May lightning
| May lightning | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | England |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock , psychedelic rock , hard rock |
| founding | 1969 |
| resolution | 1971 |
| Last occupation | |
| James Black | |
| Reid Hudson | |
| Tony Newman | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Terry Poole |
Drums |
Keith Baker |
May Blitz was an English rock band that was formed in 1969 and split up in 1971.
history
The band was formed in early 1969 and initially consisted of singer and guitarist James Black, bassist Terry Poole and Keith Baker as drummer. The first local appearances in pubs and colleges followed before the group signed a contract with Vertigo Records . Along with Black Sabbath , Uriah Heep and Juicy Lucy, she was one of the first four bands to sign a record deal with this label. Before the band went into the studio to record their debut album, Poole and Baker left the cast. The Canadian bassist Reid Hudson and drummer Tony Newman were added as replacements . The self-titled debut album was released in mid-1970. Due to poor sales, the band went to the studio a short time later to record a new album. This time John Anthony was the producer. Almost six months later, the second album was released in early 1971 under the name The 2nd of May . However, since this album was not very successful either, the band broke up later that year. In 2012, the live album Essen 1970 was released through Thors Hammer .
style
According to Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia , the band plays progressive acid rock with proto- metal guitars on their debut album . On the second album elements from space and folk rock were added. In addition, many songs are actually just improvised jam sessions . progarchives.com found that the debut album features powerful psychedelic rock , with slight blues and progressive rock influences , but without the use of a keyboard. The music is more aggressive than that of Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep and is more comparable to that of High Tide and Pink Fairies . The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal described the music as Hard Rock in the style of Three Man Army . Even Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 1: The Seventies to the self-titled album influences from the psychedelic and progressive rock. In addition, similarities to Cream , Hawkwind , Leaf Hound and in the riffs to Black Sabbath can be heard. The singing is comparable to that of Jack Bruce . The electric guitar sounds like a production from the prehistory of stoner rock . On The 2nd of May there were psychedelic blues, was drum and bass-heavy. There is slight support from the guitar and a flute . There are sonic parallels on the album to Black Widow and later The Edgar Broughton Band .
Discography
- 1970: May Blitz (album, Vertigo Records )
- 1971: The 2nd of May (Album, Vertigo Records)
- 2012: Essen 1970 (live album, Thors Hammer )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on April 11, 2016 ; Retrieved October 29, 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 c d Eduardo Rivadavia: May Blitz. Allmusic , accessed October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ May Blitz - Essen 1970. Discogs , accessed October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ May Blitz biography. progarchives.com, accessed October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 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. 211 .
- ^ 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. 183 f .
