Finally a rather sub-par and generic sounding power ballad, Nothing At All, appeared in 1986 and again did nothing. The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. 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). To find out more, click here. With his first major concert tour looming, Glitter and producer/co-conspirator Mike Leander needed a full-time backing band for live work. Rossall also still tours regularly, and his band included Harvey Ellison, until he passed away in February 2017. 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. It was the twin drum's combined with Gerry's glitter 'Star' guitar with its . Vid by me - enjoy! If Ive whetted your appetite for this most underrated and somewhat forgotten 70s band, you can buy a Box Set containing their four albums. 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". Get the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter. 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 Glitter Band: The Glitter Band - Hey! A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Glitter Band. They were joined by Tony Leonard on drums and its a decent pop song, the sort of thing which was hitting the charts quite regularly in the early 80s, but a far cry from the Glitter Band in their prime. Joyce Gibson is a lifelong music fan, inherited from her dad and now passed on to her niece. 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. 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. no.4 in the UK charts, remaining there for 10 weeks. Zappa used two drummers in the Mothers in . 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. One of them is a superb player too - Peter Phipps - and the man is a living metronome. We never socialised.. 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. Lets Get Together Again was the next official Glitter Band single and was another chart hit. Read Joyces other posts on Cocteau Twins, Shangri-Las, Kate Bush. In August 2020 he released his first solo album of original songs entitled Wherever You Are. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Who else? 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. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with drummer Pete Phipps which appeared in the November 2019 issue of the Beat. 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? I was so in love with Gerry RIP. John Rossall looks worn out at the very mention of the disgraced singer. and enjoys writing about music when working full-time doesnt get in the way. But original drummer Pete Phipps and bandmate Dominic Rodgers say their songs - recorded separately from Glitter's - are still not played on the radio. We knew nothing of it beforehand. Im convinced it would have been considered a Power Pop classic had it appeared 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. It became their biggest hit in early 1975, reaching No.2. In 1976, as Gary Glitter announced his retirement, the Glitter Band cut their last sonic links with the old sound. 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. 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). Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a variety of labels. The band Orleans had two drummers. They were brilliant! The band, unofficially known as the Glittermen while working with the singer between 1972 and 1974, barely spoke to him, said Pete, 64. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. However, I think the Glitter Band version is far better. 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. Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall continued to tour for the rest of his life. Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motrhead. It didnt have the heavy brass sound of the previous hits but was still a distinctive Glitter Band record. At the time it was the worst performing UK Eurovision entry, which Shephard said was a badge of honour. I have their albums playing in my car still x, Your email address will not be published. Tony Leonard has now retired from the music business. An utterly un-Glitter-like set, it was characterized by a truly audacious cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." Great tunes still memorable unlike the depressing whiny songs of todays artists who wont be remembered in 50 years time. Originally called The Glitter Men, only Rossall and Ellison played on Glitter's first two records - every other instrument was played by Mike Leander. We're the musicians that played on parts of the records. Joyce tweets @northseacrashes and co-hosts @PsychoSundae featuring the best psych and garage tunes chosen by followers. 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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." That two drum sound was thrilling. They are an influence on anyone who fancies a bit of the two drummer tribal stomp on their sound. The band then went back into the studio and recorded the Rossall/Shephard composition "Angel Face", which met with Leander's approval, but not without some changes. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. 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. 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. Looking to the future the newly invigorated Glitter Band are thinking big. Dominic, 54, who joined the group in the late 1990s, said: Our records are not played on the radio any more.. There is a band on Back From The Grave 4 called Beep Beep & The Roadrunners who were using two drummers back in '62/'63. Ultimately, the Glitter Band became almost as successful, and certainly as well-known, as Gary Glitter himself. 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. The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who. Through 1983 and 1984 he was a member of The Eurythmics. Bands With Two Drummers. 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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. The band did a great job replicating Leanders sound live. 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. 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. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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. Sometimes when the odds are stacked up this high the creative juices can go crazy. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". It also inspired me to write this article. 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. Unfortunately, although the band had moved on, their fans hadn't. 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. We didnt know how people were going to react. 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. 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. 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. In 1976, as Gary Glitter announced his retirement, the Glitter Band cut their last sonic links with the old sound. The Glitter Band insist they knew nothing of the shamed glam rockers sex crimes, which they say have unfairly tarnished their reputation. Whew I had rather forgotten the Glitter band, except with He who shall not be named They were a terrific combo, and its a shame they couldnt really get past glitter but of course, punk aimed at disco, but killed glam, at least for a while. [5] They regrouped as The Glitter Band in 1980 with the addition of Eddy Spence on keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Harvey on sax. nick_honest. Pete said Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, even cut the band from a fi lm made about him. Running a mobile discotheque at the time I still have most of the Glitter Bands hit singles. In 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the soundtrack of the hit Spanish film The Face of an Angel. "It was nerve wracking. i heard it was Mr Seago. 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? What people miss out on is the fact the whole Glitter thing comes from Mike Leander. The brass included trombone as well as sax. Its not as well remembered today as it should be its a great summer pop song with that distinctive stomping beat, but there are some Beach Boys inspired harmonies as well. The Glitter Band's unique sound is well appreciated by the cognoscenti of alternative music makers. In the 70s Leander created the Glitter Band and one of the decades biggest pop stars Gary Glitter. It was written by Springate, Shephard and Eddie Seago, who also ran the bands management company. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." The funky Watch The Show is another Harvey Ellison composition and the only one which he sang lead on. 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The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. Peter William Phipps (born 5 August 1951 in Clapham, South London)[1] is a rock drummer, singer and songwriter known for his work with Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band, and later Eurythmics, XTC and Denim. This was the start of a time when The Glitter Band toured the world amasing millions of record sales. ", (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. Shephard and Springate were the main songwriters, but Phipps and Ellison also contributed songs. . We are certainly not making any case for Gary Glitter here, he merely grunted along on these records - his creative input was zero. 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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. The next year, Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot. John Robb investigates. 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. A year later, he toured with the Elgins. Devotion) of Spacer fame. They have existed on and off since with various line-ups, and there are currently two bands featuring original members who use the name. He also arranged the strings for The Drifters' 'Under The Boardwalk'. Phipps toured with a variety of 80s bands including XTC and Eurythmics before teaming up with Shephard again in the 90s. [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). Dr. John was a great influence on him and this is where the tribal double drummer sound came from. 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. Things didnt stand still in 1975. Joyce Gibson is a lifelong music fan, inherited from her dad and now passed on to her niece. He then put this amazing droning guitar sound on it. A lot of people who criticise us for playing these songs dont really know the whole depth of the story. Trevor Horn played bass guitar for the band in this era. It's a sound that is so distinctive that it causes the Pavlovian exhortation: "Ah! 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. They were recently included in the BBC Four show Glam Rock At The BBC which reminded me how much I had loved them when I was young, and it was a rare opportunity to see them again on TV. But, once inside and reveling within the meaty stomps and playful heartbreaks that were the band's raison d'etre once they were away from kingpin Gary Glitter, Rock 'n' Roll Dudes emerges at least as much fun as its predecessor and, in places, even more . 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. Fond memories of the 70s come to mind. 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. He did lots of different kinds of things.". 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. With Shephard's death in May 2003, Leonard retired to concentrate on musical production activities in Norway, whilst both Phipps and Rossall continued on the road with their own bands. 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