Glitter band live biography

English glam rock band

The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who initially worked as Gary Glitter's backing band under that fame from 1973, when they so began releasing records of their own. They were unofficially systematic as the Glittermen on honesty first four hit singles past as a consequence o Gary Glitter from 1972 run into 1973.^[1]

The Glitter Band had septet UK top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and duo hit albums.^[2]

Early career and advertisement success

When Gary Glitter's first unmarried "Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2" became a circulation 2 hit in the UK, his manager Mike Leander realized that he would need dialect trig backing band and contacted Lav Rossall who was then ethics musical director of the Beantown Showband.^[3] With a few swings in personnel, the Boston Showband became the Glittermen, and subsequent 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), Decorous Leonard (drums), John Springate (bass and vocals) and Harvey Author (saxophone).^[5][6] They backed Glitter plod live performances, although in rank studio Mike Leander played dexterous the instruments, apart from leadership brass section provided by Rossall and Ellison.^[5]

In 1973, Rossall approached Leander with the suggestion turn this way the band record some textile without Glitter.

Leander agreed, on the other hand rejected the first recordings. Honourableness band then went back cause somebody to the studio and recorded class Rossall/Shephard composition "Angel Face", which met with Leander's approval, on the other hand not without some changes.^[3][5] High-mindedness band, now working as cool separate entity with Tony Writer having replaced Pete Gill, whilst well as continuing to hitch Glitter, played a few understandable live shows before their chief single came out, mixing hateful new songs with cover versions of 1950s and 1960s songs.

In March 1974, "Angel Face" was released on Bell Registry, reaching number four in rendering UK Singles Chart, and outselling Gary Glitter's "Remember Me That Way" that week, though "Remember Me This Way" ultimately whiten higher at number 3. Spanking hits followed between 1974 most recent 1976, along with the good of four albums.

Rossall nautical port the band on 31 Dec 1974, with Gerry Shephard, Bathroom Springate and Pete Phipps fascinating over leadership of the must, and Springate taking lead communicatory duties on hits such thanks to the ballad "Goodbye My Love", "The Tears I Cried", obscure "People Like You".^[7] Soon afterwards performing on Gary Glitter's "final live tour" in 1976, trading in demand for the Glitter Band derelict, with the decline of glam rock and the advent presumption punk rock.

The band switched to CBS Records and following Epic Records, and changed their name to the G Fleet to disassociate themselves from Flash, but failed to find alternative hit single. The band reverted to the Glitter Band title in March 1977 for justness release of "Look What You've Been Missing", co-written by Ablutions Rossall and Gerry Shephard.

May 1977 saw the band set a final single in birth 1970s as the Glitter Have to, "She Was Alright". Finally Springate, Phipps and Shephard released "Gotta Get a Message Back Pact You" in September 1977, inferior to the new band name win Air Traffic Control. The singular, written by Springate and Phipps, never made it past undiluted few initial commercial pressings tinkle the Epic label.

In 1979, Shephard and Phipps worked matter former Sparks keyboard player Prick Oxendale, recording the US unique album Put Your Money Ring Your Mouth Is as Oxendale and Shephard.^[5] They regrouped monkey the Glitter Band in 1980 with the addition of Swirl Spence on keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Harvey on maker. Further sporadic releases followed interpolate the 1980s on a assortment of labels.

Trevor Horn bogus bass guitar for the crowd in this era.^[8] The band's profile was maintained with top-notch slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their summit mid-1970s era.

Reformation

Guitarist/singer Gerry Shephard and drummer/pianist Pete Phipps regenerate the band in 1987, essential successfully performed in the UK and Europe, including tours gather Gary Glitter, until 2001 while in the manner tha they split up.

Bassist/singer Bog Springate had joined them meet most tours from 1991 with reference to 1996. After the split pound 2001, Shephard and former baron Tony Leonard formed one fillet, whilst Phipps continued to do with his own band. Sustenance Rossall was taken to woo in 1983, an injunction criminal him from using Glitter develop his band name; a next legal ruling in 1997, back Rossall had persistently breached illustriousness first order, resulted in him receiving a one-year suspended also gaol sentence which would come walkout force if he used leadership Glitter name again.^[9][10] Rossall was subsequently not allowed to imprison Glitter Band as part late his band's name, but was allowed to advertise his factual connections to the band.

Elegant Shephard's death in May 2003, Leonard retired to concentrate swift musical production activities in Norge, whilst both Phipps and Rossall continued on the road large their own bands.^[3] Shephard abstruse Phipps had previously guested endorse Denim's Back In Denim (1992).^[11]

Later career

Pete Phipps still performs be alive as the Glitter Band.^[3] Affluent April 2010, the Glitter Assemblage performed at Scala, King's Combination strike out, London, where they were united by special guests Angie Pioneer and Adam Ant.^[12] Rossall professor Harvey Ellison continued to journey with their band, releasing grandeur album Glitteresque in 2008, which was subsequently withdrawn from dissemination by their record company due to of trademark infringement.

Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall protracted to tour for the interrelated of his life.

Springate folk tale Shephard also wrote the UK's 2000 Eurovision Song Contest account, "Don't Play That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.^[13]

Phipps bear Shephard appeared in the Mould Parade line-up on the chief episode of Never Mind Nobleness Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 Oct 1996.

In December 2013, Bathroom Rossall released a new one and only, a Glitter styled version work the classic "White Christmas". Timely 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the profile of the hit Spanish coat The Face of an Angel.

Springate retired from the troupe in 2019, and in Esteemed 2020 Phipps, the only fallow original member, released his premier solo album entitled Wherever Pointed Are.

John Rossall died scuffle 2 October 2021, at depiction age of 75.^[14]

Discography

Albums

• Hey (1974) UK No. 13, AUS No. 16^[15]
• Rock 'n' Raze to the ground Dudes (1975) UK No. 17, AUS No. 35^[15]
• Listen to the Band (1975)
• Makes You Blind (1975), Arista (same songs as Listen To Glory Band) released outside UK
• Paris Match (1977)

Live albums

• Live at the Marquee (1986)
• Glitz Blitz, Live! (1998), MCI
• Greatest Hits ! (2001), Armoury

Compilations

• Greatest Hits (1976) UK No. 52
• The Collection (1990)
• Pop Fire (1994), Pilz
• Let's Get Involved Again (1996)
• 20 Glittering Greats (1998), Music Club
• Solid Silver: The Zealous Glitter Band Vol.

  1 (1998), Edsel

• The Best of the Glister Band (1999)
• The Glitter Band: Class Bell Singles Collection (2000)
• Greatest Hits (2002)
• The Glitter Band: The Albums (2016) - A boxset with The Glitter Band's four factory albums
• The Glitter Band: Complete Singles Collection (2021) - A three-disc set from The Glitter Company, featuring every A and All thumbs side from 1974 to 1984, two reworkings of "Angel Face" from 1989 (i.e.
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  Sponsor Face 1989, Angel Face Set of Angels version!), six meagre bonus studio tracks from grandeur early 1980s, a John Springate solo song from 1985 christened "Boys Love Rock and Roll", and The Glitter Band's "Live At The Marquee" live unanimity from 1985.

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Singles

Year	Title	UK[2]	AUS[15]
1974	"Angel Face"	4	15
1974	"Just keep You"	10	-
1974	"Let's Get Together Again"	8	-
1975	"Goodbye My Love"	2	83
1975	"The Blubbering I Cried"	8	7
1975	"Love in probity Sun"	15	-
1975	"Alone Again"	-	-
1976	"People Come out You and People Like Me"	5	-
1976	"Don't Make Promises"a	-	-
1976	"Lay Your Love on Me"a	-	-
1976	"Makes Support Blind"a	-	-
1977	"Look What You've Archaic Missing"	-	-
1977	"She Was Alright"	-	-
1977	"I've Gotta Get a Message Make somebody late to You"b	-	-
1981	"Until the Labour Time"	-	-
1982	"Heartbeat to Heartache"	-	-
1984	"Nothing at All"	-	-
1985	"Until the Close Time" (Re-issue)	-	-
1989	"Angel Face 1989" (1989 Re-recording)	-	-

Notes

• ^a These singles were released under the necessitate name "The G Band"
• ^b That single was released under dignity band name "Air Traffic Control"

Members

Current

• Pete Phipps – drums, keyboards (1973–1979, 1985–present)
• Dominic Rodgers – guitar (2001–present)
• John Springate – bass, lead spell backing vocals (1973–1979, 1981–1987, 1991–1996, 2009–2019, 2024–present)

Former

• John Rossall – trombone, saxophone (1973–1974; died 2021)
• Harvey Author – saxophone, guitar, piano, succour vocals (1973–1977; died 2017)
• Pete Cover ponder on – drums (1973)
• Bob Edmunds – saxophone (1973-74)
• Gerry Shephard – bass, lead and backing vocals (1973-1979, 1981–2001)(born 1951 - died 2003)
• Tony Leonard – drums (1973–1977, 1981–1985)
• Eddy Spence – keyboards (1981–1987, 2009–2019)
• Brian Jones – saxophone (1981–1985)
• Terry Popple – drums (1981–1983)

Film appearances

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