One of the founding members of hit British pop group Level 42 has been 'found dead' at his home, it was revealed today. Guitarist Rowland Gould, nicknamed Boon, was discovered by police at his home in ...

Rowland, who was nicknamed Boon as a child by an uncle, was born on March 4, 1955 on the Isle of Wight. He formed Level 42 with younger brother Phil, who was the band’s drummer, along with lead singer ...

'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 ‘Boon’ Gould of Level 42 has died, the band have confirmed. The news was broken was by the band’s bassist on Twitter this morning (Wednesday May 1), when Mark King wrote of his sadness at the ...

A founding member of 1980s pop group Level 42 took his own life, a coroner has ruled. Rowland Gould, known as Boon, was found dead at a friend's home in Uffculme, Devon, on 30 April. He had been ...

It would be unfair to think of Level 42 as a one-hit wonder. Children of the 1980s will remember their Top-10 hit “Something About You”—a song that was as inescapable in the spring of 1986 as it was ...

When a box hit Mark King at the end of a Level 42 concert in Germany, he knew it contained a gift from a fan, but what? “We had a track on the album called I Want Eyes,” Mark, 64, tells me. “And the ...

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 ...

In the late '80s, Level 42 were one of the biggest British bands around, with a string of hits, arena tours and a sound that was driven by bassist and vocalist Mark King's distinctive slap bass ...

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 ...