Original members of smokie
What happened to the lead singer of smokie?
Smokie band members now.
BIOGRAPHY
The Early Years
To be rock 'n' roll survivors is an achievement. To be Europe's top live band, forty three years after its inception is truly fantastic; but to still be enthusiastic, fresh, totally committed and in love with the music is a positive miracle.
In some ways miraculous is an adjective that suits 'SMOKIE' down to the ground.
The original members, Terry Uttley, Alan Silson and Chris Norman shared the playground together at St. Bede's Grammar School in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Their first musical incarnation being "The Yen" followed more swiftly by "The Sphynx".
Terry remembers his contribution to both bands consisting of manual dexterity on a regular guitar minus two strings which served as his first bass, only to find that on the day he bought his first real guitar, the band fired him on a schoolboy whim.
Whilst Alan and Chris furthered their musical education, Terry became an apprentice printer but was finally lured into their newly named rock 'n' roll veh