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Badfinger: Pete Ham
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Badfinger spent the early months of 1975 trying to find a way to earn a living. Jackson said that touring agents and record labels were routinely turning them away because of their restrictive contract with Polley. Ham tried many times to contact Polley by telephone during these months but was never able to reach him. Without being able to secure new work and without salary checks coming in from Polley, the money situation became bleak for the band.
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Despite critical acclaim and a handful of hit singles, Badfinger never achieved the massive success many had predicted. On April 23, 1975, frontman Pete Ham committed suicide; bassist Tom Evans and guitarist Joey Molland reactivated the group with a new lineup in 1978, but after years of infighting, Evans took his own life on Nov. 19, 1983.
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Badfinger began life in Wales as the Iveys, and had been knocking around London for a while, occasionally opening for the likes of the Yardbirds and Moody Blues. In 1968, after several lineup shuffles, they were signed to the new Apple label; the members at that time were Welsh leader and singer/guitarist Pete Ham, early member and bassist Ron Griffiths, drummer Mike Gibbins, and new guitarist/singer Tom Evans, from Liverpool but based in Wales.
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[I]ncluded on badfinger-iveys.com are new web pages compiled and designed by Dan Matovina which are promoting the musical offerings of what is referred to as "Apple Seedlings," which are the children of Badfinger members, Beatles members and "Friends of Badfinger". Included so far are pages dedicated to the music of Owen, Adam, and David Gibbins (sons of Mike Gibbins), Emily Jackson (daughter of Bob Jackson), Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon), Dhani Harrison (son of George Harrison), Sean & Tyler Perkins (sons of Mark Perkins, artist of the Pete Ham and Tom Evans lithographs), and Jesper Vindberg (son of Morten Vindberg, webmaster of Badfinger, Wish You Were Here web page).
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