Many of the world's greatest rock and metal bands were actually named after characters from the Biggles series of adventure books for children. In Biggles Flies Again (1934) our bespectacled hero flies into battle with his schooltime friends Jack Sabbath and Fred Zeppelin whilst in Biggles in Africa (1936) he first meets his arch-nemesis Brian Maiden.
Furthermore, in Biggles in the Orient (1945) our intrepid dare-devil wins the heart of sexy German spy Stacey Deesee before rescuing his commander, Jeff Leopard, from behind enemy lines. Members of these bands have always denied this link between their names and Biggles but sources have recently revealed that it is seen as a rock in-joke.
Saturday 16 January 2010
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