Marseille (band)
| Marseille | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Liverpool , England |
| Genre (s) | Rock , New Wave of British Heavy Metal |
| founding | 1976, 2008 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| Website | http://www.marseilleonline.co.uk/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Andy Charters | |
Electric guitar |
Neil Buchanan |
| Rob Brooks | |
| Ace Finchum | |
| Nige Roberts | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Steve Dinwoodie |
Drums |
Keith Knowles |
singing |
Paul Dale |
Electric guitar |
Mark Hays |
singing |
Sav Pearce |
Electric guitar |
Mark Railton |
Electric guitar |
Toby Martin |
Electric bass |
Lee Andrews |
Drums |
Gareth Webb |
Marseille is an English rock and new wave of British heavy metal band from Liverpool that was founded in 1976, disbanded in 1984 and has been active again since 2008.
history
The members had already been active in the band AC / DC before. However, after the Australian band of the same name was able to achieve greater success in 1976, the name was changed to Marseille in the middle of the year. At that time the cast consisted of singer Paul Dale, guitarists Neil Buchanan and Andy Charters, bassist Steve Dinwoodie and drummer Keith Knowles. The following year, the band, in collaboration with Varèse International, contributed songs to the soundtrack for The Wild Sheep (also known as The French Way ). The film itself had been completed two years earlier. This was followed by the EP Do It the French Way , which contains the theme song, Not Tonight Josephine and She Gives Me Hell . The band was then referred to as "Marseilles". In 1977 the band won the first British Battle of the Bands. Towards the end of the year, the band signed a contract with Mountain Records that was slated for five albums over a five-year period. About this in 1978 the singles The French Way and Kiss Like Rock & Roll and a promotional sampler appeared. In the same year the group played as the first NWoBHM band to play at a major European festival: the Bilzen Festival in Belgium . There were also performances with Wishbone Ash , UFO and Gillan . In the same year the debut album Red, White and Slightly Blue was released . The album produced by Leo Lyons was only released in small numbers, as most of the copies were withdrawn because the band did not like the result. The group began to record their next album in early 1979. In the meantime, until the work was finished, Judas Priest went on tour. The self-titled album was released that same year, at the time of release the group held a 25-day tour with Whitesnake . Many releases of the album included Red, White and Slightly Blue as free supplements. Subsequently, the singles Over and Over and Bring on the Dancing Girls appeared in the same year . After another single called Kites , a cover version of the Simon Dupree and the Big Sound song, which was released in early 1980, it went on tour with Blackfoot and label mates Nazareth . She was the first NWoBHM band to tour the USA . The tour began on May 9, 1980 in Charleston , South Carolina , and also included appearances in Canada . The tour ended in Miami in June . Upon their return to Europe, the band found that Mountain Records had declared bankruptcy. In addition, all of the band's equipment was in the USA, although it was not possible for them to get it back. The members then devoted themselves to other projects, although the band had never officially announced their breakup.
By the beginning of 1982 the financial and personal situation had improved again. Guitarist Mark Hay and singer Sav Pearse joined the already known members Neil Buchanan (electric guitar), Keith Knowles (drums) and Steve Dinwooedie (bass). The first local appearances began with the new management. In addition, a demo was released that contains the songs Raise Hell , Yesterday's Hero and CC Riders , among others . For the beginning of 1983 the release of an EP, which should contain the three songs Till It's Gone , Open Fire and We Got Rock'n'Roll , was planned on Next Records, the label of the management, but this did not materialize. In the following time the band looked for a recording deal before signing with Ultra Noise Records in early 1984 . In the meantime, Mark Hay had been replaced by Mark Railton. Even before work on the comeback album had begun, Buchanan left the cast to devote himself to his TV career. The band then decided to continue as a quartet. A few months later, the album Touch the Night, produced by John Verity , was released . Walking on a High Wire was released as a single , which reached number 98 in the British singles charts . Towards the end of 1984, Toby Martin joined as a second guitarist. Due to a lack of commercial success, the label Ultra Noise Records, which itself announced its bankruptcy in the spring of 1985, separated from the band. Sav Perse then left the group, the remaining members initially believed in being able to continue the band without him, but a short time later it came to an end.
After the band had not performed for almost 30 years, they got together for a single concert at the Rock Garden in Covent Garden on September 1, 2008 and consisted of Paul Dale, Neil Buchanan, Andy Charters, Steve Dinwoodie and Keith Knowles. However, it did not stop at this one gig. After further concerts, the official appearance for the reunification took place on the third Hard Rock Hell in December 2009 . In September 2010 the album Unfinished Business was released . In addition to Buchanan and Charters, the line-up now consists of singer Nige Roberts, drummer Ace Finchum and bassist Rob Brooks.
style
According to Malc Macmillan in The NWOBHM Encyclopedia , Do It the French Way has influences from 1970s bands like Pet Hate , Urchin , Slade and Small Faces . Red, White and Slightly Blue are "heavier" with less juvenile lyrics. The self-titled album represents the band's music the most. Then there is melodic rock and metal that resembles that of Mother's Ruin , Frenzy and Tobruk . The later demo is comparable to the music of Black Ax and Crucifixion . Touch the Night offers Melodic Rock in the style of Chrome Molly , Def Leppard and Alkatrazz . Matthias Mader counted the band in the book NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days to the pioneers of the NWoBHM. Red, White and Slightly Blue still belong to the pre-NWoBHM, show influences from Glam Rock , have no long guitar solos , are full of raw energy and anachronistic . The hard rock influence increased significantly on the self-titled album . The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal noted that the band was at the forefront of the NWoBHM when it was at its peak. Martin Popoff reviewed the album Red, White and Slightly Blue in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 1: The Seventies , arguing that the band is nowhere in the history of metal. The music is based on a French theme and is a mixture of hard rock, glam rock, punk and new wave . He also described it as a cross between Trust , Heavy Metal Kids , Little Boy Story and The Sweet . The self-titled album is professional and modern, with lighter riffs compared to other representatives of the NWoBHM. The songs would have influences from Riot , Ted Nugent , Starz , Legs Diamond and Status Quo . The album, which was an important forerunner for the later emerging stage rock , has almost nothing in common with its predecessor. In the second volume of his book series, he noted that Touch the Night could hear “ Pop Metal” that was made for the US market. According to Allmusic , the band mixes Red, White and Slightly Blue melodic rock and pop. On the self-titled album you get closer to traditional hard rock. Paul A. Royd from Metal Hammer wrote in his review of Touch the Night that parallels to Asia and Survivor can be heard. In the second half the band is harder, repeating the refrains very often in the songs.
Discography
- 1977: Do It the French Way (EP, Varèse International )
- 1978: The French Way (Single, Mountain Records )
- 1978: Red, White and Slightly Blue (Album, Mountain Records)
- 1978: Kiss Like Rock & Roll (single, Mountain Records)
- 1978: Special Sampler (demo, self-release)
- 1979: Marseille (album, Mountain Records)
- 1979: Over and Over (Single, Mountain Records)
- 1979: Bring on the Dancing Girls (Single, Mountain Records)
- 1980: Kites (single, Mountain Records)
- 1982: Demo (demo, self-published)
- 1984: Walking on a High Wire (Single, Ultra Noise Records )
- 1984: Touch the Night (Album, Ultra Noise Records)
- 2003: Rock You Tonight: The Anthology (compilation, Castle Communications )
- 2009: Fourplay (EP, self-published)
- 2010: Unfinished Business (album, self-published)
Web links
- Official website
- Marseille at Allmusic (English)
- Marseille at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Marseille Facts. DID YOU KNOW? (No longer available online.) Marseilleonline.co.uk, archived from the original on October 17, 2016 ; accessed on October 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Marseille. Allmusic , accessed October 16, 2016 .
- ^ Sandra Brennan: Love at the Top (1974). All Movie Guide , accessed October 16, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3 , p. 379 ff .
- ^ A b Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days . Iron Pages, Berlin 1995, p. 121 f .
- ↑ a b c History. (No longer available online.) Marseilleonline.co.uk, archived from the original on October 17, 2016 ; accessed on October 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Paul A. Royd: Marseille . Touch the night. In: Metal Hammer . January 1985, p. 61 .
- ↑ MARSEILLE. SINGLES. officialcharts.com, accessed October 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; accessed on October 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tony Jasper, Derek Oliver: The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal . Facts on File Inc., New York 1983, ISBN 0-8160-1100-1 , pp. 208 .
- ^ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 1: The Seventies . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2003, ISBN 978-1-894959-02-5 , pp. 180 .
- ↑ Martin Popoff: The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2005, ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5 , pp. 214 .
