Group

Kilburn and the High Roads

From: United Kingdom
Active: 1970–1975
Releases: 4

punk

Official site

About

Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed in London by Ian Dury in 1970. The band released one studio album Handsome in 1975, disbanding the same year. AllMusic credits the band with being "an undeniable influence on punk and new wave".

From Kilburn and the High Roads on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Russell Hardy 1970–now · original member piano
Charlie Hart 1970–now · original member electric bass guitar
George Kahn 1970–now · original member saxophone
Ed Speight 1970–now · original member electric guitar
Keith Lucas 1971–now electric guitar
Rod Melvin now piano
David Newton-Rohoman now drums (drum set)
Humphrey Ocean now electric bass guitar
Davey Payne now flute, saxophone
Charles Sinclair now electric bass guitar, electric guitar
Ian Dury 1970–1975 · original member · former lead vocals

Discography

Albums 2

Singles 2

Links

Official

Concerts

Reference

Artist rename

Ian Dury & the Kilburns now

Founder

Ian Dury now

Tags

england
london
uk

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: dc3c0dd0-f2da-477e-b5ed-4a2d99036348
ISNI: 0000000121551432

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.