Rusty Egan

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Name = Rusty Egan


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Born = birth date and age|1957|09|19|df=y
Origin = London
Genre = New Romantic, New Wave
Years_active = 1977 - present
Label = EMI Records
Associated_acts = The Rich Kids, Visage, The Misfits, The Skids,
URL = [http://www.rustyegan.com link]

Rusty Egan (born 19 September 1957 [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/person/egan/rusty Rockdetector.com] ] [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll Allmusic.com] ] , London) was the drummer for the British new wave band, The Rich Kids. They were founded by former Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock, bass guitarist and backing vocalist; with Steve New guitarist and backing vocalist; and fronted by Midge Ure guitarist, singer and keyboard player, [ [http://nfo.net/calendar/sep19.htm Nfo.net/calendar] ] from their inception in March 1977 to their disbanding in December 1978. He continued working with Ure, and later collaborated with The Misfits, The Skids, Shock, and Visage. [ [http://www.theskids.com/profile-rusty-egan.php Theskids.com] ] However, Egan did not return to Visage for its reunion at the end of the 1990s.

He was the DJ at Blitz, the influential New Romantic nightclub in London from 1979 until 1981. Whilst there, he introduced Germany's (Kraftwerk), the Japanese (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and British (Eno, Ultravox, Landscape) electronica/synthpop to the British club scene, almost single-handedly putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement.fact|date=August 2008 Egan also owned The Cage, a New Romantic record store on London's King's Road. As the club grew in popularity, Egan began to be recognised as a central figure in London's nightlife.fact|date=August 2008 In 1982, he opened up the Camden Palace nightclub in London, where he continued to spread and influence the development of electronica in the UK.fact|date=August 2008 For a time, he switched to producing records for many of the bands he used to DJ, including Spear of Destiny, Shock, Visage, and The Senate.

Egan was later brought back into his career as a disc jockey by the allure of the internet as a medium for sharing music. Presently, he works as a DJ at the Boujis nightclub in London, playing and promoting 1980s style synthpop and electronica music.

Originally, Richard James Burgess was Egan's drum teacher.fact|date=August 2008

On 13 June 2008, Egan appeared DJing at the 'Big Top', as part of the Isle of Wight Festival. [ [http://www.safeconcerts.com/festivals/isle-of-wight-festival.asp Safeconcerts.com] ]

ee also

*List of Identity Parade guests on Never Mind the Buzzcocks

References

External links

* [http://www.rustyegan.com Rusty Egan official website]
* [http://www.musicpictures.com/propxt/main?search_string=rusty+egan&ser_type=per Rusty Egan photographs @ musicpictures.com]