g, voc, acg, 1952-1997 GB, City of Bradford
Singer / Musician of Rock, Pop and Alternative
Peet Coombes (1952–1997) was a British musician, guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, which only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" (1977, Logo) before morphing into the other, The Tourists, who had several UK hits in the late 1970s. Many of The Tourists' songs were written by Coombes.He died in 1997 following years of alcohol and drug problems; Lennox and Stewart were not present at his funeral. Coombes left two sons Joey and Robin Coombes who formed the hip hop group Task Force.
The Catch |
The Tourists |