At Expo ’70 , members of Canadian rock band Lighthouse saw Flower Travellin’ Band perform, liked what they saw and suggested they go to Canada. The group quickly recorded their first album of original material, Satori released in 1971, to have something to bring with them. In December 1970, they…
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In December 1970 Keith Baker left the band and was replaced by Iain Clark (from another Vertigo band, Cressida ). With him the band toured Germany in late December 1970/January 1971 and made their first US tour in the spring of 1971, supporting Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf .
The band initially featured Dave Peverett (“Lonesome Dave”) on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums, after all three musicians left Savoy Brown in December 1970. Rod Price , on guitar/slide guitar, joined after he left Black Cat Bones . The new line-up was named…
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In autumn 1970, the Alice Cooper group teamed with producer Bob Ezrin for the recording of their third studio album, Love It to Death . This was the final album in their Straight Records contract and the band’s last chance to create a hit. That first success came with the…
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In November 1970, future member of the Angels, John Brewster on guitar, banjo, harp, backing vocals and washboard, and his younger brother Rick on violin, washboard, jug, backing vocals and percussion formed the Moonshine Jug and String Band, an acoustic ensemble, in Adelaide. Fellow members were Craig Holden on guitar,…
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The album’s opening track, ” Immigrant Song “, was released as a US single in November 1970 against the band’s wishes, reaching the top twenty on the Billboard chart.
The album followed in the UK in October 1970, where, pushed by the success of the “Paranoid” single, it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
In 1970, Chain Reaction and Jam Band played at the same gig in New Hampshire. Tyler immediately loved Jam Band’s sound and wanted to combine the two bands. In October 1970, the bands met up again and considered the proposition. Tyler, who had been a drummer and backing vocalist in…
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Highway was their fourth studio album, recorded extremely quickly in September 1970. It performed poorly in the charts, reaching No. 41 in the UK and No. 190 in the US.
The single was released in September 1970 and reached number four on the UK singles chart , remaining Black Sabbath’s only top 10 hit.