Joyce tweets. The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. 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. The band provided 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. Shortly afterwards, bubblegum glam group and Bell Records label mates Hello recorded their own version of Tell Him using the Glitter Bands arrangement and took it into the UK top ten. 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. In 1987 he toured as a replacement in Culture Club in France and Iceland. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. People come to the gigs and they understand that the band and the songs are quite separate from the whole situation.". 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. 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. Springate and Shephard also wrote the UK's 2000 Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Don't Play That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.[13]. 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. Great band, great music. Not content with applying looped rhythm tracks to teenage dance music (something you are more likely to associate with house music some twenty years later) Leander wrote these yob anthems and played all the instruments himself; quite some feat. I read in one of glitters bios, he really did only regard them as employees the piss tho? They may have played on some of pops great records and had a whole career of their own, but now they have to spend every day fending off tabloids and defining themselves against the actions of their former front man. Shephard got picked out; Phipps did not. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. By 1977, the band had started to fall apart. [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. [1][2] He stayed with them until 1981, recording their first four albums,[3] leaving the band after he injured his hand. The story of the Glitter Band begins in the mid 1960s. Originally Gary Glitter's backing band, these poppy glam musicians became stars in their own right with an eclectic pop sound. 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. Rossall brought with him guitarist Gerry Shephard, saxophonist Harvey Ellison, and bassist Ray Moxley, who was soon sacked for urinating in Glitters drink. Rossall adds: "The whole Glitter sound started on a Mike Leander instrumental. 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). 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. The Glitter band, though, are trapped by history. days. It has a bit of a Starsky and Hutch theme tune vibe going on! [1] "For me when we play we are carrying on the work and legacy of Mike Leander. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. One Artist - One Song. It was a real relief.". 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. It also inspired me to write this article. Particular kudos should be paid to Gerry Shephard and the slide effect he used on his famous star guitar. 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. I imagine somebody a bit more famous was doing it before them. The Glitter Band: The Glitter Band - Hey! Further hits followed between 1974 and 1976, along with the release of four albums. They recently played the punk festival in Blackpool, which could have been a really difficult gig. 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. 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.". Phipps was a founder member of The Glitter Band (originally known as The Glittermen), who started as Gary Glitter's backing band, and went on to success in their own right, having six top ten singles in the UK in the mid-1970s. 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. He and Phipps also featured in the Identity Parade round in the first episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1996. 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. Thank you Joyce. 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. [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). They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." "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. [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. The band did a great job replicating Leanders sound live. Tony Leonard has now retired from the music business. (wikipedia) Phipps was then asked to join Random Hold, a band he had already worked with a year or two before. 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". And Rossall has gone on record to say if Leander could play brass neither he nor Ellison would have featured either. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". 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. 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. [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 . [3] Shephard and Phipps had previously guested on Denim's Back In Denim (1992).[11]. Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motrhead . Not only were all the Glitter records his creations and his productions he also produced The Herd, Billy Fury, Cliff Richard and countless other people; he also did all the strings for Marianne Faithful and for the Beatles' 'She's Leaving Home' which was the only time George Martin didnt do them. Bell Records signed the Glitter Band as a new artist, and Angel Face was released on 1st March 1974. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. He did lots of different kinds of things.". Springate and Phipps tour as one incarnation of The Glitter Band. A year later, he toured with the Elgins. [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. There were other choices but Gary was hungry to have a hit. It was because he was easily available. CLICK HERE or Email contact@fortheflycustoms.com to Get In Touch . Switching . A dynamic combination". Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) 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. (Album) 2 versions : Bell Records, Bell Records: BELLS 241, 2308 095: UK: 1974: Sell This Version: 2 versions : Image Title Label Catalog Number Year In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory Actions; V 2219, V2219: British Electric Foundation . 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