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Ward was born in the London suburb of Croydon in By his late teens, the UK punk movement was well and truly breaking and Ward landed a....
Algy Ward, the prolific musician who co-founded New Wave of British Heavy Metal icons Tank and was the bassist for punk bands The Saints and.
Algy Ward
English musician (1959–2023)
Musical artist
Alasdair Mackie "Algy" Ward (11 July 1959 – 17 May 2023) was an English punk rock and heavy metal bass guitarist and singer.
He began his career in 1977, as a bassist for the Australian proto punk band the Saints. Afterwards, he joined The Damned, before founding Tank in 1980. Tank were part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.
Career with The Saints
Alasdair Mackie Ward first rose to fame by joining the Australian punk rock band the Saints, replacing their former bassist Kym Bradshaw, who went on to play with The Lurkers, and after that, King, a collective formed with Captain Sensible, Henry Badowski, members of Wreckless Eric's band and members of Johnny Moped's band.
Prior to Algy Ward's entry into the band, The Saints had already released the early punk rock single, "(I'm) Stranded", to some acclaim, but were struggling for further recognition, since image wise, they did not comply with what late '