In recent years the Glitter Band have been considered guilty by association for having had the temerity to start out backing the disgraced Gary Glitter. They are one of the very few bands to start out backing a solo artist and go on to become successful in their own right an obvious comparison would be the Shadows. Originally called The Glitter Men, only Rossall and Ellison played on Glitters first two records every other instrument was played by Mike Leander. The album was recorded in Metway Studios, Brighton and produced by Mike Wilton and engineered by Jake Routham. He was last year caged for 16 years over a string of child sex crimes. The Glitter Band released their debut LP, called Hey! Angel Face was followed up by another Rossall and Shephard composition, Just For You, which also cracked the UK top 10. They originally came together in 1972, following Glitter's own breakthrough with the hit "Rock and Roll." 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. However, in 1981, they reconvened with a little heard single, Until The Next Time. Genres: Glam Rock, Pop Rock, Disco. In 1977, their fourth album, Paris Match was recorded in France, plus an EP featuring "She was Alright" (written by Phipps) as the A side. To find out more, click here. 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 adds: "The whole Glitter sound started on a Mike Leander instrumental. Looking to the future the newly invigorated Glitter Band are thinking big. The Bostons carried on after Raven jumped on the glam bandwagon and became Gary Glitter. Also in 1984, Phipps returned to work with XTC in the studio to record the album Big Express. 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. By 1977, the band had started to fall apart. 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. They were branching out towards a more soul and funk sound which was probably not the best move with punk bubbling under. Oh yes - Adam & The Ants did, and likewise the ghastly Sigue Sigue Sputnik. This was the start of a time when The Glitter Band toured the world amasing millions of record sales. "I've not even spoken to Gary for 30 years and every day I have to speak about him. Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. He called Rossall, who took him up on the offer, on the understanding that at some point his band would get to record their own material. Leander produced all of the Glitter Bands albums. Switching . It met with instant success and reached. Gadd, 71, was jailed in 1999 for child porn offences. 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. The band provided As well as The Tears I Cried which kept to the Leander sound, it also included their first non-charting single, the ballad, Alone Again. John Rossall looks worn out at the very mention of the disgraced singer. . Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. Dr. John was a great influence on him and this is where the tribal double drummer sound came from. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who. 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. And Rossall has gone on record to say if Leander could play brass neither he nor Ellison would have featured either. He toured in the US and in the UK. ", (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. 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The Glitter Band discography and songs: Music profile for The Glitter Band, formed 1972. In 2000 he teamed up once again with Shephard to pen the UKs Eurovision entry, Dont Play That Song Again, performed by French. The year 2000 saw the founding of Santanarama, a six-piece tribute to Carlos Santana, and Glitz Blitz, a three-piece tribute to the 1970s. May 1977 saw the band release a final single as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". 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. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. The best track on it is Look What Youve Been Missing which saw John Rossall return to songwriting duties with Gerry Shephard. 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. 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. In June 1972, he began working for Gary Glitter's backing band The Glittermen and, in the same month, they made their first appearance on Top of the Pops with "Rock and Roll Part 2". In 1981, the group released a new single, "Until the Next Time," maintaining a steady stream of further releases over the next five years. 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. Further hits followed between 1974 and 1976, along with the release of four albums. The decision to launch the Glitter Band as a recording act in its own right was made in late 1973. Back copies can be ordered via the website. Hiro_Noodles. [5][6] They backed Glitter in live performances, although in the studio Mike Leander played all the instruments, apart from the brass section provided by Rossall and Ellison.[5]. The Glitter Band were supporting and it has to be said, that night, they should have been headlining. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. The Glitter Band sound was what attracted me to them back in the day. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with drummer Pete Phipps which appeared in the November 2019 issue of the Beat. [12] Rossall and Harvey Ellison continued to tour with their band, releasing the album Glitteresque in 2008, which was subsequently withdrawn from circulation by their record company because of trademark infringement. 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