Duncan Sanderson is a very influential and too-little-acknowledged bassist whose major contribution to music took place in two bands,
the Deviants and the
Pink Fairies. In 1967, when they were still known as the Social Deviants, he succeeded
Cord Rees in the bassist's spot in the former group, and was on all three of their albums. He lasted through a couple of lineup changes that ended up placing him as the focal point between guitarist
Paul Rudolph and drummer
Twink, as the group eventually morphed into
the Pink Fairies -- and it was there that he became kind of the music underground's answer to
John Entwistle of
the Who (who, by then, were playing venues like New York's
Metropolitan Opera); he was at the vertex between lead guitarist
Rudolph and drummer
Twink, keeping up with the former's prodigious meld of metal/
punk/
blues licks and holding the beat together with the latter, and the mix was especially potent in concert.
Sanderson later did the same with
Larry Wallis taking the guitar spot, and since then has never moved far from the
Pink Fairies/
Deviants orbit. Any of
the Pink Fairies' original albums or their Live at the Roundhouse concert release from 1975 (which put him between both the band's guitarists, in the lineup at once) is a great showcase for his work, which includes some strong vocals as well. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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