Saw the Glitter Band at Margates Dreamland Ballroom when they were at their peak. Shephard and Springate were the main songwriters, but Phipps and Ellison also contributed songs. As well as the unparalleled joy of keeping the publication alive, you'll receive benefits including exclusive editorial, podcasts, and specially-commissioned music by some of our favourite artists. 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. Nowadays they have become music pariahs as the tabloids froth themselves into indignation over the sad and disturbing sexual tastes of their convicted paedophile former front man Gary Glitter. Please read all descriptions thoroughly before purchasing. 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. Very good Joyce thank you. [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. 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. It again features the heavy Glitter sound and was another Rossall/Shephard composition. 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. I have their albums playing in my car still x, Your email address will not be published. . A dynamic combination". An utterly un-Glitter-like set, it was characterized by a truly audacious cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." Things didnt stand still in 1975. John Robb investigates. A year later, he toured with the Elgins. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. "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. Phipps also continued to record with Glitter Band colleagues pursuing solo identities, such as with John Springate recording an album together in John's own Rock Star Studio and playing drums on the album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, by Gerry Shephard and Peter Oxendale. All rights reserved. The band only played with Glitter for two years before going alone and scoring a string of top ten hits. Finally Springate, Phipps and Shephard released "Gotta Get a Message Back To You" in September 1977, under the new name of Air Traffic Control. It came as a total shock.. Phipps and Shephard appeared in the Identity Parade line-up on the first episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 October 1996. VBTS May 22, 2005 #7 Jean-Baptiste Clamence @ May 23 2005, 01:15 AM wrote: 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. The Glitter Band sound was what attracted me to them back in the day. 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. 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). 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. "For me the Glitter band were more influential than the Beatles," explained The Fall's Mark Smith recently. 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. 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.". They were great musicians and writers who caught the mid 70s zeitgeist. According to John Rossall, only he, Shephard and Leonard featured on the single, together with Brian Jones on sax. 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. Unfortunately, cover versions outweigh the much better original songs on the album. Gill stayed briefly in the band, recording only one album called Victim You in 1996. The name of the other one escapes me.. Bell Records signed the Glitter Band as a new artist, and Angel Face was released on 1st March 1974. 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. Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motrhead. We didnt know how people were going to react. 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. It also inspired me to write this article. Tony Leonard has now retired from the music business. However, I think the Glitter Band version is far better. One Artist - One Song. For me the Glitter band were more influential than the Beatles. 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. 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. In August they had a top 20 summer hit with the non-album song, Love In The Sun. Fond memories of the 70s come to mind. He was replaced by John Springate. [3] With a few changes in personnel, the Boston Showband became the Glittermen, and later 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), Tony Leonard (drums), John Springate (bass and vocals) and Harvey Ellison (saxophone). Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. (Hello also scored with another Hey-era staple, a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him. Thank you Joyce. There have been a few bands using 2 drummers - King Crimson did it live in 1994 as well. Learn how your comment data is processed. Tours with Gary Glitter continued. 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. 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 Glitter Band spent five years backing up the singer until they split away under Leanders steady tutelage to have their own hits which of course meant that they fell out with the leader of the gang in 1977 and have never spoken to him since then but his ghost is ever present. 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. 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. He added: We separated in 1974 he hated the fact we recorded our own records.. However, in 1981, they reconvened with a little heard single, Until The Next Time. Random Hold composed of David Rhodes, Bill MacCormick, David Ferguson, and Pete Phipps were described by a music journalist[who?] An excellent and informative article. Apple Inc. With most of them I can sense the presence of two distinctly different drummers at play, especially in the case of the classic Allma. It was written by Springate, Shephard and Eddie Seago, who also ran the bands management company. There were other choices but Gary was hungry to have a hit. 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. This article on a British drummer is a stub. Musically the story had become about Gary Glitter but in reality it should be about the band's producer Mike Leander. 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. [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. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. 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. 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. 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. 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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. An utterly un-Glitter-like set, it was characterized by a truly audacious cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." 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. 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. ~ Dave Thompson. . 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 was reissued in 1985, again to no avail. 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. "), 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." Brown, Mick (1985) "Days of Whine and Poses". In 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the soundtrack of the hit Spanish film The Face of an Angel. At the time it was the worst performing UK Eurovision entry, which Shephard said was a badge of honour. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." 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. The best track on it is Look What Youve Been Missing which saw John Rossall return to songwriting duties with Gerry Shephard. 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. CUSTOM COMMISSIONS NOW OPEN! Great band, great music. He had been around for ten years by that time and done loads of records and he was very keen to take the chance.". 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]. 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. Leander agreed, but rejected the first recordings. The G Band departed Bell Records for CBS and recorded an album called Paris Match, which despite being marketed with two different covers failed to do anything. 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. Between 1992 and 1996, whilst remaining in the Glitter Band, Phipps joined Denim, a band formed by Lawrence Hayward. no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. A lot of people who criticise us for playing these songs dont really know the whole depth of the story. Listen To The Band is musically ambitious compared to their previous albums, with the band trying to move away from the distinctive sound which made them famous, hoping to be taken more seriously. In 1976, as Gary Glitter announced his retirement, the Glitter Band cut their last sonic links with the old sound. Leander died ten years ago at the age of 55 and is now mainly forgotten or his legacy forever tainted by his association with Glitter. It met with instant success and reached. Back to the 70s! Then in 1971, he joined CBS band Heaven and supported Jeff Beck on tour in the UK and Germany. Every day he would be in the studio producing session after session. 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. 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. Instead of hitting the cymbals, drummers such as Dave Mount of Mud thumped out the rhythm with. To find out more, click here. In the late 80s while I was studying at Portsmouth Polytechnic I went to see Gary Glitter play at the Guildhall. In 2000 he teamed up once again with Shephard to pen the UKs Eurovision entry, Dont Play That Song Again, performed by French. His first outing with the Eurythmics was recorded at Heaven for MTV and later released as the video Sweet Dreams (1985). Leander produced all of the Glitter Bands albums. I was so in love with Gerry RIP. 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. 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. Share. It may not be PC but I still love Gary and the Glitter Band music. I thoroughly enjoyed this post. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. In December 2013, John Rossall released a new single, a Glitter styled version of the classic "White Christmas". 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. [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. Glitter Band. Originally called The Glitter Men, only Rossall and Ellison played on Glitter's first two records - every other instrument was played by Mike Leander. With Rossall away, John Springate and Gerry Shephard took over leadership of the Glitter Band. This was the start of a time when The Glitter Band toured the world amasing millions of record sales. days. 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. nick_honest. [1], The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. The Glitterband certainly did use 2 drummers. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. "It was nerve wracking. He toured in the US and in the UK. Something went wrong, please try again later. It's a sound that is part of the fabric of British pop culture. The Glitter Band's unique sound is well appreciated by the cognoscenti of alternative music makers. 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. 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." Your email address will not be published. People come to the gigs and they understand that the band and the songs are quite separate from the whole situation.". The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who. It had the distinctive glitter sound and while not quite as strong as Angel Face, its still a great glam record. Required fields are marked *. 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. Dr. John was a great influence on him and this is where the tribal double drummer sound came from. Just look at all the Christmas songs from the 70s still being played! In 1987 he toured as a replacement in Culture Club in France and Iceland. 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. 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. 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. 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. If he could have played brass then he would have done that as well.". All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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. 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). Shephard got picked out; Phipps did not. Another single appeared in 1982, a Shephard and Springate song called Heartbeat To Heartache. 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. They were also a massive influence on The KLF/Timelords who collaborated with GG, Ed.). In August 2020 he released his first solo album of original songs entitled Wherever You Are. I read in one of glitters bios, he really did only regard them as employees the piss tho? The album was recorded in Metway Studios, Brighton and produced by Mike Wilton and engineered by Jake Routham. To find out more, click here. Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. 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. NO AIRPLAY: Pete, on drums, with Glitter before the split in 1974, AXE MEN: Pete and Dominic of The Glitter Band. Before we went on the room was empty but suddenly it filled up and people were going crazy. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." Are the Glitter Band capable of making rock n roll part3? U.K. Glam Rock Top 10. haj1909. Angel Face was followed up by another Rossall and Shephard composition, Just For You, which also cracked the UK top 10. The Glitter Band have had enough of being tarred with the same brush as their former 'Leader' and are recording a new album. Read Joyces other posts on Cocteau Twins, Shangri-Las, Kate Bush. Rossall adds: "The whole Glitter sound started on a Mike Leander instrumental. 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. Contributed songs non-album song, Love in the day solo album of original songs the. 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