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. In August they had a top 20 summer hit with the non-album song, Love In The Sun. They were also a massive influence on The KLF/Timelords who collaborated with GG, Ed.). I shall surely play them again now. According to John Rossall, only he, Shephard and Leonard featured on the single, together with Brian Jones on sax. I find this terribly unfair as they were easily one of the best glam rock era groups and, unlike most of their peers, they wrote their own songs. In March 1974, "Angel Face" was released on Bell Records, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart, and outselling Glitter's "Remember Me This Way" that week, though this song ultimately peaked higher at #3. The band switched to CBS Records and later Epic Records, and changed their name to The G Band to disassociate themselves from Glitter, but failed to find another hit single. Before we went on the room was empty but suddenly it filled up and people were going crazy. He said: Gary was driving in limousines and flying first class and we were staying in bed and breakfasts and travelling in a Transit. 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. GARY Glitters former bandmates have spoken of their 20 years in the wilderness since the singer was unmasked as a paedophile. Also in 1984, Phipps returned to work with XTC in the studio to record the album Big Express. Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a variety of labels. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". He recorded Back in Denim (1992 and Denim on Ice (1996). 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'. The Glitter Band (l to r): John Springate (bass, vocals), Tony Leonard (drums), Gerry Shephard (lead guitar, vocals), Pete Phipps (drums, keyboards, vocals), Harvey Ellison (sax, keyboards, guitar, vocals), John Rossall (sax, trombone, vocals). [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 . 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". A fabric that has been torn by Paul Gadd's fall from grace. Dominic, 54, who joined the group in the late 1990s, said: Our records are not played on the radio any more.. It's a sound that is part of the fabric of British pop culture. [7] Sales dropped in 1976, with the advent of punk rock. Originally Gary Glitter's backing band, these poppy glam musicians became stars in their own right with an eclectic pop sound. 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. no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. Leander produced all of the Glitter Bands albums. 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. I loved the Glitter Band and still do, was part of my teenage years, RIP Gerry. I generally had terrible taste in music when I was a young child, favouring Donny Osmond and the Bay City Rollers, but I got my very first foray into a lifelong habit of buying records absolutely spot on. 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. The band have become entangled in Gary Glitters new world and they feel unfairly tarred with the same brush as their former singer, as John Rossal their new leader wearily explains. People come to the gigs and they understand that the band and the songs are quite separate from the whole situation.". After leaving school in 1969 he joined Black Velvet, a soul/funk band tours, recording and radio shows. Great tunes still memorable unlike the depressing whiny songs of todays artists who wont be remembered in 50 years time. The next year, Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot. The brass included trombone as well as sax. There is a band on Back From The Grave 4 called Beep Beep & The Roadrunners who were using two drummers back in '62/'63. The line-up was John Rossall (trombone & the bands musical director), Gerry Shephard (lead guitar & vocals), John Springate (bass & vocals), Harvey Ellison (saxophone), & keeping thumping tight time at the back the twin drummers Tony Leonard & Pete Phipps. He said: We are suffering from the fallout and bad press because of his actions. 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 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. [12] Rossall and Harvey Ellison continued to tour with their band, releasing the album Glitteresque in 2008, which was subsequently withdrawn from circulation by their record company because of trademark infringement. [5] They regrouped as The Glitter Band in 1980 with the addition of Eddy Spence on keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Harvey on sax. However, his 1975 single, I Was Only Dreaming, is a great glam tune and it really should have been a hit. Learn how your comment data is processed. However, in 1981, they reconvened with a little heard single, Until The Next Time. In 2000 he teamed up once again with Shephard to pen the UKs Eurovision entry, Dont Play That Song Again, performed by French. (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him.") They have existed on and off since with various line-ups, and there are currently two bands featuring original members who use the name. CUSTOM COMMISSIONS NOW OPEN! Vid by me - enjoy!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. ~ Dave Thompson. [9][10] Rossall was subsequently not allowed to use Glitter Band as part of his band's name, but was allowed to advertise his historical connections to the band. The Glitter band, though, are trapped by history. They were great musicians and writers who caught the mid 70s zeitgeist. Devotion) of Spacer fame. It didnt have the heavy brass sound of the previous hits but was still a distinctive Glitter Band record. Joyce Gibson is a lifelong music fan, inherited from her dad and now passed on to her niece. "Mike played all instruments apart from the brass which me and Gerry did. 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. 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. He was always a prima dona really.". [3] In April 2010, The Glitter Band performed at Scala, Kings Cross, London where they were joined by special guests Angie Bowie and Adam Ant. nick_honest. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. 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. Gadd, 71, was jailed in 1999 for child porn offences. Jamie Muir was a percussionist (although he occasionally played a mini-drum set, as some other percussionists like Ray Cooper or Ed Mann sometimes did). The original band members were: Gerry Shephard (lead guitar and vocals) John Springate (Bass & Vocals) Pete Phipps (Drums and Keyboards) John Rossall (Sax, Trombone & Musical Director), Pete Gill (Drums), Tony Leonard (Drums), and Harvey Ellison (sax)The Glitter Band are still touring today featuring original members Pete Phipps and John Springate. 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. In 1976, they returned with Dont Make Promises (You Cant Keep) and started calling themselves The G Band in the hope of being taken more seriously. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." Copyright 2023 However, she listens to many genres of music as her Toppermost articles attest. 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. We didnt know how people were going to react. The Glitter Band's unique sound is well appreciated by the cognoscenti of alternative music makers. Gill was one of the two drummers in The Glitter Band, then formed part of the original line-up of Saxon in 1978. Albums include Hey!, Disco Discharge. He did lots of different kinds of things.". They are the last living link to the brilliant producer Mike Leander, who created the Glitter Band sound which has influenced so many people in pop from The Fall to The Smiths to Marilyn Manson, Adam And The Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Killing Joke and anyone else who cops that droning guitar over a tribal beat. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Oh yes - Adam & The Ants did, and likewise the ghastly Sigue Sigue Sputnik. "), 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." This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Please whitelist our site in order to continue to access The Quietus. The band only played with Glitter for two years before going alone and scoring a string of top ten hits. His first outing with the Eurythmics was recorded at Heaven for MTV and later released as the video Sweet Dreams (1985). They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. ", (Even the Cologne techno scene of the early 00s which featured the so-called 'schaffel' rhythm in triplet eights was in thrall to the Glitter beat. Vid by me - enjoy! as "disco orientated rock", and by Nina Myskow in The Sun as a band to watch for as "Their music shows talent, menace, originality and brains. Every day he would be in the studio producing session after session. 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." An excellent and informative article. The band eventually announced they had broken up. Mike used to get in the studio on his own with the engineer and play the drums for 20 minutes trying out different drum things and then say: 'Right, roll the tape. to the engineer and then record a section that he would then he would make a loop out of and copy it onto the 24 track. Im convinced it would have been considered a Power Pop classic had it appeared just a few years later. Read Joyces other posts on Cocteau Twins, Shangri-Las, Kate Bush. Their cover of The Exciters Tell Him (previously covered in the UK by Billie Davis) was actually pressed up as a single by their record company, but the band, who didnt want to be known as a covers act, demanded they be destroyed. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It again features the heavy Glitter sound and was another Rossall/Shephard composition. 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. "For me when we play we are carrying on the work and legacy of Mike Leander. He has recorded with: "LIVE-WIRE EURYTHMICS MAKE A SOULFUL NOISE IN CONCERT", Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Official Website for Pete Phipps and The Glitter Band, The Official Glitter Band Website The Glitter Band, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pete_Phipps&oldid=1117447212, This page was last edited on 21 October 2022, at 19:44. Leander agreed, but rejected the first recordings. Rossall is even talking of making a new album. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Perrone, Pierre (2003) "Obituary: Gerry Shephard; Glitter Band guitarist and songwriter". The Gary Glitter Band certainly weren't the first rock band to incorporate two drummers. Are the Glitter Band capable of making rock n roll part3? 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. The story of the Glitter Band begins in the mid 1960s. In late 1977, the group transferred to Epic for one final single, a cover of the Bee Gees' "Gotta Get a Message to You," but by 1978, the band had all but fallen apart. The band provided Co-written by Shephard, Rossall and Eddie Seago, its a fantastic throwback to their distinctive sound. [6][7] He was also a member of Lawrence Hayward's post-Felt band Denim, which has been described as "self-consciously ironic glitter-pop revivalist project", playing on the 1992 album Back in Denim and the 1996 album Denim on Ice. In short, he was a pop genius and should be lauded in the way that Joe Meek is. The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. In August 2020 he released his first solo album of original songs entitled Wherever You Are. 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). One Artist - One Song. 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. [1] Glitter Band. 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 . The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. The Glitter beat! In 1986, Phipps performed on Zipper an album written by Roger Chapman. Currently taking Commissions to begin in Early 2023. 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