Beckett

Beckett were an English hard rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970. The band released one self-titled album in 1974 and disbanded shortly thereafter. Original singer Rob Turner was killed in a car crash and replaced by Terry Wilson-Slesser, who would later go on to perform with Back Street Crawler and then Geordie whose previous front man Brian Johnson left to join AC/DC in 1980.
In 2017, Beckett songwriter Brian Ingham sued Iron Maiden for copyright infringement over two popular songs, "Hallowed Be Thy Name" and "The Nomad", which lifted musical sections and lyrics from the song "Life's Shadow". Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood was the agent for Beckett and a teenage Steve Harris saw the band play this song live. Harris and Dave Murray settled with one of the credited songwriters, Robert Barton. Ingham was unaware of the matter until 2011 and Barton claimed to be the sole songwriter during the original settlement. Iron Maiden stopped performing Hallowed Be Thy Name on their 2017 tour as a result. The issue was settled out of court in March 2018.
==Links to Peel==
In Singles Reviews, published in the Sounds music paper on 8th December 1973, Peel praised the band's debut single, 'Little Girl':
"From across the Minstrel's Gallery here at Peel Acres the fairy voice of the Pig interrupts a glorious, singing guitar break with the information, unsought, that this is a great record. I know, tiny Pig, I know." 
Peel would also play further tracks from the group including a session they recorded for his programme in 1974 and also during that year he was at the Reading Festival where the band performed. When Terry Wilson-Slesser joined Back Street Crawler, Peel would also played tracks from the new band on his shows in the mid-70's.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1974-01-07. First Broadcast: 10 January 1974
*Rolling Thunder / Life's Shadow / Tiffany
==Other Shows Played==
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*15 November 1973: Little Girl (7") Raft
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*30 April 1974: unknown (more likely to have been 'My Lady')
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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