Editing Thunderclap Newman (section)

==Separate ways==
McCulloch had stints with a dozen or more bands, including [[John Mayall]], [[Stone the Crows]], and [[Paul McCartney]]'s [[Wings (band)|Wings]]<ref name="Larkin"/> but, on 25 September 1979, at the age of 26, he died in his home from a cardiac arrest. His body was discovered by his brother, Jack, two days later.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In 1973, Keen released a solo album for [[Track Records|Track]], entitled ''Previous Convictions'', which featured McCulloch and Roger Felice on some tracks. He began recording a double album as a follow-up. Frustrated by his lack of progress at Track, he took the demos to [[Island Records]], which pared it down to the single album ''Y'know Wot I Mean?'' and released it in 1975. Its single, "Someone to Love", received significant [[radio airplay|airplay]] but failed to chart.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Discouraged, Keen ceased recording after one more single in 1976. He tried his hand at [[record producer|record producing]], working with the [[punk rock|punk]] band [[Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers]] on their first album ''[[L.A.M.F.]]'' in 1977, and also produced [[Motörhead]]'s first album before leaving the music industry.

Keen suffered from [[arthritis]] for several years, and was recording his third solo album, when he unexpectedly died of heart failure on 12 March 2002, at the age of 56.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In 1971, Newman recorded a solo album, ''Rainbow'', and played assorted instruments on [[Roger Ruskin Spear]]'s first album.

In 2002, Newman was eventually coaxed out of retirement by István Etiam and David Buckley (ex-Barracudas). Another three musicians were added to the line-up and in late 2005 the Thunderclap Newman Band was formed. It was an international collection of six musicians of various nationalities and with different musical backgrounds. Under the leadership of Andy Newman, the band set out to celebrate the music of Thunderclap Newman and to honour the legacy of John "Speedy" Keen and Jimmy McCulloch.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

One of the aims of the band was to perform ''[[Hollywood Dream]]'' for the first time ever in its entirety, alongside material written by Keen and McCulloch after Thunderclap Newman had gone their separate ways. With two more songwriters, David Buckley and István Etiam, there were plans to add new songs to the existing material.

Despite good press reviews and numerous successful performances,{{according to whom|date=November 2023}} disagreements within the band started to emerge. Andy Newman accepted an offer from [[Big Country (band)|Big Country's]] manager, Ian Grant, to assemble a new band around him and, in March 2010, the Thunderclap Newman Band was disbanded.

The Thunderclap Newman Band was: Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (UK) – keyboards, soprano sax, clarinet, oboe, David Buckley (US) – vocals, guitar, István Etiam (HU) – rhythm guitar, lap-steel guitar, harmonica & vocals, Stefanos Tsourelis (GR) – lead guitar, Brian Jackson (UK) – bass guitar, Antonio Spano (I) – drums.

In February 2010, Newman performed as Thunderclap Newman at the Con Club in [[Lewes]], [[Sussex]], with a new line-up: Tony Stubbings (bass guitar), Nick Johnson (lead guitar), [[Mark Brzezicki]] (former [[Big Country]], drums) and Josh Townshend (nephew of [[Pete Townshend]], on rhythm guitar and vocals). Soon thereafter, the band released a CD entitled ''Beyond Hollywood'', a live album with three studio re-recordings of Thunderclap Newman songs.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Thunderclap Newman supported Big Country on a 2011 tour of the UK. The band played 15 concerts between 2010 and 2012, the last one in June 2012 at the Isle of Wight festival. That was the last one ever, and after that the band stopped performing.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Andy "Thunderclap" Newman died on 29 March 2016, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/03/andy-thunderclap-newman-obituary |title=Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman obituary |first=Adam |last=Sweeting |date=3 April 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wahl |first=Brick |url=http://brickwahl.com/2016/03/30/thunderclap-newman/ |title=Thunderclap Newman |website=Brickwahl.com |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>