There have been a few bands using 2 drummers - King Crimson did it live in 1994 as well. [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. Later in the year, he recorded an album of material with Alan Merrill of the Arrows which was released the following year. They blew him off the stage. 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. Read Full Biography. Who else? The Glitter band, though, are trapped by history. 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. Zappa used two drummers in the Mothers in . U.K. Glam Rock Top 10. haj1909. They recently played the punk festival in Blackpool, which could have been a really difficult gig. Tony Leonard has now retired from the music business. In 2000 he teamed up once again with Shephard to pen the UKs Eurovision entry, Dont Play That Song Again, performed by French. 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"Mike was brilliant, he played on every track - we just came in and did the brass parts. 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. Back copies can be ordered via the website. One of the identifying features of the glitter bands of the early Seventies was the drumming. It met with instant success and reached. But Pete said since Gadd was revealed as a paedo in the 1990s, they have been frozen out because of their association with him. In December 1975, their third album Listen to the Band, saw Phipps for the first time on lead vocals on the self-penned "My First Mistake". STAGEWEAR - Badass custom Stage Wear For Bands & More ForTheFly Customs. He was last year caged for 16 years over a string of child sex crimes. The Glitter beat! It was reissued in 1985, again to no avail. The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. 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. Founder Glitter Band member John Rossall recalls: "We backed the likes of Susan Maughan and Mike Preston to name a few and we went on to form the Boston Show Band in Hamburg. NO AIRPLAY: Pete, on drums, with Glitter before the split in 1974, AXE MEN: Pete and Dominic of The Glitter Band. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. It became their biggest hit in early 1975, reaching No.2. The album was recorded in Metway Studios, Brighton and produced by Mike Wilton and engineered by Jake Routham. 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). However, I think the Glitter Band version is far better. He did lots of different kinds of things.". However, in 1981, they reconvened with a little heard single, Until The Next Time. In 1985, Phipps recorded with Hugh Cornwell playing on the single "One in a Million". The brass included trombone as well as sax. A fabric that has been torn by Paul Gadd's fall from grace. Harding, Luke (2000) "Glam rocker loses court fight to keep Glitter from halcyon days". With his first major concert tour looming, Glitter and producer/co-conspirator Mike Leander needed a full-time backing band for live work. The decision to launch the Glitter Band as a recording act in its own right was made in late 1973. Thank you Joyce. An excellent and informative article. Albums include Hey!, Disco Discharge. The Glitter Band sound was what attracted me to them back in the day. [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. 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). For tickets see the Alfie Bird website or Ticketweb. Something went wrong, please try again later. He was working on a David Essex session and when David had rung in sick with a cold Mike started work on this instrumental. - Great Drum solo from Pete Phipps 88,719 views Dec 12, 2010 366 Dislike Share Save Description ggspotter 286 subscribers The Glitter Band performing on their. Instead of hitting the cymbals, drummers such as Dave Mount of Mud thumped out the rhythm with. The Glitter Band (originally - though briefly - called The Glittermen) were formed by producer Mike Leander in 1972 as backing and session musicians for Gary Glitter. 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. Rossall brought with him guitarist Gerry Shephard, saxophonist Harvey Ellison, and bassist Ray Moxley, who was soon sacked for urinating in Glitters drink. Shephard got picked out; Phipps did not. The Bostons carried on after Raven jumped on the glam bandwagon and became Gary Glitter. [1], The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a variety of labels. He was also influenced by Osibisas rhythms. I too had forgotten just how good they were. Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) Finally a rather sub-par and generic sounding power ballad, Nothing At All, appeared in 1986 and again did nothing. A dynamic combination". [2][3] He was later a member of the band Random Hold, who toured with XTC in 1979, leading to him playing drums on the XTC album Mummer after Terry Chambers left the band, and he returned for the recording of their next album The Big Express. [citation needed] The band produced several singles in this period including "Montgomery Clift" and albums The View From Here (1980) and Burn the Buildings (1981). In 1974, when I was 10 years old, I bought my very first record with my own money. The Glitter Band have had enough of being tarred with the same brush as their former 'Leader' and are recording a new album. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. Guitarist/singer Gerry Shephard and drummer/pianist Pete Phipps (Eurythmics, XTC, reformed the band in 1987, and successfully performed in the UK and Europe, including tours with Gary Glitter, until 2001 when they split up. Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. Lets Get Together Again was the next official Glitter Band single and was another chart hit. Leander produced all of the Glitter Bands albums. The next year, Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot. ~ Dave Thompson. Their next single, Goodbye My Love, was something of a departure from their earlier singles. 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. 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. [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. 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. 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. In 1981, the group released a new single, "Until the Next Time," maintaining a steady stream of further releases over the next five years. Back to the 70s! They are an influence on anyone who fancies a bit of the two drummer tribal stomp on their sound. [8] The band's profile was maintained with a slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their peak mid-1970s era. Phipps and Shephard appeared in the Identity Parade line-up on the first episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 October 1996. 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. 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 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. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. Running a mobile discotheque at the time I still have most of the Glitter Bands hit singles. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Glitter Band bass player John Rossall co-wrote some of the songs and continues the band to this day, but he knows his place in the scheme of things. In December 2013, John Rossall released a new single, a Glitter styled version of the classic "White Christmas". The band provided The tabloids ring all the time looking for stories but I have nothing to tell. 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. The bands second album, Rock n Roll Dudes, followed later in 1975 and it consisted wholly of original material. 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. Glitter Band. [4] After years of absence Gill reunited with his former Saxon colleagues in a new band, named Son of a Bitch with bassist Steve Dawson and guitarist Graham Oliver. Its a fantastic record which has really stood the test of time definitely a glam rock classic. Bands With Two Drummers. [1][2] He stayed with them until 1981, recording their first four albums,[3] leaving the band after he injured his hand. He toured in the US and in the UK. A year later, he toured with the Elgins. In short, he was a pop genius and should be lauded in the way that Joe Meek is. It again features the heavy Glitter sound and was another Rossall/Shephard composition. [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. He was always a prima dona really.". The Glitter Band's unique sound is well appreciated by the cognoscenti of alternative music makers. "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. The Glitter Band play Alfie Birds and The Oobleck, The Custard Factory, Birmingham on March 5. Phipps was then asked to join Random Hold, a band he had already worked with a year or two before. Oh yes - Adam & The Ants did, and likewise the ghastly Sigue Sigue Sputnik. 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. They were great musicians and writers who caught the mid 70s zeitgeist. The Glitter Bands own career has been stymied by the situation. Unfortunately, although the band had moved on, their fans hadn't. Pete said Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, even cut the band from a fi lm made about him. 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). Get the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter. 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. Really brill piece paying tribute to a hugely underrated band that were never given the credit they deserved. A ballad, it was written by Shephard, and Springate sang lead. [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 . Classic Disco, and Angel Face / You Wouldn't Leave Me Would You?. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with drummer Pete Phipps which appeared in the November 2019 issue of the Beat. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. Joyce Gibson is a lifelong music fan, inherited from her dad and now passed on to her niece. 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. Originally called The Glitter Men, only Rossall and Ellison played on Glitters first two records every other instrument was played by Mike Leander. Rossall left the band on 31 December 1974. The band Orleans had two drummers. 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. "Mike played all instruments apart from the brass which me and Gerry did. In 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the soundtrack of the hit Spanish film The Face of an Angel. Apple Inc. The band did a great job replicating Leanders sound live. The bands third album, Listen To The Band, followed at the end of 1975. John Robb investigates. However, they had their final chart hit early in 1976 with the reggae disco-tinged People Like You, People Like Me and the instrumental, funky B-side, Makes You Blind, written by Shephard, Leander and Phipps; their only US success, becoming a bona fide club hit and also reaching the lower end of the US Hot 100. Who knew the Glitter Band could do disco? It was a real relief.". Yeah thats right the sick dog of pop Gary Glitter, the fallen star, the convicted paedophile whose every movement is the concern of the tabloids. 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. In the long gone Glorias Record Bar in East Kilbride, I chose Angel Face by the Glitter Band. We were not even that close when we were working with him. Pete Phipps still performs live as The Glitter Band. I read in one of glitters bios, he really did only regard them as employees the piss tho? An utterly un-Glitter-like set, it was characterized by a truly audacious cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." and enjoys writing about music when working full-time doesnt get in the way. Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. When he needed a vocalist he got Gary Glitter because he was around at the time making lots of different records under different names that were all flops. 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. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Two further albums, Rock 'n' Roll Dudes and Listen to the Band, were equally courageous, with the group's ambition now so pronounced that they even brushed aside the first signs that their invincibility was cracking: the chart failure of the singles "Alone Again" and "Don't Make Promises.". 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 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. Even then he insisted on staying in a hotel whilst we had to share digs in bunk beds behind the stage. In June 1972, he began working for Gary Glitter's backing band The Glittermen and, in the same month, they made their first appearance on Top of the Pops with "Rock and Roll Part 2". Great tunes still memorable unlike the depressing whiny songs of todays artists who wont be remembered in 50 years time. It was followed by "Just for You" and "Let's Get Together Again," both of which kept the group in the Top Ten, while their debut album, Hey, reached number 13 despite being comprised of little more than reprises of their hits. "For me the Glitter band were more influential than the Beatles," explained The Fall's Mark Smith recently. The single, written by Springate and Phipps, never made it past a few initial commercial pressings on the Epic label. Perrone, Pierre (2003) "Obituary: Gerry Shephard; Glitter Band guitarist and songwriter". Petridis, Alexis (2006) "Film & Music: Rock & pop reviews: Pop reissue: Denim Back in Denim", Band biography on official fan club website, The Official Glitter Band Website - The Glitter Band, The Official Website for Pete Phipps and The Glitter Band, John Rossall's Official Website + Detailed History of the Boston Showband/Glitter Band, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Glitter_Band&oldid=1137106185, Pete Phipps drummer, keyboardist (19731979, 1985present), Dominic Rodgers guitarist (2001present), John Rossall trombonist, saxophonist (19731974); died 2021, Harvey Ellison saxophonist, guitarist, pianist, backing vocals (19731977); died 2017, Gerry Shephard guitarist, lead and backing vocals (1973-1979, 19812001); died 2003, John Springate bassist, lead and backing vocals (19731979, 19811987, 20092019), Tony Leonard drummer (19731977, 19811985), Eddy Spence keyboardist (19811987, 20092019), This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 20:59. One Artist - One Song. I have their albums playing in my car still x, Your email address will not be published. John Rossall was the leader of the Boston Show Band who had worked in Germany with one Paul Raven, and Mike Leander, his manager/co-writer. As a wholly independent publication, we rely entirely on our ad bookings to keep The Quietus going. 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. And there are two drummers on some major jazz records such as Miles's Bitches Brew or John Coltrane's Meditations. The name of the other one escapes me.. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. The Glitter Band released their debut LP, called Hey! 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 was never embarrassed that Id been a fan of theirs when I was so young, which wasnt the case with a lot of my childhood music idols. Ophidian I drummer Ragnar Sverrisson picks out the finest drummers in tech death who have helped push the genre's boundaries, complete with drum-cam playthroughs . 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. Also included is a rather ill-advised cover of the Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil their first cover version since the Hey! Particular kudos should be paid to Gerry Shephard and the slide effect he used on his famous star guitar. 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 . This was the start of a time when The Glitter Band toured the world amasing millions of record sales. 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. [3] Shephard and Phipps had previously guested on Denim's Back In Denim (1992).[11]. [7] Sales dropped in 1976, with the advent of punk rock. A lot of people who criticise us for playing these songs dont really know the whole depth of the story. Are the Glitter Band capable of making rock n roll part3? 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. This article on a British drummer is a stub. That two drum sound was thrilling. 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. The Gary Glitter Band certainly weren't the first rock band to incorporate two drummers. Producer Mike Leander kept the distinctive sound on many of the songs, but there is evidence of a slicker sound on a few of the tracks. Looking to the future the newly invigorated Glitter Band are thinking big. They had a top 10 hit with The Tears I Cried which eventually featured on their next LP. Glitter Band - Angel Face (1974) Bertierocks1 14.9K subscribers 924 145K views 10 years ago Back to the 70s! In 1976, as Gary Glitter announced his retirement, the Glitter Band cut their last sonic links with the old sound. If Ive whetted your appetite for this most underrated and somewhat forgotten 70s band, you can buy a Box Set containing their four albums. 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. 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