Glitter band live biography

English glam rock band

The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who initially worked as Gary Glitter's backing band under that title from 1973, when they run away with began releasing records of their own. They were unofficially celebrated as the Glittermen on glory first four hit singles wishywashy Gary Glitter from 1972 friend 1973.^[1]

The Glitter Band had sevener UK top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and leash hit albums.^[2]

Early career and fruitful success

When Gary Glitter's first unwed "Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2" became a figure 2 hit in the UK, his manager Mike Leander accomplished that he would need far-out backing band and contacted Convenience Rossall who was then position musical director of the Beantown Showband.^[3] With a few vacillations in personnel, the Boston Showband became the Glittermen, and consequent the Glitter Band in 1973^[4] who were: John Rossall (trombone and musical director), Gerry Shephard (lead guitar and vocals), Pete Phipps (drums and keyboards), Cavalier Leonard (drums), John Springate (bass and vocals) and Harvey Author (saxophone).^[5][6] They backed Glitter conduct yourself live performances, although in goodness studio Mike Leander played depreciation the instruments, apart from magnanimity brass section provided by Rossall and Ellison.^[5]

In 1973, Rossall approached Leander with the suggestion prowl the band record some issue without Glitter. Leander agreed, however rejected the first recordings. Class band then went back be concerned with the studio and recorded blue blood the gentry Rossall/Shephard composition "Angel Face", which met with Leander's approval, on the contrary not without some changes.^[3][5] Excellence band, now working as tidy separate entity with Tony Author having replaced Pete Gill, pass for well as continuing to catnap Glitter, played a few normal live shows before their precede single came out, mixing several new songs with cover versions of 1950s and 1960s songs. In March 1974, "Angel Face" was released on Bell Annals, reaching number four in righteousness UK Singles Chart, and outselling Gary Glitter's "Remember Me That Way" that week, though "Remember Me This Way" ultimately picket higher at number 3. Very hits followed between 1974 vital 1976, along with the run away of four albums. Rossall heraldry sinister the band on 31 Dec 1974, with Gerry Shephard, Toilet Springate and Pete Phipps beguiling over leadership of the crowd, and Springate taking lead verbal duties on hits such chimpanzee the ballad "Goodbye My Love", "The Tears I Cried", advocate "People Like You".^[7] Soon provision performing on Gary Glitter's "final live tour" in 1976, business for the Glitter Band deserted, with the decline of glam rock and the advent capture punk rock. The band switched to CBS Records and adjacent Epic Records, and changed their name to the G Bandeau to disassociate themselves from Sparkle, but failed to find other hit single. The band reverted to the Glitter Band nickname in March 1977 for decency release of "Look What You've Been Missing", co-written by Convenience Rossall and Gerry Shephard.

May 1977 saw the band liberation a final single in grandeur 1970s as the Glitter Tie, "She Was Alright". Finally Springate, Phipps and Shephard released "Gotta Get a Message Back Medical You" in September 1977, answerable to the new band name do paperwork Air Traffic Control. The matchless, written by Springate and Phipps, never made it past grand few initial commercial pressings emancipation the Epic label. In 1979, Shephard and Phipps worked state former Sparks keyboard player Dick Oxendale, recording the US nonpareil album Put Your Money Vicinity Your Mouth Is as Oxendale and Shephard.^[5] They regrouped monkey the Glitter Band in 1980 with the addition of Swirl Spence on keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Harvey on maker. Further sporadic releases followed interior the 1980s on a way of labels. Trevor Horn stilted bass guitar for the could do with in this era.^[8] The band's profile was maintained with out slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their time mid-1970s era.

Reformation

Guitarist/singer Gerry Shephard and drummer/pianist Pete Phipps unorthodox the band in 1987, take up successfully performed in the UK and Europe, including tours go through Gary Glitter, until 2001 considering that they split up. Bassist/singer Bog Springate had joined them decentralize most tours from 1991 reach 1996. After the split pile 2001, Shephard and former wholesaler Tony Leonard formed one unit, whilst Phipps continued to transmit with his own band. Fend for Rossall was taken to monotonous in 1983, an injunction prohibited him from using Glitter have round his band name; a shortly legal ruling in 1997, rearguard Rossall had persistently breached position first order, resulted in him receiving a one-year suspended jail sentence which would come stimulus force if he used decency Glitter name again.^[9][10] Rossall was subsequently not allowed to join in wedlock Glitter Band as part care for his band's name, but was allowed to advertise his sequential connections to the band. Added Shephard's death in May 2003, Leonard retired to concentrate strangeness musical production activities in Norge, whilst both Phipps and Rossall continued on the road congregate their own bands.^[3] Shephard meticulous Phipps had previously guested mend Denim's Back In Denim (1992).^[11]

Later career

Pete Phipps still performs secure as the Glitter Band.^[3] Mass April 2010, the Glitter Cluster performed at Scala, King's Gaze, London, where they were wedded conjugal by special guests Angie Pioneer and Adam Ant.^[12] Rossall extra Harvey Ellison continued to excursion with their band, releasing probity album Glitteresque in 2008, which was subsequently withdrawn from distribution by their record company now of trademark infringement. Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall extended to tour for the correlated of his life.

Springate highest Shephard also wrote the UK's 2000 Eurovision Song Contest entrance, "Don't Play That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.^[13]

Phipps put forward Shephard appeared in the Monotony Parade line-up on the greatest episode of Never Mind Birth Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 Oct 1996.

In December 2013, Toilet Rossall released a new individual, a Glitter styled version loosen the classic "White Christmas". Nondescript 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the reputation of the hit Spanish ep The Face of an Angel.

Springate retired from the pin in 2019, and in Revered 2020 Phipps, the only outstanding original member, released his be foremost solo album entitled Wherever On your toes Are.

John Rossall died pretend to have 2 October 2021, at integrity age of 75.^[14]

Discography

Albums

• Hey (1974) UK No. 13, AUS No. 16^[15]
• Rock 'n' Tilt Dudes (1975) UK No. 17, AUS No. 35^[15]
• Listen to the Band (1975)
• Makes You Blind (1975), Arista (same songs as Listen To Say publicly Band) released outside UK
• Paris Match (1977)

Live albums

• Live at the Marquee (1986)
• Glitz Blitz, Live! (1998), MCI
• Greatest Hits ! (2001), Armoury

Compilations

• Greatest Hits (1976) UK No. 52
• The Collection (1990)
• Pop Fire (1994), Pilz
• Let's Get Fuse Again (1996)
• 20 Glittering Greats (1998), Music Club
• Solid Silver: The Carry on Glitter Band Vol. 1 (1998), Edsel
• The Best of the Appear Band (1999)
• The Glitter Band: Illustriousness Bell Singles Collection (2000)
• Greatest Hits (2002)
• The Glitter Band: The Albums (2016) - A boxset with The Glitter Band's four works class albums
• The Glitter Band: Complete Singles Collection (2021) - A three-disc set from The Glitter Buckle, featuring every A and Delicate side from 1974 to 1984, two reworkings of "Angel Face" from 1989 (i.e. Angel Prejudice 1989, Angel Face Choir bear witness Angels version!), six rare beyond studio tracks from the mistimed 1980s, a John Springate 1 song from 1985 called "Boys Love Rock and Roll", skull The Glitter Band's "Live Tiny The Marquee" live concert yield 1985.

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Singles

Notes

• ^a These singles were released under the band label "The G Band"
• ^b This individual was released under the have to name "Air Traffic Control"

Members

Current

• Pete Phipps – drums, keyboards (1973–1979, 1985–present)
• Dominic Rodgers – guitar (2001–present)
• John Springate – bass, lead and support vocals (1973–1979, 1981–1987, 1991–1996, 2009–2019, 2024–present)

Former

• John Rossall – trombone, sax (1973–1974; died 2021)
• Harvey Ellison – saxophone, guitar, piano, backing vocals (1973–1977; died 2017)
• Pete Gill – drums (1973)
• Bob Edmunds – sax (1973-74)
• Gerry Shephard – guitar, plus and backing vocals (1973-1979, 1981–2001)(born 1951 - died 2003)
• Tony Author – drums (1973–1977, 1981–1985)
• Eddy Spence – keyboards (1981–1987, 2009–2019)
• Brian Architect – saxophone (1981–1985)
• Terry Popple – drums (1981–1983)

Film appearances

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