If Ive whetted your appetite for this most underrated and somewhat forgotten 70s band, you can buy a Box Set containing their four albums. "), Buoyed by the massive success of "Goodbye My Love," the Glitter Band selected another soft rocker for their next single, "The Tears I Cried," following through over the next 12 months with the similarly styled "Love in the Sun" and "People Like You, People Like Me." no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. And while the band's original sound was firmly cut in the style of their namesake, by the end of their career, they'd developed into a wholly original and utterly captivating act in their own right. It was the twin drum's combined with Gerry's glitter 'Star' guitar with its . Also in 1984, Phipps returned to work with XTC in the studio to record the album Big Express. The Glitter Band's second album might indeed have borne one of the era's most cringe-worthy titles, and a sleeve that wasn't much better. Bell Records signed the Glitter Band as a new artist, and Angel Face was released on 1st March 1974. I have their albums playing in my car still x, Your email address will not be published. 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. 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). Mark E. Smith. They guested on Denims glam rock themed 1992 album, Back In Denim with Shephard and his star guitar featuring in the video for Middle Of The Road. A new album, recorded live at the London Marquee Club, appeared in 1985, while a succession of hits collections (several featuring newly re-recorded material) kept their name alive on the record shelves. Pete said Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, even cut the band from a fi lm made about him. We knew nothing of it beforehand. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". [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. The band eventually announced they had broken up. Really brill piece paying tribute to a hugely underrated band that were never given the credit they deserved. 1979 saw Sheppard and drummer Pete Phipps hook up with former Sparks/Jet keyboard player Peter Oxendale for the album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, credited to Oxendale & Sheppard and released in the U.S. only. Shephard and former drummer Tony Leonard formed one band, whilst Phipps continued to perform with his own band. Playing hard-stomping glam rock and roll with singalong choruses aswell as more straightforward romantic pop, the Glitter Group were named because of their association with glam idol Gary Glitter. Glitter Band. Also included is a rather ill-advised cover of the Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil their first cover version since the Hey! Thanks for your article, the Glitter Band really and truly deserved so much more recognition,they alone were brilliant musicians and writers. nick_honest. "It was nerve wracking. Glitter Band - Angel Face (1974) Bertierocks1 14.9K subscribers 924 145K views 10 years ago Back to the 70s! Springate retired from the band in 2019, and in August 2020 Phipps, the only remaining original member, released his first solo album entitled Wherever You Are. 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. John Springate went into record production in the 90s, becoming involved in the Hi-Energy dance scene and recording Nicki Frenchs hit cover of Total Eclipse Of The Heart. The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. 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. Playing hard-stomping glam rock with singalong choruses as well as more straightforward romantic pop, the Glitter Band were named for their association with glam idol Gary Glitter. This edition of the Glitter Band released a single in 2016 featuring new recordings of "Let's Get Together Again" and "People Like You and People Like Me." The Glitter band, though, are trapped by history. 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. Even then he insisted on staying in a hotel whilst we had to share digs in bunk beds behind the stage. There are a few lowlights but it will allow you to hear the versatility of the band and that utterly distinctive hey! sound which made them famous. (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him.") On this particular evening one of his charges David Essex, who he was producing at the time, phoned in sick and in the downtime Leander invented the Glitter band sound. A major creative departure, "Goodbye My Love" climbed to number two, while the group's abilities as songwriters received another boost when labelmates Hello scored a European hit with a cover of the Glitter Band's own "Game's Up." He played all the instruments himself till he came up with the dark and strange rock & roll of 'Rock n roll part 1 and 2'. Another single appeared in 1982, a Shephard and Springate song called Heartbeat To Heartache. For tickets see the Alfie Bird website or Ticketweb. Rossall is even talking of making a new album. Pete Phipps still performs live as The Glitter Band. They were brilliant! Original Glitter Band bandleader John Rossall died on October 2, 2021, a year after releasing a comeback album, The Last Glam in Town; he was 75 years old. They blew him off the stage. I was so in love with Gerry RIP. The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. The music group originally came jointly in 1972, pursuing Glitter's very own breakthrough using the strike "Stone.". Every day he would be in the studio producing session after session. no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. With John Rossall having quit for a solo career, the remaining members signed with CBS and, shortening their name to the G Band, set to work on their most ambitious collection yet, Paris Match. Some of the band continued to back Gary Glitter on live dates but he unceremoniously sacked them for cheaper musicians at the end of the 1980s a fact broadcasters really should bear in mind when trying to whitewash the band from music history. Ultimately, the Glitter Band became almost as successful, and certainly as well-known, as Gary Glitter himself. He called Rossall, who took him up on the offer, on the understanding that at some point his band would get to record their own material. With his first major concert tour looming, Glitter and producer/co-conspirator Mike Leander needed a full-time backing band for live work. Its a strong pop song and was also covered by French singer Sheila (aka Sheila & B. Tours with Gary Glitter continued. With John Rossall having quit for a solo career, the remaining members signed with CBS and, shortening their name to the G Band, set to work on their most ambitious collection yet, Paris Match. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who initially worked as Gary Glitter 's backing band under that name from 1973, when they then began releasing records of their own. Are the Glitter Band capable of making rock n roll part3? Read Full Biography. U.K. Glam Rock Top 10. haj1909. In 1985, Phipps recorded with Hugh Cornwell playing on the single "One in a Million". Double drumming (sometimes referred to as double drums) is a musical technique, used mostly in rock music, where two drummers each play a drum kit at the same time. They had a top 10 hit with The Tears I Cried which eventually featured on their next LP. Instead of hitting the cymbals, drummers such as Dave Mount of Mud thumped out the rhythm with. The Glitter Band - ROCK ON! 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. Gary Glitter Modest Mouse Angels of Light The Melvins Frank Zappa Tortoise Hidden Orchestra Dananananaykroyd Kylesa Godsmack, occasionally Do Make Say Think Tornavalanche Mushroomhead Black Eyes U.S. Christmas The Fall 1981-1984; 1993-1997 (occasional) NoMeansNo 1993-1997 Radiohead The Roots Pavement Arcade Fire Levon Helm during the '80s Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Bands With Two Drummers. "It seems like every time we get a series of gigs together and some sort of comeback is on the cards, he will get arrested and we lose a lot of shows. In recent years the Glitter Band have been considered guilty by association for having had the temerity to start out backing the disgraced Gary Glitter. But original drummer Pete Phipps and bandmate Dominic Rodgers say their songs - recorded separately from Glitter's - are still not played on the radio. Performing with bands like Decrepit Birth, Abysmal Dawn and Vale of Pnath, his fervent and incredibly clean technique elevates every song that he records or performs. (of course), later in 1974. [citation needed] One may play the rhythm while the other may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm.It is more common to have a main drummer with an auxiliary percussionist who plays Latin American percussion, toms . Zappa used two drummers in the Mothers in . Rossall and Shephard came up with Angel Face. However, Leander needed a group to back his new star on Top Of The Pops and for live shows. The Glitter Band's unique sound is well appreciated by the cognoscenti of alternative music makers. Get the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Saxon and the Story of Denim And Leather", "PETE GILL (MOTORHEAD): "It was guitarist Phil Campbell who got me into Motorhead", BBC Sessions / Live at Reading Festival '86, Better Motrhead than Dead: Live at Hammersmith, Motrhead Live: Everything Luder than Everything Else, Classic Albums: Motrhead Ace of Spades, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pete_Gill&oldid=1074757936, BLP articles lacking sources from November 2015, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 March 2022, at 01:09. [1] "Mike was brilliant, he played on every track - we just came in and did the brass parts. It met with instant success and reached. He found an old guitar with a really bad action on it and put it through some really heavy fender tube amps till it was jumping off the floor and that was how that sound came about.". Originally called The Glitter Men, only Rossall and Ellison played on Glitters first two records every other instrument was played by Mike Leander. His first outing with the Eurythmics was recorded at Heaven for MTV and later released as the video Sweet Dreams (1985). [5][6] They backed Glitter in live performances, although in the studio Mike Leander played all the instruments, apart from the brass section provided by Rossall and Ellison.[5]. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. 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In total, The Glitter Band had seven top 20 hits in the mid-1970s, including Angel Face which reached number four and Goodbye My Love, which went to number two in the charts. Guitarist/vocalist Gerry Shephard, bassist/vocalist John Springate, drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard, and horn players John Rossall and Harvey Ellison came together in 1972 . Great band, great music. We're the musicians that played on parts of the records. 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. Playing hard-stomping glam rock with singalong choruses as well as more straightforward romantic pop, the Glitter Band were named for their association with glam idol Gary Glitter. The potential is there and the talent is there- could the Glitter Band be about to use rock & roll to excise the ghost of Gary Glitter the bacofoil god with feet of clay? "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. The band only played with Glitter for two years before going alone and scoring a string of top ten hits. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. In 2009, drummer Pete Phipps (who had taken ownership of the name "The Glitter Band") and original bassist and vocalist John Springate put together a new version of the group with the addition of Dominic Rodgers on guitar and vocals, and Eddie Spence on keyboards and vocals. Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. The album was recorded in Metway Studios, Brighton and produced by Mike Wilton and engineered by Jake Routham. Phipps and Shephard appeared in the Identity Parade line-up on the first episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 October 1996. He also restarted Glitter Band gigs, joining with some of the other original members, and has remained part of the Glitter Band with a number of different line-ups to the present day. Things didnt stand still in 1975. Joyce tweets. The Glitter Men, as the group was originally known, was built around an idea that Glitter and Leander had first experimented with during the mid-'60s: a sprawling combo whose sound and visuals were based upon a core of two drummers and two saxophonists. Peter William Phipps (born 5 August 1951 in Clapham, South London)[1] is a rock drummer, singer and songwriter known for his work with Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band, and later Eurythmics, XTC and Denim. Springate and Phipps tour as one incarnation of The Glitter Band. Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall continued to tour for the rest of his life. 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. Please whitelist our site in order to continue to access The Quietus. He then put this amazing droning guitar sound on it. [3][5] The band, now working as a separate entity with Tony Leonard having replaced Pete Gill, as well as continuing to back Glitter, played a few well-received live shows before their first single came out, mixing some new songs with cover versions of 1950s and 1960s songs. In August 2020 he released his first solo album of original songs entitled Wherever You Are. He did lots of different kinds of things.". The Glitter Band: The Glitter Band - Hey! In short, he was a pop genius and should be lauded in the way that Joe Meek is. Broadcast on 31st January 2021 for Soul Radio USA's Virtual 70's and 80's New Year's Eve Party, this is an exclusive Interview with Pete Phipps lead drummer of The 70's Glam Rock Group \"The Glitter Band\".The Interview Includes an Insight of Pete Phipps career In music then and now, the history behind The Glitter Band (how It was formed and the progression to becoming one of the UK's major Glam Rock Bands of The 70's) and exclusive behind the scene bloopers and information that some listeners may not of heard before. The name reverted to The Glitter Band in March 1977 for the release of "Look What You've Been Missing", co-written by John Rossall and Gerry Shephard. It got the full Leander production treatment, bringing the brass section and double drum sound to the fore, adding in the distinctive hey! chant. Ive picked Games Up from this LP as it was also recorded by Hello and, although their version wasnt a hit, it is considered a great glam tune. Unfortunately, although the band had moved on, their fans hadn't. Ultimately, the Glitter Band became almost as successful, and certainly as well-known, as Gary Glitter himself. Classic Disco, and Angel Face / You Wouldn't Leave Me Would You?. They have existed on and off since with various line-ups, and there are currently two bands featuring original members who use the name. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In 1979, Shephard and Phipps worked with former Sparks keyboard player Peter Oxendale, recording the US only album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is as Oxendale and Shephard. Perrone, Pierre (2003) "Obituary: Gerry Shephard; Glitter Band guitarist and songwriter". It was to no avail as the single failed to crack to the top 50. In 1973, Rossall approached Leander with the suggestion that the band record some material without Glitter. It again features the heavy Glitter sound and was another Rossall/Shephard composition. Thank you Joyce. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. A dynamic combination". Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) The single, written by Springate and Phipps, never made it past a few initial commercial pressings on the Epic label. Its a fantastic record which has really stood the test of time definitely a glam rock classic. The Glitter Band were poppy enough to catch the ear of my 10-year-old self, but distinctive and different enough also to hold my attention over the years. The funky Watch The Show is another Harvey Ellison composition and the only one which he sang lead on. [1][2] He stayed with them until 1981, recording their first four albums,[3] leaving the band after he injured his hand. Pete Gill detoxed in 2004 after having a problem with alcohol for two years, and is unable to play anymore due to severe arthritis which "has spread to my hands and my legs and my back".[5]. The Glittermen were renamed The Glitter Band and established a separate identity consisting of a six-member lineup Gerry Shephard (lead guitar/lead vocals), John Springate (bass/lead vocals ), Pete Phipps (drums and keyboards), Tony Leonard (drums), John Rossall (trombone) Harvey Ellison (saxophone). A major creative departure, "Goodbye My Love" climbed to number two, while the group's abilities as songwriters received another boost when labelmates Hello scored a European hit with a cover of the Glitter Band's own "Game's Up." 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. Several of the band had played with Glitter in The Boston Showband (also known as The Bostons) during the 1960s when he was still known as Paul Raven. The band include some Glitter songs in their set but Dominic said music producer Mike Leander was the real genius behind the Glitter sound. 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. . After Rossall was taken to court in 1983, an injunction banned him from using Glitter in his band name; a second legal ruling in 1997, after Rossall had persistently breached the first order, resulted in him receiving a one-year suspended prison sentence which would come into force if he used the Glitter name again. We are certainly not making any case for Gary Glitter here, he merely grunted along on these records - his creative input was zero. Your email address will not be published. Their next single, Goodbye My Love, was something of a departure from their earlier singles. I didnt even like Gary Glitter all that much his songs were okay but I far preferred watching his backing band on Top Of The Pops and from a very early age had a little crush on the saxophonist, Harvey Ellison. The bands third album, Listen To The Band, followed at the end of 1975. . After leaving school in 1969 he joined Black Velvet, a soul/funk band tours, recording and radio shows. John Rossall "The Glitter Band" started life in 1972 as backing and session musicians for Gary Glitter, providing the backing music not only for Gary's chartbusters but also providing 'The Leader' with the unique powerful, and gutsy big beat for his concerts around the world. . (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him. [7] Sales dropped in 1976, with the advent of punk rock. This is unfortunate to say the least as Leander himself had a brilliantly original musical mind and, unlike the equally genius Meek, never murdered anyone. 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. 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. Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motrhead . 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. Just look at all the Christmas songs from the 70s still being played! The Glitter Band began its life as the backing group for now-disgraced rocker Gary Glitter, but soon established an identity of its own in the glam rock landscape. Could this be the most unlikely comeback in pop history? A fabric that has been torn by Paul Gadd's fall from grace. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. They were great musicians and writers who caught the mid 70s zeitgeist. In the 70s Leander created the Glitter Band and one of the decades biggest pop stars Gary Glitter. So sad that they didnt get the recognition they deserved mainly due to Glitters horror charges saw them a few times and have Petes drumstick still. Joyce tweets @northseacrashes and co-hosts @PsychoSundae featuring the best psych and garage tunes chosen by followers. It came as a total shock.. 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 band provided I keep throwing names at him, I tell him to get Marilyn Manson to mix a track, Mark Smith to do something, Marco from the Ants on guitar - after all, these people have borrowed those Leander drums for excellent use of their own enough times. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. To find out more, click here. If you love what we do, you can help tQ to continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism and new music by joining one of our subscription tiers. The Glitter Bands own career has been stymied by the situation. In 1981, the group released a new single, "Until the Next Time," maintaining a steady stream of further releases over the next five years. Theyll now never get together again as sadly Gerry Shephard died of cancer aged just 51 in 2003. Rossall adds: "The whole Glitter sound started on a Mike Leander instrumental. Gary Glitter - GGs Drummer (88-97) : THE ANIMAL *RARE FOOTAGE* - YouTube Here we have a very rare insight into being one of Gary's Backing musicians,Mr Martin (ANIMAL) Clapson Gives a Chat. Rossall describes an album that sounds quite interesting, if he has the nerve to go against his commercial instincts and make the sort of record that Mike Leander would approve of then he could really be onto something. Later in the year, he recorded an album of material with Alan Merrill of the Arrows which was released the following year. Co-written by Shephard, Rossall and Eddie Seago, its a fantastic throwback to their distinctive sound. He recorded Back in Denim (1992 and Denim on Ice (1996). They are an influence on anyone who fancies a bit of the two drummer tribal stomp on their sound. Before we went on the room was empty but suddenly it filled up and people were going crazy. Very good Joyce thank you. Back copies can be ordered via the website. Leander agreed, but rejected the first recordings. But original drummer Pete Phipps and bandmate Dominic Rodgers say their songs recorded separately from Glitters are still not played on the radio. Where Have You Been is quite an epic Beatle-esque tune and although the arrangement is now a little dated, its still a decent effort. 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. 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). 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