Pink Fairies

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The Pink Fairies were a British rock band .

history

The band emerged in 1969 in London from the remaining members of the rock band The Deviants .

In July 1970 the Deviants (Russ Hunter; Paul Rudolph, guitar; Duncan Sanderson, bass) accompanied singer and drummer Twink (actually: John Alder, former member of Pretty Things ) on the LP Think Pink. The four decided to move on together and called themselves Pink Fairies from then on . "Your reputation as a drug user with debauched lifestyle as the knowledge spread quickly about their music until a recording contract with Polydor received." ( "Their reputation for drug-taking and general debauchery spread faster than knowledge of Their music, Until They secured a contract with Polydor ... ”.)

After a single and an LP on Polydor, Twink left the band, and Trevor Burton (formerly with The Move ) stepped in for another LP - What a Bunch of Sweeties reached number 48 on the British album charts . In 1972 guitarist and singer Larry Wallis joined the band; as a trio (Wallis / Sanderson / Hunter) they released the LP Kings of Oblivion , but without commercial success.

“Together with Hawkwind they were the kings of the benefit concert - i. H. they played for hippies for free . ”(“ Along with Hawkwind they were the kings of the benefit gig ie playing for hippies for nothing. ”) Accordingly, the group disbanded in 1974 due to financial difficulties. There was a brief reunion for a concert at The Roundhouse in London in 1975. A recording of the concert was released in 1982 by Chiswick Records as an LP under the title At the Roundhouse .

Larry Wallis founded the band Motörhead at the same time (with Lemmy von Hawkwind) , but left them after the first album. He went to Stiff Records , where he reunited the Pink Fairies for a single, with Martin Stone for Rudolph. Twink gathered Rudolph, Sanderson and Hunter as a backing band for a solo EP in 1977.

In 1984 Mick Farren , Wallis and Sanderson went on tour with Wayne Kramer and George Butler as The Deviants, a live LP was the result. In 1987 there was another reunion of the Pink Fairies - this time with Larry Wallis, guitar and vocals; Andy Colquhoun, guitar; Duncan Sanderson, bass and vocals; as well as the two drummers Twink and Russell Hunter. This collaboration resulted in the album Kill 'em and Eat' em.

LP discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
What a bunch of sweeties
  UK 48 07/29/1972 (1 week)
  • 1971: Never Never Land
  • 1972: What a Bunch of Sweeties
  • 1973: Kings of Oblivion
  • 1982: At the Roundhouse (Live July 1975)
  • 1984: Previously Unreleased
  • 1987: Kill 'em and Eat' em

swell

  1. ↑ Jonathan Buckley, Mark Ellingham (Ed.): Rock. The Rough Guide. Rough Guides, London 1996, ISBN 1-85828-201-2 , p. 659.
  2. ↑ Bert Muirhead: Stiff. The Story of a Record Label. Blandford, Poole / Dorset 1983, ISBN 0-71371-314-3 , p. 92.
  3. ↑ Pink Fairies in the British Official Charts

literature

  • MC Strong: The Great Rock Discography. 3. Edition. Canongate Press, Edinburgh 1996, ISBN 0-86241-604-3 , pp. 628 f.

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