Sweet (group)

See also: Sweet

Sweet (" The Sweet " before 1975) British Groupe of music of Glam rock'n'roll of the Années 1970 is a .
La great popularity of Sweet, in England in particular, is, inter alia, due to their image Androgyne glam-rockeurs and to individual goods classified in the sales ( Ballroom Blitz ,…).

Musical analysis

Their sound is very close to that of the hard rock (saturated guitars, low door…), very favourable with endiablées representations live. Among the influences of the group, one can, inter alia, to quote Jeff Beck, the Who, Led Zeppelin,…

Among successes of the group, one will retain a great quantity of often taken again titles:

Teenage Rampage ;
Ballroom Blitz : Wampas, Motörhead, The Rezillos,…;
Blockbuster ;
Hell Raiser : Def Leppard,…;
Fox One The Run : Red Hot Chili Peppers,….

One can compare the musical style of Sweets with that of many groups of the time, very directed glam rock'n'roll: Slade, T-Rex,… Work on the choruses points out many titles of Queen of the same time.

Origins

The origins of Sweet go back with 1965 and an small group of blues, the Wainwright' S Gentlemen , which included/understood the future beater of Sweet, Mick Tucker , and the future singer of Deep Purple, Ian Gillan.

After the departure of Gillan in 1965, Tucker engages Brian Connolly to replace it. The changes of the group are numerous, and Steve Priest integrates the group as a Bassiste in 1968. After being itself named The Army or Sweetshop , the group adopts the name of The Sweet in 1968. Andy Scott replaces the Guitariste Mick Stewart in 1970. It is the final form of the group, which renames Sweet (as from 1974 in the albums and 1975 in the individual ones).

Members

Traditional formation of the Seventies:
  • Brian Connolly (October 5th 1945 - February 9th 1997): Song
  • Andy Scott (June 30th 1949 -): Guitar, Song, keyboards
  • Steve Priest (February 23rd 1948 -): low Guitar, Song
  • Mick Tucker (July 17th 1947 - February 14th 2002): battery, Song

Discography

Albums Studios

  • Gimme Dat Ding - (1970)
  • Funny How Sweet Coconut Edge Be (1970)
  • The Sweet (Title US: " The Sweet featuring Little Willy & Block Buster ") - (1973)
  • Sweet Fanny Adams - (1974)
  • Desolation Boulevard - (1974)
  • Strung Up (live + studio) - (1975)
  • Give Us has Wink - (1976).
  • Off the Record - (1977)
  • Level Headed - (1978)
  • Cut Above The Rest - (1979)
  • Water' S Edge (Title US: " Sweet VI ") - (1980)
  • Identity Crisis - (1982)

Some compilations

  • The Sweet' S Biggest Hits - (1972)
  • The Sweet Individual Album - (1975)
  • The Golden delicious Greats - (1977)

External bonds

  • Sweet Discography

Simple: Sweet (band)

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