glitter band drummers

nick_honest. One of them is a superb player too - Peter Phipps - and the man is a living metronome. It met with instant success and reached. [8] The band's profile was maintained with a slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their peak mid-1970s era. In 1974, when I was 10 years old, I bought my very first record with my own money. Shephard got picked out; Phipps did not. Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. They were recently included in the BBC Four show Glam Rock At The BBC which reminded me how much I had loved them when I was young, and it was a rare opportunity to see them again on TV. . Sadly Gerry Shephard passed away on May 6th 2003. VBTS May 22, 2005 #7 Jean-Baptiste Clamence @ May 23 2005, 01:15 AM wrote: Answer (1 of 10): There are a lot of multi-drummer bands that come to mind - Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, some recent incarnations of King Crimson, The Feelies). Every day he would be in the studio producing session after session. [4][5] He also played drums for Eurythmics, playing on their UK number one album Touch, joining the band for their MTV-broadcast performance at the Heaven nightclub in London, and playing live with the band into 1984. By 1977, the band had started to fall apart. Prior to leaving, Rossall featured with his bandmates in a plot free 1975 film, Never Too Young To Rock, which is only worth watching for their live performances and a couple of seconds of their painful acting, which is still better than most performances from the actual actors in the film. Harding, Luke (2000) "Glam rocker loses court fight to keep Glitter from halcyon days". Dr. John was a great influence on him and this is where the tribal double drummer sound came from. "I've got loads of ideas for songs, we want to make something heavy, really tribal, really do something with our sound," he explains before starting to sing one track in the bar - it sounds fantastic. In 1981, the group released a new single, "Until the Next Time," maintaining a steady stream of further releases over the next five years. The Glitter Band were supporting and it has to be said, that night, they should have been headlining. The band eventually announced they had broken up. Rossall himself had known Leander since the 60s and was asked by the producer to put the Glitter Band together to back up the vocalist when the hits started pouring out and there were tours and Top Of The Pops to be done. Rossall and Shephard came up with Angel Face. The Glitter Band - ROCK ON! Rossall left the band on 31 December 1974. Tours with Gary Glitter continued. This does not detract, though, from Mike Leander who created these deceptively simple records, slowing down Burundi drums played in shuffling three fours and copying their tribal power with two drum kits and adding massive drones from the guitar bass and a brass section. Purveying hard-driving bar-band blues-rock to the kids, via songs like "Black Diamond," "Love Gun," and "Cold Gin," Kiss earned 30 RIAA-certified gold records, 14 platinum albums and three that. As well as The Tears I Cried which kept to the Leander sound, it also included their first non-charting single, the ballad, Alone Again. Glitter was difficult to work with even when we first met him in 1964/65 when we were his backing band in the Starr Club in Germany. Their choice of bandleader also reached back to that earlier era -- baritone sax player John Rossall had previously played with Leander's own eponymous orchestra, and with Glitter in the subsequent Boston International. [2], When Gary Glitter's first single "Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2" became a number 2 hit in the UK, his manager Mike Leander realised that he would need a backing band and contacted John Rossall who was then the musical director of the Boston Showband. He was always a prima dona really.". Leander died ten years ago at the age of 55 and is now mainly forgotten or his legacy forever tainted by his association with Glitter. Phipps toured with a variety of 80s bands including XTC and Eurythmics before teaming up with Shephard again in the 90s. With his first major concert tour looming, Glitter and producer/co-conspirator Mike Leander needed a full-time backing band for live work. Written by John Rossall and Gerry Sheppard, their debut single, "Angel Face," was an obvious close relation to the Glitter sound, a pounding, stomping number that raced to number four in Britain in March 1974, but it unquestionably possessed a charm all of its own. However, at the end of 1974 Rossall took leave of the band to follow a solo career which unfortunately didnt result in any hit singles. Gerry Shephard, John Springate and Pete Phipps taking over leadership, with Springate taking lead vocal duties on hits such as the ballad "Goodbye My Love", "The Tears I Cried", and "People Like You". Angel Face was followed up by another Rossall and Shephard composition, Just For You, which also cracked the UK top 10. "I've not even spoken to Gary for 30 years and every day I have to speak about him. Changing direction, Phipps first joined Ex-Directory a jazz rock band where he first met Vic Martin (who would later, with Pete, join the Eurythmics); this was then followed by a short period with a London based punk rock band called The Secret. With Rossall away, John Springate and Gerry Shephard took over leadership of the Glitter Band. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." [8][9] Phipps was also the drummer on Liquid Gold's hits which included "Dance Yourself Dizzy". The band only played with Glitter for two years before going alone and scoring a string of top ten hits. Gill stayed briefly in the band, recording only one album called Victim You in 1996. Its a strong pop song and was also covered by French singer Sheila (aka Sheila & B. However, his 1975 single, I Was Only Dreaming, is a great glam tune and it really should have been a hit. Leander agreed, but rejected the first recordings. Back to the 70s! Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a variety of labels. The band include some Glitter songs in their set but Dominic said music producer Mike Leander was the real genius behind the Glitter sound. It met with instant success and reached. The band also toured extensively in the time Gill was a member. (of course), later in 1974. As an experienced session drummer referred to as "The Human Timekeeper", the Memphis soul sensation performed with R&B legend Otis Redding (Try A Little Tenderness), nocturnal proto-funkster Wilson Pickett (In The Midnight Hour), blues idol Albert King (Born Under A Bad Sign) and seductive lothario Al Green (Let's Stay Together). They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." "Mike played all instruments apart from the brass which me and Gerry did. Could this be the most unlikely comeback in pop history? His imagination and sheer musical brilliance was key in the 60s colouring in records with amazing and imaginative use of strings, working with The Beatles, Marianne Faithful, Billy Fury and a whole host of other key players. no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him.") Mark E. Smith. Sometimes Smith hits the nail on the head, and even if he is exaggerating to make a point, The Glitter Band had an amazingly unique sound, a sound that has gone on to inspire an unlikely cross section of musicians. We didnt know how people were going to react. Its ironic that the advent of punk washed them away, as Angel Face must have influenced most of the punks who replaced them in the charts later in the decade. People come to the gigs and they understand that the band and the songs are quite separate from the whole situation.". An utterly un-Glitter-like set, it was characterized by a truly audacious cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." This article on a British drummer is a stub. [1], The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. The Glitter Band released their debut LP, called Hey! no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. [1] Apple Inc. Get the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter. He then rejoined Gary Glitter for UK, Middle East and US tours. Vid by me - enjoy! After learning to play drums, piano and guitar, his musical career took off at the age of 18, he has worked continuously since that time for a wide range of bands and artists. But, once inside and reveling within the meaty stomps and playful heartbreaks that were the band's raison d'etre once they were away from kingpin Gary Glitter, Rock 'n' Roll Dudes emerges at least as much fun as its predecessor and, in places, even more . The Glitter Band: The Glitter Band - Hey! (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him. The Official Website for Pete Phipps and The Glitter Band, The Original Jukebox Heroes (Pete Phipps, drums), Never Too Young To Rock (1975 movie) Part 1 on YouTube. They blew him off the stage. In 1974, Mike Leander reluctantly allowed the Glitter Band (as they were now known) to make a record as promised. The B-side, You Wouldnt Leave Me Would You, a Springate/Shephard composition, carries on where Angel Face left off and the intro reminds me of a few punk and new wave tunes which followed just a few years later. We never socialised.. The Glitter Band spent five years backing up the singer until they split away under Leanders steady tutelage to have their own hits which of course meant that they fell out with the leader of the gang in 1977 and have never spoken to him since then but his ghost is ever present. Rossall brought with him guitarist Gerry Shephard, saxophonist Harvey Ellison, and bassist Ray Moxley, who was soon sacked for urinating in Glitters drink. The name of the other one escapes me.. It was to no avail as the single failed to crack to the top 50. They had a top 10 hit with The Tears I Cried which eventually featured on their next LP. He toured in the US and in the UK. Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) 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Dominic, 54, who joined the group in the late 1990s, said: Our records are not played on the radio any more.. Although the band was not physically present on any of Glitter's own hits (according to the singer, Mike Leander alone played every instrument himself), the Glitter Band not only accompanied Glitter on his tours and television appearances, they also racked up seven hits of their own, six of them making the Top Ten. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Listen To The Band is musically ambitious compared to their previous albums, with the band trying to move away from the distinctive sound which made them famous, hoping to be taken more seriously. This article on a variety of labels in 1996 producer Mike Leander was the real behind. To be said, that night, they should have been a hit that as well..... 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