If you were a musical act plying your trade in the 80s, regardless of which genre you might have started out populating, at some point you likely tried to gravitate to the pop charts. Doing so while ...

1 April 1987 Level 42 construct a tightly-sprung, chattering bedrock of rhythm which satisfies the lower half of the body, and from there they set about exciting the waist up Wembley Arena That music ...

'Starchild'! Mark King, the slap bassist and lead vocalist in iconic '80s group Level 42, fell in love with music after hearing the late Cream bassist and rock icon Jack Bruce. King doesn't think he ...

Rowland Gould, nicknamed Boon, co-founded the successful pop group LEVEL 42 founding member and guitarist Rowland Gould has died aged 64. Let’s take a closer look at his life of the musician known by ...

LEVEL 42 are delighted to announce that they will embark upon The ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour in 2025, which will visit 28 UK venues. The tour will open in Aberdeen, and close at the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the late '80s, Level 42 were one of the biggest British bands around, with a string of hits, ...

Rochester boogied its way back to the 80s on the first night of this year’s Castle Concerts with jazz funk bands Level 42 and Shakatak. The Eighties hitmakers, led by bass player Mark King, rolled ...

Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould had a long history of mental health issues, doctor told inquest A founding member of the pop band Level 42 who quit the music industry because of mental health issues and moved to ...

Frontman Mark King confirmed the tragic news on Twitter, paying tribute to his mate who was a founding member of the hit British pop group LEVEL 42 guitarist Rowland Gould has died aged 64, it was ...

Rowland "Boon" Gould, a founding member of the British band Level 42, has died aged 64. The guitarist was found dead at his home in Dorset earlier this week. In a message on Twitter, his brother Phil, ...

Soaking up the autumn sunshine on the balcony of his rather chic South London apartment, 57-year-old Mark King doesn’t look terribly different from the 22-year-old who fronted British funk-pop stars ...