In 1994, ex- Distance frontman Robert Hart was approached by Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke and asked if he would like to join them as the third lead vocalist for Bad Company, following Paul Rodgers and Brian Howe. Hart performed with Bad Company, including in the USA and Canada. In…
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Howe left the band in 1994. Regarding his departure from the band, Howe stated: “Leaving Bad Company was not a difficult decision. It had got to the point where nobody was contributing anything to songwriting and quite frankly, the band was getting very very sloppy live. I quite simply, along…
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For the next Howe-era album, 1988’s Dangerous Age , the band replaced Olsen with producer Terry Thomas , who got rid of most of the keyboards and returned the band to a guitar-driven sound. Thomas also added small amounts of keyboards as well as rhythm guitars and backing vocals and…
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Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the Holy Water tour, although he did perform on the album. Beginning in June 1990, Ralphs was replaced on the road and in the videos by ex-Crawler guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and producer Thomas guested on…
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The band hired Foreigner producer Keith Olsen to produce the new line-up’s initial album, 1986’s Fame and Fortune . Burrell agreed to rejoin the band and was name checked on the Fame and Fortune album, even though he didn’t play on it. But just before the supporting tour, he left…
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In 1985, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, having just worked together the previous year on Ralphs’ solo album Take This , decided to reteam for a new project. But in 1986, their label, Atlantic Records , insisted they resume the Bad Company name. However, Paul Rodgers was already engaged with…
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A three-year hiatus from the studio ended with the release of Rough Diamonds in August 1982. This would be the sixth and final LP in the group’s original incarnation until four new songs were recorded in 1998. The album was the worst-selling Bad Company album of those featuring Paul Rodgers…
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Their third album, Run with the Pack , was released in 1976 and reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 5 in the US. Bad Company scheduled a British tour with the band of former Free member Paul Kossoff , Back Street Crawler , to support the album, as…
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The band’s 1974 debut album, Bad Company , was recorded at Headley Grange , Hampshire, in Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio . The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, and number 3 in the UK Albums Chart , spending 25 weeks in the UK charts. The…
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