B] salutes and hopping about triumphantly, just like [B]Iggy[/B], as featured in the book [B]Jones[/B] wrote about him...

  • Apr 13, 1999

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Gay Dad Biography




Gay Dad were an English rock band formed in London. They generated news media interest and achieved some chart success, but they failed to sustain their popularity and broke up in 2002. The best-known line-up of the band (during their most successful period) was Cliff Jones (guitarist/vocalist), James Riseboro (keyboardist), Nigel Hoyle (bassist), Charley Stone (guitarist) and Nicholas "Baz" Crowe (drummer).

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