Sharks (rock band)
The Sharks were an English rock band that existed from 1972 to 1974.
Band history
Andy Fraser founded the Sharks in November 1972 after his final departure from Free . The original band members were Fraser (bass, piano), Chris Spedding (guitar), Snips (vocals) and Marty Simon (drums). They got a record deal with Island Records , where Free was also under contract.
At the beginning of 1973 they went on tour in Great Britain with their “Sharkmobile”, an old Cadillac with a grille shaped like a shark's bite. On February 19, they had an accident in which Fraser injured his hand.
Their first album, First Water , was released in April 1973. A little later, Fraser left the band and was replaced by Busta Cherry Jones on bass. In addition was keyboardist Nick Judd (ex-Audience) was added.
In September 1973 they went on tour again in Great Britain. In March 1974 her second album Jab It came out in Yore Eye . After a US tour, the Sharks made recordings for their third album Music Breakout in mid-1974 , but their record company declined to release it. After a few staff changes, the group disbanded in October 1974.
In 1993 Spedding and Snips got back together and recorded the album Like a Black Van Parked on a Dark Curve as Sharks ... which was not released until 1995. In 2011 they released the album Force 9 as King Mob .
Discography
- 1973: First Water
- 1974: Jab It in Yore Eye
- 1993: Like a Black Van Parked on a Dark Curve ... (as Huw Lloyd Langton ; published 1998)
- 2017: Killers of the Deep
- 2018: Ready Set Go
Web links
- Sharks website
- Sharks at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chris Speddings website
- ↑ "About King Mob" ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on kingmob-beatgroup.com (English)