. The next year, Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot. They were unofficially known as the Glittermen on the first four hit singles by Gary Glitter from 1972 to 1973. Pete Phipps still performs live as The Glitter Band. [2][3] He was later a member of the band Random Hold, who toured with XTC in 1979, leading to him playing drums on the XTC album Mummer after Terry Chambers left the band, and he returned for the recording of their next album The 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. Rossall describes an album that sounds quite interesting, if he has the nerve to go against his commercial instincts and make the sort of record that Mike Leander would approve of then he could really be onto something. Tony Leonard has now retired from the music business. Through 1983 and 1984 he was a member of The Eurythmics. It was a real relief.". It has a bit of a Starsky and Hutch theme tune vibe going on! This was the start of a time when The Glitter Band toured the world amasing millions of record sales. Required fields are marked *. He was always a prima dona really.". Albums include Hey!, Disco Discharge. CLICK HERE or Email contact@fortheflycustoms.com to Get In Touch . The decision to launch the Glitter Band as a recording act in its own right was made in late 1973. Glitter Band. Rossall shakes his head with sadness at the way Leander has nearly been forgotten. For tickets see the Alfie Bird website or Ticketweb. The Glitter Band were supporting and it has to be said, that night, they should have been headlining. Ultimately, the Glitter Band became almost as successful, and certainly as well-known, as Gary Glitter himself. The bands third album, Listen To The Band, followed at the end of 1975. He was also influenced by Osibisas rhythms. He also restarted Glitter Band gigs, joining with some of the other original members, and has remained part of the Glitter Band with a number of different line-ups to the present day. It got no airplay and failed to chart. In 1986, Phipps performed on Zipper an album written by Roger Chapman. 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. It met with instant success and reached. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Glitter beat! But original drummer Pete Phipps and bandmate Dominic Rodgers say their songs - recorded separately from Glitter's - are still not played on the radio. Really brill piece paying tribute to a hugely underrated band that were never given the credit they deserved. It quickly reached No.4 in the charts, outselling Gary Glitter in the process. "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. Rossall adds: "The whole Glitter sound started on a Mike Leander instrumental. It was reissued in 1985, again to no avail. Joyce tweets @northseacrashes and co-hosts @PsychoSundae featuring the best psych and garage tunes chosen by followers. A fabric that has been torn by Paul Gadd's fall from grace. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. To find out more, click here. It was the twin drum's combined with Gerry's glitter 'Star' guitar with its . This edition of the Glitter Band released a single in 2016 featuring new recordings of "Let's Get Together Again" and "People Like You and People Like Me." The Glitter Band regrouped under their old name in 1980, around the same time as Gary Glitter himself moved back into focus. 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. 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. We knew nothing of it beforehand. It had the distinctive glitter sound and while not quite as strong as Angel Face, its still a great glam record. Before we went on the room was empty but suddenly it filled up and people were going crazy. [citation needed] One may play the rhythm while the other may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm.It is more common to have a main drummer with an auxiliary percussionist who plays Latin American percussion, toms . 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. His imagination and sheer musical brilliance was key in the 60s colouring in records with amazing and imaginative use of strings, working with The Beatles, Marianne Faithful, Billy Fury and a whole host of other key players. I didnt even like Gary Glitter all that much his songs were okay but I far preferred watching his backing band on Top Of The Pops and from a very early age had a little crush on the saxophonist, Harvey Ellison. The B-side, You Wouldnt Leave Me Would You, a Springate/Shephard composition, carries on where Angel Face left off and the intro reminds me of a few punk and new wave tunes which followed just a few years later. Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) Rossall brought with him guitarist Gerry Shephard, saxophonist Harvey Ellison, and bassist Ray Moxley, who was soon sacked for urinating in Glitters drink. Finally a rather sub-par and generic sounding power ballad, Nothing At All, appeared in 1986 and again did nothing. Co-written by Shephard, Rossall and Eddie Seago, its a fantastic throwback to their distinctive sound. 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. Originally Gary Glitter's backing band, these poppy glam musicians became stars in their own right with an eclectic pop sound. And Rossall has gone on record to say if Leander could play brass neither he nor Ellison would have featured either. The name reverted to The Glitter Band in March 1977 for the release of "Look What You've Been Missing", co-written by John Rossall and Gerry Shephard. [4] After years of absence Gill reunited with his former Saxon colleagues in a new band, named Son of a Bitch with bassist Steve Dawson and guitarist Graham Oliver. It was followed by "Just for You" and "Let's Get Together Again," both of which kept the group in the Top Ten, while their debut album, Hey, reached number 13 despite being comprised of little more than reprises of their hits. For me the Glitter band were more influential than the Beatles. Drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard eventually completed the line up. Perrone, Pierre (2003) "Obituary: Gerry Shephard; Glitter Band guitarist and songwriter". The band Orleans had two drummers. It didnt have the heavy brass sound of the previous hits but was still a distinctive Glitter Band record. 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. Listen To The Band is musically ambitious compared to their previous albums, with the band trying to move away from the distinctive sound which made them famous, hoping to be taken more seriously. The Glitter Band insist they knew nothing of the shamed glam rockers sex crimes, which they say have unfairly tarnished their reputation. 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. Its ironic that the advent of punk washed them away, as Angel Face must have influenced most of the punks who replaced them in the charts later in the decade. 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. "I've not even spoken to Gary for 30 years and every day I have to speak about him. [8] The band's profile was maintained with a slew of Greatest Hits releases, mainly concentrating on their peak mid-1970s era. Hiro_Noodles. Further sporadic releases followed in the 1980s on a variety of labels. 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. Shes been buying records for over 40 years and going to gigs since the 70s (just!) He did lots of different kinds of things.". You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Particular kudos should be paid to Gerry Shephard and the slide effect he used on his famous star guitar. His first outing with the Eurythmics was recorded at Heaven for MTV and later released as the video Sweet Dreams (1985). Rossall left the band on 31 December 1974. It met with instant success and reached. 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. John Rossall died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 75.[14]. Another single appeared in 1982, a Shephard and Springate song called Heartbeat To Heartache. 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. And there are two drummers on some major jazz records such as Miles's Bitches Brew or John Coltrane's Meditations. Lets Get Together Again was the next official Glitter Band single and was another chart hit. Great tunes still memorable unlike the depressing whiny songs of todays artists who wont be remembered in 50 years time. The band, unofficially known as the Glittermen while working with the singer between 1972 and 1974, barely spoke to him, said Pete, 64. Shephard got picked out; Phipps did not. The Bostons carried on after Raven jumped on the glam bandwagon and became Gary Glitter. (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 . 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. He recorded Back in Denim (1992 and Denim on Ice (1996). Phipps toured with a variety of 80s bands including XTC and Eurythmics before teaming up with Shephard again in the 90s. After leaving school in 1969 he joined Black Velvet, a soul/funk band tours, recording and radio shows. In the late 80s while I was studying at Portsmouth Polytechnic I went to see Gary Glitter play at the Guildhall. 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". 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). The brass included trombone as well as sax. The story of the Glitter Band begins in the mid 1960s. We didnt know how people were going to react. Changing direction, Phipps first joined Ex-Directory a jazz rock band where he first met Vic Martin (who would later, with Pete, join the Eurythmics); this was then followed by a short period with a London based punk rock band called The Secret. [1][2] He stayed with them until 1981, recording their first four albums,[3] leaving the band after he injured his hand. days. But Pete said since Gadd was revealed as a paedo in the 1990s, they have been frozen out because of their association with him. Two further albums, Rock 'n' Roll Dudes and Listen to the Band, were equally courageous, with the group's ambition now so pronounced that they even brushed aside the first signs that their invincibility was cracking: the chart failure of the singles "Alone Again" and "Don't Make Promises." Currently taking Commissions to begin in Early 2023. In 2014 the song "Angel Face" was included on the soundtrack of the hit Spanish film The Face of an Angel. He said: We are suffering from the fallout and bad press because of his actions. The Official Website for Pete Phipps and The Glitter Band, The Original Jukebox Heroes (Pete Phipps, drums), Never Too Young To Rock (1975 movie) Part 1 on YouTube. Finally Springate, Phipps and Shephard released "Gotta Get a Message Back To You" in September 1977, under the new name of Air Traffic Control. Evidence that the Glitter Band were capable of meeting greater challenges than the Glitter sound normally set was delivered in early 1975 with their fourth single, the soft rock ballad "Goodbye My Love." The band only played with Glitter for two years before going alone and scoring a string of top ten hits. 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). 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. Glitter Band - Angel Face (1974) Bertierocks1 14.9K subscribers 924 145K views 10 years ago Back to the 70s! Im convinced it would have been considered a Power Pop classic had it appeared just a few years later. Following Ellison's death in 2017, Rossall continued to tour for the rest of his life. He toured in the US and in the UK. Leander produced all of the Glitter Bands albums. Unfortunately, cover versions outweigh the much better original songs on the album. There are a few lowlights but it will allow you to hear the versatility of the band and that utterly distinctive hey! sound which made them famous. 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. NO AIRPLAY: Pete, on drums, with Glitter before the split in 1974, AXE MEN: Pete and Dominic of The Glitter Band. Switching . Vid by me - enjoy! 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". Feel free to contribute! One of the identifying features of the glitter bands of the early Seventies was the drumming. We're the musicians that played on parts of the records. In August they had a top 20 summer hit with the non-album song, Love In The Sun. The Glitter Band are a glam rock band from England, who. 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. I read in one of glitters bios, he really did only regard them as employees the piss tho? VBTS May 22, 2005 #7 Jean-Baptiste Clamence @ May 23 2005, 01:15 AM wrote: 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. "Mike was brilliant, he played on every track - we just came in and did the brass parts. [citation needed] The band produced several singles in this period including "Montgomery Clift" and albums The View From Here (1980) and Burn the Buildings (1981). 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. He added: We separated in 1974 he hated the fact we recorded our own records.. Sometimes when the odds are stacked up this high the creative juices can go crazy. 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. 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. [1], The Glitter Band had seven UK Top 20 hit singles in the mid-1970s, and three hit albums. 1979 saw Sheppard and drummer Pete Phipps hook up with former Sparks/Jet keyboard player Peter Oxendale for the album Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, credited to Oxendale & Sheppard and released in the U.S. only. 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. 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