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Edmonds is currently, as of 2018, a vocalist and [[bağlama|saz]]<!--Bağlama may not be quite the correct link--> and [[cümbüş]] player{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}  in [[the Mekons]], and also the lead guitarist for [[Public Image Limited]].
Edmonds is currently, as of 2018, a vocalist and [[bağlama|saz]]<!--Bağlama may not be quite the correct link--> and [[cümbüş]] player{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}  in [[the Mekons]], and also the lead guitarist for [[Public Image Limited]].


===The Damned 1977-1978===
===The Damned 1977–1978===
Edmonds first came to prominence as a member of [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], playing guitar on their second album, 1977's ''[[Music for Pleasure (The Damned album)|Music For Pleasure]]''.<ref name="recordcollectormag.com">{{cite web|url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/damned-damned-damned-expanded-edition|title=The Damned- Damned Damned Damned Expanded Edition|publisher=Record Collector Mag.com|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> It was the rest of the band that nicknamed him "Lu"—short for "Lunatic".  Billed simply as "Lu" while with the Damned, subsequent bands billed him as Lu Edmonds (or occasionally "Lu Knee").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/serious-amounts-lunacy-mad-bad-160923275.html|title=Serious amounts of lunacy: The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned|website=Yahoo|date=2025|access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
Edmonds first came to prominence as a member of [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], playing guitar on their second album, 1977's ''[[Music for Pleasure (The Damned album)|Music For Pleasure]]''.<ref name="recordcollectormag.com">{{cite web|url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/damned-damned-damned-expanded-edition|title=The Damned- Damned Damned Damned Expanded Edition|publisher=Record Collector Mag.com|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> It was the rest of the band that nicknamed him "Lu"—short for "Lunatic".  Billed simply as "Lu" while with the Damned, subsequent bands billed him as Lu Edmonds (or occasionally "Lu Knee").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/serious-amounts-lunacy-mad-bad-160923275.html|title=Serious amounts of lunacy: The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned|website=[[Yahoo]]|date=2025|access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>


===The Edge 1978–1980===
===The Edge 1978–1980===
Edmonds was the guitarist/vocalist in new-wave band the Edge. This band also featured drummer [[Jon Moss]], (whom Edmonds met in the Damned, and who went on to become the drummer in [[Culture Club]]), bassist Glyn Havard (who played in the [[prog-rock]] band [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]) and keyboardist Gavin Povey (who later played with UK virtuoso guitarist [[Albert Lee]] in Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes). They released one album, Square 1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/2290476-The-Edge-Square-1|title=Square 1|website=Discogs|access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref> and two singles.
Edmonds was the guitarist/vocalist in new-wave band the Edge. This band also featured drummer [[Jon Moss]], (whom Edmonds met in the Damned, and who went on to become the drummer in [[Culture Club]]), bassist Glyn Havard (who played in the [[prog-rock]] band [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]) and keyboardist Gavin Povey (who later played with UK virtuoso guitarist [[Albert Lee]] in Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes). They released one album, Square 1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/2290476-The-Edge-Square-1|title=Square 1|website=[[Discogs]]|access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref> and two singles.


===Other===
===Other===

Latest revision as of 17:16, 20 June 2025

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:BLP sources Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Robert David "Lu" Edmonds (born 9 September 1957) is an English rock and folk musician. He is currently, as of 2018, a vocalist and saz and cümbüş player in the Mekons and the guitarist for Public Image Ltd. Edmonds reportedly plays electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, bouzouki, saz, cümbüs, oud, and drums, among other instruments.[1]

Personal life

Growing up abroad in Poland, South America, Russia and Cyprus, Edmonds was educated in local schools and at Ampleforth College. As of 2024, he resided in London.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Rock music

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The Damned 1977–1978

Edmonds first came to prominence as a member of the Damned, playing guitar on their second album, 1977's Music For Pleasure.[2] It was the rest of the band that nicknamed him "Lu"—short for "Lunatic". Billed simply as "Lu" while with the Damned, subsequent bands billed him as Lu Edmonds (or occasionally "Lu Knee").[3]

The Edge 1978–1980

Edmonds was the guitarist/vocalist in new-wave band the Edge. This band also featured drummer Jon Moss, (whom Edmonds met in the Damned, and who went on to become the drummer in Culture Club), bassist Glyn Havard (who played in the prog-rock band Jade Warrior) and keyboardist Gavin Povey (who later played with UK virtuoso guitarist Albert Lee in Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes). They released one album, Square 1[4] and two singles.

Other

He has played in Public Image Ltd,[5] the Spizzles, the Mekons, Shriekback, as a Bloke in Billy Bragg & the Blokes as well as on tracks by the Waterboys and Kirsty MacColl.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He also co-wrote songs with MacColl for her first album and played lead guitar on her first single "They Don't Know" (and also on the cover of that song by comedian Tracey Ullman).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Eclectic music

In the early years (1982–?) of the band 3 Mustaphas 3, "world music" pioneers, Edmonds played various instruments under the pseudonym Uncle Patrel Mustapha Bin Mustapha. Then Edmonds and Ben Mandelson, both former "Mustaphas", created two trios: in 2009 Blue Blokes 3 with Ian A. Anderson, releasing the album Stubble (Fledg'ling Records);Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and in 2010 Les Triaboliques with fellow picker Justin Adams, releasing the album Rivermudtwilight.[6][7] In 2010, Edmonds appeared on Poets and Lighthouses, the latest album by Albert Kuvezin of the Tuvan ethnic-rock fusion group Yat Kha.[8] In 2019, Edmonds and Mark Roberts, as Blabbermouth, released the album Hörspiel ("Hörspiel" being German for "radio drama" or "audio play"), with several guest musicians, including Rico Bell and Sally Timms of the Mekons, and Albert Kuvezin.[9]

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References

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External links

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