The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham who in the late 1960s and early 1970s had a cult following but never enjoyed mass commercial success...

Idle Race is the second album by the Idle Race, the follow-up to the band's debut, The Birthday Party. Released in 1969, this record was the first to be...

principal songwriter of the Idle Race. In 1970, he accepted Roy Wood's offer to join the Move, going on to contribute heavily to the band's last two albums...

guitarist who has been front-man for a number of bands; most notably The Idle Race, Savoy Brown and Humble Pie, he also served briefly with Fleetwood Mac...

The Birthday Party was the first album by The Idle Race, a psychedelic pop band, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). This quasi-concept album was the...

Back to the Story is a 2CD compilation set by Sixties/Seventies band The Idle Race released in 1996 on EMI's short-lived "Premier" series. It contains...

Sheridan and the Nightriders (the band later became the Idle Race). He attended the Moseley College of Art, but was expelled in 1964. The Move was formed...

the breakup of Balls, Gibbons returned to Birmingham from London to join The Idle Race for three months in 1971. This band rapidly evolved into the Steve...

Trevor Burton. By 1972, the Move had been reduced to a trio consisting of Wood, Bevan and Jeff Lynne, formerly of the Idle Race. The band's later years saw...

Lynne, frontman of fellow Birmingham group The Idle Race, was excited by the concept. When Trevor Burton left the Move in February 1969, Lynne was asked by...