Over the years, the gritty neighbourhood has bred talent from glam rocker Marc Bolan to members of metal overlords Iron Maiden and Def Leppard to Brit Award-winning rapper Plan B.

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Kind of like Def Leppard's Rick Allen.

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With a knack for signing young artists and locking them up cheaply, the pair worked with acts from Caribbean crooner Billy Ocean to rockers Def Leppard to new wave acts like the Cars to Whodini, one of the first big rap groups.

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