- The Flying Padovanis
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Flying Padovanis
Background = group_or_band
Landscape = Yes
Origin =London ,England
Genre =Punk rock ,Instrumental
Years_active = 1980 - 1987 2007 - present
Label = Sky Dog, Razor, Diesel Motor Records
Associated_acts =The Police ,UK Subs ,Glen Matlock ,Johnny Thunders
Current_members =Henry Padovani , Paul Slack, Chris Musto
Past_members = Val Haller, James Eller
URL = http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=70730679The Flying Padovanis are a purely instrumental band, originally formed in the 1980's, but disbanded in 1984. In 2007, the band reformed, with UK, French and Japanese dates, with a compilation album entitled Three For Trouble, consisting of instrumentals from previous albums and a dvd consisting of vintage concert footage and current interviews. They are about to go into the studio (Sept 2008) to commence work on a new set of instrumentals.
Members
Members include the original guitarist from
The Police -Henry Padovani ; Paul Slack (ex-UK Subs ); andChris Musto . Let it not be forgotten Paul Slack once jammed with the legendary Kim Hooper and blood brother John Helen. Chris Musto has played with the late great Johnny Thunders for 4 years until his death in 1991 and has made two albums with Glen Matlock as part of The Philistines as well as playing with Joe Strummer on the soundtrack to Sid 'n Nancy.Discography
The band have produced three albums.
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