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‘The Punks’ by Pete McKee. "Do musical ‘tribes’ still exist? In a way. Go up Division Street in Sheffield on a Saturday you’ll be swamped by emo kids. But I’m not sure it’s as prevalent as it used to be. You don’t get the same passion."
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‘Sound A-Checks’ by Pete McKee. "This is based on something that really happened to me. The Jam were playing at Top Rank in Sheffield and I bunked off school to see them soundcheck in the afternoon. We waited outside for hours but they let us in in the end. I’ve remembered it all my life."
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‘Great Career Decisions’ by Pete McKee. "Anyone who’s dreamt of being a musician knows this feeling: you walk into a guitar shop and see a beautiful £600 guitar that you can’t afford – but you justify it by telling yourself it’s a good career move because one day that guitar will make you rich and famous."
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‘Elvis Bath Time’ by Pete McKee. Born in 1966, McKee spent years playing in bands before turning his hand to art. He started out as a cartoonist for ‘The Sheffield Telegraph’ but struggled to make ends meet until he began painting in 2004. He describes his current success as "stunning, mystifying – and delightful".
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‘Elvis Watches TV’ by Pete McKee. "I’ve done a whole series of Elvis paintings. It’s become a bit of a cliche to imagine that Elvis is still alive, but I really love the idea of him living in a council flat in Sheffield, watching telly with his cat."
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‘Cocker Gets A New Jacket’ by Pete McKee. "I love Jarvis to bits, but I don’t like to portray musicians on stage or being glamorous. I like to imagine them doing mundane things. It’s the simpler side of things that appeals to me, the moments when pop stars are just like you and me."
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‘Beat Chick’ by Pete McKee. A former postman and factory worker, McKee specialises in depicting British working class subcultures, with a particular focus on his native Sheffield. Bizarrely, he has received commissions from both the makers of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Star Wars.’
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‘A Grand Tour’ by Pete McKee. The artist explains: "This was inspired by my days of being in a band, dreaming of being rich and famous. I was in a white funk band called Times Will Change. It captures that awful feeling of being stuck in a transit van, traveling for miles just to play for four people. Eventually you realise it’s a load of rubbish."