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The
Chords

Based
in Deptford, The Chords were probably the most energetic and
powerful Mod Revival band in London.
The band featured Billy Hassett (vocals/guitar) and his cousin
Martin Mason (bass), plus Chris Pope (guitar) and Brett 'Buddy'
Ascott (on Keith Moon Drums).
Maybe Tomorrow was their most aggressive amphetamine
rush of a single, after debuting with the already powerful Now
It's Gone. They even performed it on Top
Of The Pops!
In the wake of an excellent album, So Far Away, The
Chords issued four more singles, beginning with the barnstorming,
bittersweet attack on the institutionalised, brow-beaten
acceptance of Britain's working classes, The British Way Of
Life.
The same idea pervaded their follow-up, In My Street,
which was backed by a rousing cover of The
Marvelettes' Motown dancer I'll
Keep On Holding On (via cult 60s Mod band, The
Action).
The Chords bowed out in 1981 with One More Minute and Turn
Away Again, the latter featuring a new lead singer, Kip (ex Vibrators).
Chris Pope and Buddy Ascott formed a band called Agent Orange (not
to be confused with the US band of the same name).
The group
gigged extensively around London and the South East throughout
1983-1984, but did not record.
Chris Pope reformed The Chords for gigs in 1996.
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Billy Hassett
Vocals, guitar
Chris Pope
Guitar, vocals
Martin Mason
Bass
Brett 'Buddy' Ascott
Drums
Kip
Vocals
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