In 1968, Steve Nardelli left the band for a business career in the fashion and sports industries before reforming the band in 2003 with Adelman and Peter Banks.
12 Facts About Steve Nardelli
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Steve Nardelli co-wrote "14 Hour Technicolour Dream" in 1967, which was reviewed as "one of the best British psychedelic singles by any band", and voted by Time Out magazine one of the best ever top 100 songs written about London.
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Steve Nardelli continued to write music after The Syn of the 1960s and had a solo recording contract with Decca.
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Steve Nardelli reformed the Syn with Peter Banks and Martyn Adelman in 2004.
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Squire, Johnson and Stacey all left the band, and Steve Nardelli formed a new line-up with Francis Dunnery and Tom Brislin.
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Steve Nardelli started working in collaboration with Swedish band Moon Safari on a new album in 2010 from the Syn called Trustworks.
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In 1997, Steve Nardelli acquired from the government of Belgium's Walloon region the Donnay sports brand.
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Steve Nardelli worked with Mike Ashley to successfully purchase the Disport retail chain in Belgium and the Longoni Sports retail chain in Italy.
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Steve Nardelli founded Umbrello Records with Chris Squire, and the IPTV music station theONE.
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In 2009, Steve Nardelli formed P3 Eco Group with Graham Johnson and Brigadier Ian Inshaw, a Deputy Lord Lieutenant to the Queen and former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
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Steve Nardelli is one of the new eco developers and their site at NW Bicester was selected by Government to be one of four new eco towns.
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In June 2018, Steve Nardelli was appointed a Rudolph Steiner School charity trustee.