The Valves

The Valves were one of the early British punk groups and came from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band, chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave, featured Dave Robertson as Dee Robot on vocals, G. Dair / Teddy Dair aka Gordon Dair on drums, Gordon Scott or Pada on bass guitar and Ronnie Mackinnon on guitar.[1][2]

The Valves
Publicity photo taken by Paul Slatterly, circa 1977
Background information
OriginEdinburgh, Scotland
GenresPunk rock
Years active1977–1979
LabelsZoom, Albion
Websitewww.thevalves.co.uk
MembersDave Robertson - vocals
Ronnie Mackinnon - Guitar
Gordon Scott - Bass
Gordon Dair - Drums

The Valves released three singles and then broke up in 1979. They reformed for a one-off gig in Edinburgh 21 December 2013.[3] In 2015, Ronnie, Pada and Gordon joined up with Joe Donkin, of The Cheetahs and Gordon Mackinnon, on keyboards. They are currently touring under The Valves name, playing material from the Valves, the Cheetahs and new material. Dave/Dee now lives in Belgium.[1] In 2020, they self released a retrospective LP, entitled Better Late... of material from 1977/78 and live versions of the singles from the reunion gig.[4]

Members
  • Dee Robot (Dave Robertson) - vocals
  • Ronnie (Ronnie Mackinnon) - Guitar
  • Pada (Gordon Scott) - Bass
  • G.Dair / Teddy (Gordon Dair) - Drums
  • Joe Donkin - vocals
  • G.Mac / Gogsmac (Gordon Mackinnon) - Keyboards

Discography

Singles
  • "Robot Love" / "For Adolfs Only" (Zoom - September 1977)
  • "Ain't No Surf in Portobello" / "Tarzan of the Kings Road" (Zoom - December 1977)
  • "It Don't Mean Nothing At All" / "Linda Vindaloo" (Albion - June 1979)[4]

Albums
  • Better Late... (Portobello Record Company - PORTY001 - 13 March 2020)[4]

References
  1. "Valves - Dee Robot Interview". Punk77.co.uk. May 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. "The Valves". Punk77.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. Fletcher, Andrew. "The Valves". fletchWeb. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. "The Valves". Discogs.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.


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