Tom Robinson
England
Born: 01 June 1950
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Punk/New Wave, British Punk, Punk, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Hard Rock, Pub Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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Although his career had pretty much flamed out by the start of the '80s, there were few punk-era major-label performers as intensely controversial as Tom Robinson. Cutting his teeth with folk-rockers Café Society (who released a Ray Davies-produced record on the head Kinks' Konk label in 1975), Robinson roared into the spotlight in 1978 with a great single ("2-4-6-8 Motorway") and a much-ballyhooed contract with EMI. What was remarkable about this was that Robinson was the kind of politically conscious, confrontational performer that major lab...
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