John Blades Australian Musician
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Details
| First Name |
John
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| Last Name |
Blades
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| Birthday |
1st December, 1959
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| Birthplace |
Sydney, Australia
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| Died |
25th November, 2011
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| Place of Death |
Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
Australian
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, radio presenter, civil engineer
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Experimental Music, Tape Loop
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| Year(s) Active |
1980–2011
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| Instrument (text) |
Reel-to-reel Tape Machine
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| Associated Acts |
The East End Butchers, The Loop Quartet, The Loop Orchestra, War Meat and the Dictator, Men Like Licorice
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| Official Websites |
https://web.archive.org/web/20090305051835/http://www.thelooporchestra.com/ at the /wiki/Wayback_Machine (archived 5 March 2009), https://web.archive.org/web/20090305051835/http://www.thelooporchestra.com/ at the /wiki/Wayback_Machine (archived 5 March 2009)
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John Thomas Blades (8 December 1959 – 25 November 2011) was an Australian experimental music artist and member of The Loop Orchestra; he also worked as a radio broadcaster and documentary maker, and as a civil engineer. In 1982 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair from 1993. In 2010, his radio documentary, The Too Hard Basket, won the Walkley Award for 'Social Equity Journalism – All Media', and the 'Radio Documentary of the Year Award' from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Blades died on 25 November 2011 after complications from cancer therapy.
