Kevin Mooney was the husband of English model and actress noted for her work with Vivienne Westwood and the Sex boutique in the Kings Road area of London in the mid-1970s, and for attending many of the early Sex Pistols performances, Jordan Mooney.
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Kevin Mooney is an English-Irish rock bassist and guitarist who has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad O’Connor, and others.
Kevin Mooney began his musical career in 1977 with Anglo-Irish punk band The European Cowards, in collaboration with John Keogh and rebel rouser John Herlihy.
Kevin Mooney was then enlisted as the bass player for Adam and the Ants, between 1980 and 1981, appearing on the album Kings of the Wild Frontier.
However, after leaving the band because of personal conflict and creative differences, Kevin Mooney formed the band Wide Boy Awake with best friend John Keogh, Harley Price and Horace Carter Allan.
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Wide Boy Awake released two EPs in the UK, including songs “Chicken Outlaw”, “Billy Hyena”, “Bona Venture” and “Slang Teacher”, some of which appear on 1980s various-artists compilations.
In the early 2000s, Kevin Mooney formed another band, the Lavender Pill Mob, led by Gary Asquith, a former member of Rema Rema, Mass and Renegade Soundwave, with Harley Price and Lee Jason Simeone.
Kevin Mooney’s new group recorded two albums (The Lavender Pill Mob and Mike’s Bikes) released independently; the second album featured guest vocals by Adam Ant on one song, “Black Pirates” (a reworking of “Chicken Outlaw”).
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