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Ed Tudor Pole
I was born on the 6th December 1954. My family comes from Kent. When he I saw The Rolling Stones on TV in 1964, aged nine, I was hooked on wanting to write hit songs and sing in a band.
13 years later, after an adolescence of speed, acid, hash, grass and mescaline in the long-haired hippy scene, the punk rock explosion gave me the opportunity to turn fantasy into reality.
‘Who Killed Bambi?’
I became involved with the Sex Pistols after John Lydon left. I wrote and performed Who Killed Bambi, by the ‘Sex Pistols’, in the film ‘The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle’.
I formed my own band, Tenpole Tudor, in 1979 and had some hits before an unfortunate early implosion of the group in 1983 wrecked me for a while.
‘Throwing My Baby Out With The Bathwater’
‘3 Bells In A Row’
Then followed a misdirection into the acting world which despite some success, and working with some major stars (Clint Eastwood, Rex Harrison, Ed Harris, Edward Fox, David Bowie, etc) was a profession I grew to despise and which I call my wilderness years.
The upside being, the acting career did yield many amusing adventures, which you can read about in my autobiography: The Pen is Mightier, published by Oldcastle Books.
In 2004, I set off on a 15-year solo tour, playing every weekend somewhere in the kingdom; head down, under the radar, plying my trade, a music hall artist, meeting the people at every show and sharing the love, until the pandemic stopped the tour and I wrote my book.
Now I am wondering where to take it, but I shall continue gigging as long as I can, like my mentors, the Stones…
