The group reconvened in 1998 at the suggestion of Rob Gretton.

Rob Gretton, manager of Joy Division, decided he did not want the band to sign to a London record label, preferring to do it all in Manchester.

They had had several successful acts, including Slaughter & The Dogs ( whose tour manager was Rob Gretton ), John Cooper Clarke and Jilted John.

Tony Wilson would often be around the Rabid offices and Rob Gretton was friends with Tosh Ryan, Martin Hannett and others in the set up as they were all from the same council estate in Wythenshawe.

With a lot of discussion, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus set up Factory Records, stealing Martin Hannett from Rabid.

Originally conceived by Rob Gretton, it was largely financed by the record label Factory Records and the band New Order along with label boss Tony Wilson.

Rob Gretton bequeathed his collection of Hacienda memorabilia to the Museum.

With some friends, actor Alan Erasmus ( Lennie James ) and Rob Gretton ( Paddy Considine ), Wilson starts a weekly series of punk rock shows at a Manchester club.

* Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton ( Joy Division / New Order manager )

In the early 1990s, they signed with Rob's Records, owned by New Order manager Rob Gretton.

The band befriended Rob Gretton, later to manage Joy Division, and with his financial help became the first band to release a single on Manchester ’ s independent record label Rabid Records.

Gilbert's membership was suggested by band manager Rob Gretton.

" Synthpop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but " Blue Monday ", by encouragement of the band's manager, Rob Gretton, was dance record that also exhibited influences from the New York club scene, particularly the work of producers like Arthur Baker ( who collaborated on New Order's follow-up single " Confusion ").

Saville became a partner in Factory Records along with Wilson, Martin Hannett, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus.

This single eventually caught the attention of New Order manager Rob Gretton, who helped the band sign to Factory Records in 1982 and record an LP ( Harmony ) at Strawberry Studio in Stockport.

#* a record company person had called Rob Gretton to ask what to name the mix as, Gretton is claimed to have said " I don't care "

In the wake of the Buzzcocks ' release, the old movers and shakers from the Manchester music collective Music Force, who included producer Martin Hannett, Tosh Ryan and Lawrence Beadle, formed a local label called Rabid Records and started putting out singles by local acts like Slaughter & The Dogs ( Rob Gretton later to manage Joy Division and New Order was their roadie / tour manager – all Wythenshawe lads ), John Cooper Clarke and Ed Banger & The Nosebleeds ( whose lineup included Vini Reilly ) and they licensed " Jilted John " by Jilted John to EMI records.

After working on the research for a Granada TV feature about Rabid, he along with Alan Erasmus and Joy Division Manager Rob Gretton ( the Ideal for Living EP had been distributed by Rabid ) decided they would do their own version of Rabid Records, but instead of churning out singles and then licensing the album deals to major labels ( Slaughter & The Dogs ' debut appeared on Decca, John Cooper Clarke was licensed to CBS, and Jilted John to EMI ), they would concentrate on albums.

The video was dedicated to Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett and Ian Curtis, three people instrumental in the foundation of the band who had since died.

The label was initially independently distributed by local city record shop Manchester Underground, before New Order manager Rob Gretton invited Henry to bring the label under the wing of his then new imprint Rob ’ s Records in late 1994.

With both major labels increasing the pressure to talk to the manager-less 52nd Street, bass player Derrick Johnson instead contacted ex-DJ Rob Gretton, co-owner of Factory Records, and Joy Division ’ s manager.

In the early weeks of 1983 a rough cassette demo was played to Rob Gretton in his Chorlton home by both Tony Henry and Derrick Johnson after Gretton requested the band forward material for a new single.

Rob Crow of the rock band Goblin Cock chose to go by the name " Lord Phallus " during the release of the band's albums.

The brother of Gaz, Rob Coombes, played flute for the band's début gig at the Co-Op Hall, Oxford in 1993.

About the same time he became a singer with the Australian rock band Midnight Oil in 1973, after responding to an advertisement placed by one of the band's founding members, Rob Hirst.

2001's Isolation Drills was recorded with Rob Schnapf, who aimed to capture the band's live sound more closely than did Ocasek.

Sköld played guitar on the band's 2007 world tour, Rape of the World, with Rob Holliday ( formerly guitarist / bassist for Curve, Gary Numan, The Mission and The Prodigy ) taking over bass duties.

Every member of the group has an alias by which he is known, the band's founding members adopting the personas Larry Love ( Rob Spragg ) and The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love ( Jake Black ).

The album was produced by Rob McGregor, who would also produce the band's second album Against Me!

The band's original lineup consisted of vocalist and saxophonist Kevin Mahoney, guitarist Kurt Habelt, bassist Hank McNamee, and drummer Rob Williams.

In addition to Hansard, the band's current lineup includes original member Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Joe Doyle, Rob Bochnik and Graham Hopkins.

The song was a birthday gift by Rob Halford, who had befriended Jeff Martin in the band's early days.

In 2011 Rob Vunderink started a new Diesel project changing the spelling of the band's name into Deazol.

Following the tour to support their 1994 album Tummysuckle, Borra left the band and was replaced by Rob Higgins for the band's final album, 1997's Steelteeth.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Rob " The Bass Thing " Jones, the band's original bassist who died from a heart attack in New York soon after leaving the band.

* Deftones covered the song on the second night of the band's ' One Love For Chi ' concerts in 2009 with accompaniment from Dave Lombardo of Slayer on drums, Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom on guitar, Rob Trujillo of Metallica on bass, Daron Malakian and Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down on guitar and bass respectively, and Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan on vocals.

It was written and produced by Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore, and group member Beyoncé Knowles for the band's third studio album Survivor ( 2001 ), and contains a prominent sample from the 1981 recording " Edge of Seventeen ", as written and performed by Stevie Nicks.

In 2008, Roy and Rob Rock re-activated their long dormant band Driver and released their full-length debut, Sons of Thunder, which included re-recordings of the songs from the band's 1990 cassette EP.

Rob Halford of Judas Priest attributes the band's success to ' Birmingham having that [...] tough, working-class feeling [...] We weren't born with a silver spoon in our mouths.

The band's name " Wild Cherry " was taken from a box of cough drops while Rob was recuperating from a brief hospital stay.

Interestingly enough, Rob did not attend the AMA awards and radio personality Wolfman Jack accepted the award on the band's behalf. http :// en. wikipedia. org / wiki / Wolfman_Jack

In the first track, Vhod ( Entrance ), there is a motif from the Judas Priest's anthem " Breaking the Law ", expressively added in honour of the British band's frontman Rob Halford.

Heiskell subsequently revived the Judybats name, with a new band lineup consisting of guitarists Doug Hairrell and Reed Pendleton, bassist Rob Bell and drummer Mike Hairrell, and released the band's final album ' 00 in 2000 ; although he did not participate in the album's recording, Sughrue rejoined the band for live performances to support the album.

The band's studio line-up then included Pete Whittick, Bob ( Turbo ) MacPherson, Scott Kenny, Matt Wise, Vanessa Widdup and Rob Colley ( previously with the Brighton funk band, Arthur ).

* Rob was signed as a songwriter to the band's label prior to Kosmos being formed.