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'' '' ` phil edwards '' ' -lrb- guitar -rrb- '' ` ` chris venzi-james '' ' -lrb- bass -rrb- '' ` doug paul wincer '' ' -lrb- drums -rrb- sanders '' ' -lrb- guitar/vocals -rrb- -lsb- http://www.thelambrettas.co.uk/ www.thelambrettas.co.uk -rsb- 1979 -- 1982 1995 -- present -lrb- intermittent -rrb- the rocket record company the lambrettas
 '' deceased -rrb- '' ` mark ellis '' ' -lrb- bass ` -rrb- '' ` steve bray '' ' -lrb- drums -rrb- jez '' ` pat freyne '' ' -lrb- drums -rrb- bird '' ' -lrb- vocals - group_or_band mod revival brighton , england the lambrettas
the lambrettas

the lambrettas are an english mod revival band , first active in the late 1970s and early 1980s .
named after the iconic italian lambretta scooter brand popular among mods , the band was formed in lewes .
their original line-up consisted of jez bird -lrb- singer/guitarist -rrb- , doug sanders -lrb- guitarist/vocalist -rrb- , mark ellis -lrb- bassist -rrb- and paul wincer -lrb- drummer -rrb- .
their biggest hit was in 1980 , with a cover version of the 1950s leiber and stoller song , `` poison ivy '' , which reached # 7 in the uk singles chart .
they scored a # 12 hit with the follow-up , `` da-a-a-nce '' .
in the same year , they released the album `` beat boys in the jet age '' , which reached # 28 on the uk albums chart , and scored another minor hit single , `` another day -lrb- another girl -rrb- '' -lrb- hastily renamed from `` page 3 '' after complaints from `` the sun '' newspaper .
after the mod revival faded , subsequent singles , which included a 1982 cover of jefferson airplane 's `` somebody to love '' , and a second album , 1981 's `` ambience '' , were commercial failures .
the band played their final concert in their original incarnation in london on 14 april 1982 .
bird re-formed the band for a time in the 1990s .
the band reformed in 2009 and are touring the uk and europe .
