Tidworth<\/a> and Salisbury.\n<\/p>\n\n In the early 1990s, they became runners-up in the Battle of The Bands competition held at Portsmouth Guildhall, which secured them valuable studio time at Rick Butler’s (from The Jam fame) recording studio.\n<\/p>\n
\n The band also recorded tracks at Rod Gammons Sound Studios on the Isle of Wight.\n<\/p>\n
\n They went on a mini-tour in Leeds and Bradford, performing in large club venues, and secured a memorable spot at the London Guildhall.\n<\/p>\n
\n The band even auditioned for Opportunity Knocks, the televised talent show which was the X Factor of its time.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite their success, life and its obligations, such as careers and marriages, led the band to break up in 1996, but music never strayed far from their lives.\n<\/p>\n
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Paragraph V in the 1980s. Standing at back Paul Frost and Rob Lenny. Middle, Dave Simpson. Kneeling, Richard Walker and Julian Munday. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Dave pursued brief stints singing in holiday camps during summer seasons, while Julian moved to Spain.\n<\/p>\n
\n The remaining members, Rob, Richard and Paul, formed a new band called EZ Tiger, which continued for a few more years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sadly, Dave died from cancer at an early age.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, the remaining four members \u2013 now all 60 \u2013 decided to reconnect and reignite the spark that once brought them together.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their reformation comes with a new name, EZ Tiger, pronounced as “easy tiger”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite logistical issues, given that Julian still lives in Spain, strategic rehearsals were necessary before the band dusted off their old guitars, amplifiers and PA system readying themselves for live gigs once more.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their repertoire sways from classic rock to pop with tracks by the Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Status Quo, The Eagles, Tears for Fears and Franz Ferdinand.\n<\/p>\n
\n The band has shunned modern complexities such as backing tracks or vocal enhancers, promising only raw, real live music.\n<\/p>\n
\n Upcoming performances are scheduled at The Clatford Arms on Saturday, May 2, Breach Farm Brewing in East Cholderton on Saturday, May 16, and Helen Browning’s Royal Oak in Bishopstone on Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formed in 1984 amid an emerging local music scene, Paragraph V carved their niche playing both originals and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-551112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}