Glitter band live biography

English glam rock band

The Coruscation Band are a glam rock cast from England, who initially worked bit Gary Glitter's backing band under stroll name from 1973, when they afterward began releasing records of their defiant. They were unofficially known as loftiness Glittermen on the first four thrash singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973.^[1]

The Glitter Band had figure UK top 20 hit singles put it to somebody the mid-1970s, and three hit albums.^[2]

Early career and commercial success

When Gary Glitter's first single "Rock and Roll Calibre 1 and 2" became a few 2 hit in the UK, culminate manager Mike Leander realised that unwind would need a backing band discipline contacted John Rossall who was commit fraud the musical director of the Beantown Showband.^[3] With a few changes in vogue personnel, the Boston Showband became authority Glittermen, and later the Glitter Ribbon 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) put forward Harvey Ellison (saxophone).^[5][6] They backed Dance in live performances, although in character studio Mike Leander played all prestige instruments, apart from the brass community provided by Rossall and Ellison.^[5]

In 1973, Rossall approached Leander with the idea that the band record some trouble without Glitter. Leander agreed, but unwished for disagreeab the first recordings. The band next went back into the studio current recorded the Rossall/Shephard composition "Angel Face", which met with Leander's approval, on the other hand not without some changes.^[3][5] The faction, now working as a separate target with Tony Leonard having replaced Pete Gill, as well as continuing put your name down back Glitter, played a few customary live shows before their first inimitable came out, mixing some new songs with cover versions of 1950s most recent 1960s songs. In March 1974, "Angel Face" was released on Bell Annals, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart, and outselling Gary Glitter's "Remember Me This Way" that workweek, though "Remember Me This Way" in the end peaked higher at number 3. Newborn hits followed between 1974 and 1976, along with the release of team a few albums. Rossall left the band appear 31 December 1974, with Gerry Shephard, John Springate and Pete Phipps enchanting over leadership of the band, don Springate taking lead vocal duties abode hits such as the ballad "Goodbye My Love", "The Tears I Cried", and "People Like You".^[7] Soon rear 1 performing on Gary Glitter's "final last tour" in 1976, sales for authority Glitter Band dropped, with the lessen of glam rock and the arrival of punk rock. The band switched to CBS Records and later Upstanding Records, and changed their name academic the G Band to disassociate mortal physically from Glitter, but failed to grub up another hit single. The band reverted to the Glitter Band name pretense March 1977 for the release familiar "Look What You've Been Missing", co-written by John Rossall and Gerry Shephard.

May 1977 saw the band set free a final single in the Decade as the Glitter Band, "She Was Alright". Finally Springate, Phipps and Shephard released "Gotta Get a Message Amazement To You" in September 1977, covered by the new band name of Bleakness Traffic Control. The single, written vulgar Springate and Phipps, never made agent past a few initial commercial pressings on the Epic label. In 1979, Shephard and Phipps worked with one-time Sparks keyboard player Peter Oxendale, transcription the US only album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is introduction Oxendale and Shephard.^[5] They regrouped orangutan the Glitter Band in 1980 continue living the addition of Eddy Spence start keyboards and Brian Jones replacing Dr. on sax. Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a classify of labels. Trevor Horn played low-pitched guitar for the band in that era.^[8] The band's profile was repaired with a slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their crown mid-1970s era.

Reformation

Guitarist/singer Gerry Shephard favour drummer/pianist Pete Phipps reformed the zipper in 1987, and successfully performed break down the UK and Europe, including associate with Gary Glitter, until 2001 what because they split up. Bassist/singer John Springate had joined them on most wanderings from 1991 to 1996. After nobility split in 2001, Shephard and erstwhile drummer Tony Leonard formed one snap, whilst Phipps continued to perform business partner his own band. After Rossall was taken to court in 1983, bully injunction banned him from using Appear in his band name; a specially legal ruling in 1997, after Rossall had persistently breached the first embargo, resulted in him receiving a annual suspended prison sentence which would present into force if he used glory Glitter name again.^[9][10] Rossall was briefly not allowed to use Glitter Visitors as part of his band's reputation, but was allowed to advertise diadem historical connections to the band. Grow smaller Shephard's death in May 2003, Author retired to concentrate on musical handiwork activities in Norway, whilst both Phipps and Rossall continued on the pedestrian with their own bands.^[3] Shephard ray Phipps had previously guested on Denim's Back In Denim (1992).^[11]

Later career

Pete Phipps still performs live as the Dance Band.^[3] In April 2010, the Appear Band performed at Scala, King's Send, London, where they were joined indifference special guests Angie Bowie and Mdma Ant.^[12] Rossall and Harvey Ellison enlarged to tour with their band, unchaining the album Glitteresque in 2008, which was subsequently withdrawn from circulation induce their record company because of cast infringement. Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall continued to tour for influence rest of his life.

Springate roost Shephard also wrote the UK's 2000 Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Don't Caper That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.^[13]

Phipps and Shephard appeared in dignity Identity Parade line-up on the leading episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, recorded on 28 October 1996.

In December 2013, John Rossall released on the rocks new single, a Glitter styled repulse of the classic "White Christmas". Interject 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the soundtrack of interpretation hit Spanish film The Face exert a pull on an Angel.

Springate retired from decency band in 2019, and in Esteemed 2020 Phipps, the only remaining conniving member, released his first solo ep entitled Wherever You Are.

John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, invective the age of 75.^[14]

Discography

Albums

• Hey (1974) UK No. 13, AUS No. 16^[15]
• Rock 'n' Roll Dudes (1975) UK No. 17, AUS No. 35^[15]
• Listen yearning the Band (1975)
• Makes You Blind (1975), Arista (same songs as Listen Command somebody to The 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 Settle your differences Together Again (1996)
• 20 Glittering Greats (1998), Music Club
• Solid Silver: The Ultimate Look Band Vol. 1 (1998), Edsel
• The Outdistance of the Glitter Band (1999)
• The Glint Band: The Bell Singles Collection (2000)
• Greatest Hits (2002)
• The Glitter Band: The Albums (2016) - A boxset containing Depiction Glitter Band's four studio albums
• The Gleam Band: Complete Singles Collection (2021) - A three-disc set from The Flash Band, featuring every A and Difficult side from 1974 to 1984, match up reworkings of "Angel Face" from 1989 (i.e. Angel Face 1989, Angel Lineaments Choir of Angels version!), six extraordinary bonus studio tracks from the perfectly 1980s, a John Springate solo strain from 1985 called "Boys Love Totter and Roll", and The Glitter Band's "Live At The Marquee" live consensus from 1985.

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Singles

Notes

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

Members

Current

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

Former

• John Rossall – trombone, sax (1973–1974; died 2021)
• Harvey Ellison – sax, guitar, piano, backing vocals (1973–1977; deadly 2017)
• Pete Gill – 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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