Formed in 1974, British funk act Olympic Runners was formed by legendary producer Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, Focus, Dr Feelgood), initially to back American bluesman Jimmy Dawkins for a session scheduled at Olympic Studios in London, thus inspiring the group’s name.
Steve Ellis's powerful yet soulful voice, one that defines British music, has never sounded better that on his solo albums and this compilation of songs from records made between 1977 to 2011 evidences the fact beautifully.
Formed in 1973, Lindisfarne folk-rock offshoot Jack The Lad recorded four well- received albums cementing a prominent role in the rediscovery of the regional musical roots of their home turf of North East England.
Comprising members of MOTT with John Fiddler of Medicine Head, British Lions played the UK supporting Status Quo before winning over US audiences on a 1978 tour from which these recordings are taken.
With 50th anniversary reissues of the band's catalogue well underway, Mott The Hoople are in the news. But who were the band before? And after? What happened to their members? Our LOT OF MOTT page supplies answers ...
Ousted from Deep Purple three albums in, guitarist Nick Simper dusted himself down and created Warhorse and then Fandango. Jason Barnard covers his career in his latest artist interview for podcast, The Strange Brew.
970s Platinum-selling Swiss hard rock/metal band Krokus successfully broke the US market in the ‘80s and forged a path through the live sector there and on continental Europe that has continued one way or another to this day. In 1999, the band was back in the studio for 13th album, the appropriately-titled ‘Round 13’.
1970s Platinum-selling Swiss hard rock/metal band Krokus successfully broke the US market in the ‘80s and forged a path through the live sector there and on continental Europe that has continued one way or another to this day.1990's ‘Stampede’ marked Krokus’s return home from years recording and touring in the US.
2024 sees the 50th anniversary release of ‘The Hoople’, one of Mott The Hoople’s best-remembered releases yielding chart hits in opening and closing tracks, “The Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll” and “Roll Away The Stone”. And it also welcomes a new release from the guitarist on that album, Luther Grosvenor, in ‘Another Journey’.
Nutz: They toured with Black Sabbath, wowed the Old Grey Whistle Test, were acclaimed by peers Jeff Beck, AC/DC, Ozzie Osbourne, Led Zeppelin’s Peter Grant offered to manage them…
