The Durutti Column

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The Durutti Column is the ongoing band project of guitarist Vini Reilly (born in Didsbury, Greater Manchester, August 1953), usually accompanied by drummer Bruce Mitchell (and, on the group's debut album, producer Martin Hannett). Recently they have been joined by keyboardist Keir Stewart.

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Guitarist - Didsbury - Greater Manchester - 1953 - Drummer - Martin Hannett - Keyboardist

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The Durutti Column were one of the first bands to be signed to Factory Records; they appeared on the label's first release, A Factory Sampler, and the label's boss, Tony Wilson, was also their manager for many years.

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Factory Records - Tony Wilson

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The Durutti Column was formed in 1978 when Wilson joined forces with Factory's Alan Erasmus to build a band around the remnants of Fast Breeder: drummer Chris Joyce and guitarist Dave Rowbotham. Within days they added Reilly, guitarist for Manchester punk band Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds, as well as vocalist Phil Rainford and bassist Tony Bowers. After a few performances and recording the piece Thin Ice, the group swiftly broke up leaving The Durutti Column's future to Reilly. Except for Rainford, the other members went on to form The Moth Men. Joyce and Bowers later went on to become members of the popular group Simply Red.

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1978 - Alan Erasmus - Fast Breeder - Chris Joyce - Dave Rowbotham - Manchester - Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds - Phil Rainford - Tony Bowers - Simply Red

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The group's often instrumental music encompasses elements of jazz, folk, classical music and rock, always underpinned by the distinctive sound of Vini's guitar playing. Their latest work is being released on the Internet-only label F4, which is also headed by Wilson and is marketed as the fourth iteration of Factory.

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Jazz - Folk - Classical music - Rock - Guitar - F4

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Reilly also played guitar on Morrissey's first solo album, Viva Hate.

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Morrissey - Viva Hate

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The Durutti Column's name is derived from that of Buenaventura Durruti, who led a column of anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. Reilly apparently saw a Situationist International poster which included the phrase "The Return of the Durutti Column", mis-spelled, a phrase which eventually became the title of the group's first album.

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Buenaventura Durruti - Spanish Civil War - Situationist International

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