Currently taking Commissions to begin in Early 2023. 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. One of them is a superb player too - Peter Phipps - and the man is a living metronome. They have existed on and off since with various line-ups, and there are currently two bands featuring original members who use the name. And Rossall has gone on record to say if Leander could play brass neither he nor Ellison would have featured either. In 1974, when I was 10 years old, I bought my very first record with my own money. Rossall is even talking of making a new album. Random Hold composed of David Rhodes, Bill MacCormick, David Ferguson, and Pete Phipps were described by a music journalist[who?] That two drum sound was thrilling. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with drummer Pete Phipps which appeared in the November 2019 issue of the Beat. Please whitelist our site in order to continue to access The Quietus. It didnt have the heavy brass sound of the previous hits but was still a distinctive Glitter Band record. In 1976, as Gary Glitter announced his retirement, the Glitter Band cut their last sonic links with the old sound. ~ Dave Thompson. . It was to no avail as the single failed to crack to the top 50. John Rossall looks worn out at the very mention of the disgraced singer. He was last year caged for 16 years over a string of child sex crimes. The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. Rossall brought with him guitarist Gerry Shephard, saxophonist Harvey Ellison, and bassist Ray Moxley, who was soon sacked for urinating in Glitters drink. Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. Ultimately, the Glitter Band became almost as successful, and certainly as well-known, as Gary Glitter himself. In the 70s Leander created the Glitter Band and one of the decades biggest pop stars Gary Glitter. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. 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. 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. 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). (of course), later in 1974. Early in 2001, along with shows with the Glitter Band, Santanarama and Glitz Blitz at a range of venues nationwide, Phipps made a return to playing some R&B with a South East-based band Desperate Measures. 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). (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 . Glitter Band. 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. [5] They regrouped as The Glitter Band in 1980 with the addition of Eddy Spence on keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Harvey on sax. However, I think the Glitter Band version is far better. 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". 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). The single, written by Springate and Phipps, never made it past a few initial commercial pressings on the Epic label. There is a band on Back From The Grave 4 called Beep Beep & The Roadrunners who were using two drummers back in '62/'63. . It's a sound that is part of the fabric of British pop culture. It's a sound that is so distinctive that it causes the Pavlovian exhortation: "Ah! 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". document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Rossall left the band on 31 December 1974. They were great musicians and writers who caught the mid 70s zeitgeist. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". It had the distinctive glitter sound and while not quite as strong as Angel Face, its still a great glam record. Playing hard-stomping glam rock and roll with singalong choruses aswell as more straightforward romantic pop, the Glitter Group were named because of their association with glam idol Gary Glitter. He would then go and overdub the bass, floor and small toms on one track; then the bass and the guitar. 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. Before we went on the room was empty but suddenly it filled up and people were going crazy. Brown, Mick (1985) "Days of Whine and Poses". All rights reserved. "Mike was brilliant, he played on every track - we just came in and did the brass parts. "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. Unfortunately, although the band had moved on, their fans hadn't. Apple Inc. 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. 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. [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. It also inspired me to write this article. But Pete said since Gadd was revealed as a paedo in the 1990s, they have been frozen out because of their association with him. Zappa used two drummers in the Mothers in . CLICK HERE or Email contact@fortheflycustoms.com to Get In Touch . Read Full Biography. The Glitter Band sound was what attracted me to them back in the day. 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. I imagine somebody a bit more famous was doing it before them. In the long gone Glorias Record Bar in East Kilbride, I chose Angel Face by the Glitter Band. 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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. Bell Records signed the Glitter Band as a new artist, and Angel Face was released on 1st March 1974. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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). In short, he was a pop genius and should be lauded in the way that Joe Meek is. CUSTOM COMMISSIONS NOW OPEN! He added: We separated in 1974 he hated the fact we recorded our own records.. Please read all descriptions thoroughly before purchasing. We are certainly not making any case for Gary Glitter here, he merely grunted along on these records - his creative input was zero. 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 Gary Glitter Band certainly weren't the first rock band to incorporate two drummers. 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. Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. 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. 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. By 1977, the band had started to fall apart. Dominic, 54, who joined the group in the late 1990s, said: Our records are not played on the radio any more.. Gill stayed briefly in the band, recording only one album called Victim You in 1996. In 1982, Phipps was invited by Mike Rutherford to record the album Acting Very Strange, and later in the same year was invited by XTC to record with them on their Mummer album. 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. Phipps toured with a variety of 80s bands including XTC and Eurythmics before teaming up with Shephard again in the 90s. It quickly reached No.4 in the charts, outselling Gary Glitter in the process. 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. Through 1983 and 1984 he was a member of The Eurythmics. 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. [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). The music group originally came jointly in 1972, pursuing Glitter's very own breakthrough using the strike "Stone.". Springate and Phipps tour as one incarnation of The Glitter Band. It met with instant success and reached. We're the musicians that played on parts of the records. 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. Springate and Shephard also wrote the UK's 2000 Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Don't Play That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.[13]. Thanks for your article, the Glitter Band really and truly deserved so much more recognition,they alone were brilliant musicians and writers. The Glitterband certainly did use 2 drummers. It was because he was easily available. With Rossall away, John Springate and Gerry Shephard took over leadership of the Glitter Band. I shall surely play them again now. 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. John Robb investigates. Its a strong pop song and was also covered by French singer Sheila (aka Sheila & B. 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. Several of the band had played with Glitter in The Boston Showband (also known as The Bostons) during the 1960s when he was still known as Paul Raven. and enjoys writing about music when working full-time doesnt get in the way. Phipps currently performs worldwide as The Glitter Band playing a variety of venues up and down the UK and on the Continent. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. Feel free to contribute! 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. The next year, Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot. The B-side of this single, the instrumental Tuna Biscuit deserves a mention as its the only track drummer Tony Leonard gets a songwriting credit on, together with Phipps and Ellison. It again features the heavy Glitter sound and was another Rossall/Shephard composition. Rossall and Shephard came up with Angel Face. In 1986, Phipps performed on Zipper an album written by Roger Chapman. 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