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Sweet
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glam rock, classic rock, rock, 70s, hard rock
Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on albums before 1974 and singles before 1975) were a popular 1970s british band.
Although Sweet were largely known for their glam rock image, and several hit singles — many of them being so-called teenage anthems — they also released several albums throughout a ten year career.
The extent of Sweet’s domination of the charts in Europe resulted in eight number one singles in Germany, with pop oriented tunes as “Co Co”, “Little Willy”, and “Wig Wam Bam”. Sweet’s success continued with more rock oriented tunes, such as “Blockbuster”, “Hellraiser”, “Ballroom Blitz”, “Teenage Rampage”, and “Fox On The Run”. The group had a world-wide following (clocking up no less than 18 top 20 hit singles) and were most notably popular in the UK, Germany and Australia.
The classic Sweet line-up consisted of vocalist Brian Connolly, drummer Mick Tucker, bassist Steve Priest, and guitarist Andy Scott. Sweet are perhaps best remembered for their glam stage clothing - glitter, platform boots, chain mail shirts, and makeup - practically defining the camp extreme of the glam rock look. Scott would later say it only happened because they needed an excuse to meet Top of the Pops dancers Pan’s People and reasoned that going to the make-up room was a good method of doing so.
In late 1978, Sweet stayed at The Town House studio, Shepherds Bush, London, to write new material for their next album. Just before Brian Connolly announced his departure, his vocals were erased from the recorded material for the ensuing album Cut Above The Rest. Two album tracks titled “That Girl” and “Stay With Me” featuring Connolly on lead vocals remain from the late 1978 Cut Above The Rest recording sessions.
Although Sweet were largely known for their glam rock image, and several hit singles — many of them being so-called teenage anthems — they also released several albums throughout a ten year career.
The extent of Sweet’s domination of the charts in Europe resulted in eight number one singles in Germany, with pop oriented tunes as “Co Co”, “Little Willy”, and “Wig Wam Bam”. Sweet’s success continued with more rock oriented tunes, such as “Blockbuster”, “Hellraiser”, “Ballroom Blitz”, “Teenage Rampage”, and “Fox On The Run”. The group had a world-wide following (clocking up no less than 18 top 20 hit singles) and were most notably popular in the UK, Germany and Australia.
The classic Sweet line-up consisted of vocalist Brian Connolly, drummer Mick Tucker, bassist Steve Priest, and guitarist Andy Scott. Sweet are perhaps best remembered for their glam stage clothing - glitter, platform boots, chain mail shirts, and makeup - practically defining the camp extreme of the glam rock look. Scott would later say it only happened because they needed an excuse to meet Top of the Pops dancers Pan’s People and reasoned that going to the make-up room was a good method of doing so.
In late 1978, Sweet stayed at The Town House studio, Shepherds Bush, London, to write new material for their next album. Just before Brian Connolly announced his departure, his vocals were erased from the recorded material for the ensuing album Cut Above The Rest. Two album tracks titled “That Girl” and “Stay With Me” featuring Connolly on lead vocals remain from the late 1978 Cut Above The Rest recording sessions.
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Ballroom Blitz
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Fox On The Run
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Blockbuster
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Action
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Love is Like Oxygen
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Teenage Rampage
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Co-Co
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Shoutbox
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DParker585 wrote:
Just recently discovered this group. Amazing songs!
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bluetooth38 wrote:
The Sweet remember when Blockbuster got band on Radio,Well great group and great Gold 20 Super Hits Album from 1993.
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yeoldstinkeye wrote:
SWEET!!!
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BalladBombs wrote:
haha! 1973 Teleport group was already here! SWEET rox !!!
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namnatulco wrote:
Ballroom Blitz really is by far the best.
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caiexrox wrote:
hellraiser and fox on the run <3
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Violetiae wrote:
Hey, Sweet addicts, come check out I Wish I Could Teleport To 1973 London. Because really, DON'T YOU WISH???
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Coldclock wrote:
The Six Teens is the best!!
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svolou10 wrote:
Sweet = very influential band
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UFOMike wrote:
Cuts like Action, Set me free, Ballroom Blitz, Burn on the flate etc. are the milestones of rock. Forget Glam rock. This group was rock solid. Excellent drummer and voices. Respect.
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Paul-Stanley-Fa wrote:
Are you ready steve? Andy? yeah! Mike? ok, alright Fellas lets goooooo!!!!
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Sterbeklang wrote:
Great :)
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hip_chatterbug wrote:
BALLROOM BLITZ. WHO DOESN'T LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
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GerryVisco wrote:
"Ballroom Blitz"! Yo, sweet!
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Teddd wrote:
Brickies in eyeliner.
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cros_rs wrote:
Quanto mais eu ouço as músicas de agora, mais sinto saudades das músicas do Sweet.
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Dang, I KNEW I heard Ballroom Blitz somewhere before. Didn't know Sweet did it though.
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lihei wrote:
Glam Rock at its best!
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Dudz_rm wrote:
Just found out Love is Like Oxygen is by this band, I've been trying to find out who made it for a long time. Always thought it was ELO.
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Igor_Piegas wrote:
Give Us A Wink and Off The Record are really underrated.
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Events
- Jul 17 Sweet Festzelt, Bogen, Germany
- Jul 19 Sweet Sportplatzgelände, Hochdorf-Assenheim, Germany
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- OneLuvGurl tagged Sweet with ‘glam rock’. Thursday morning
- Glammy_61 connected Sweet to the group Status Quo. Wednesday evening
- X_kingbuzzo_x tagged Sweet with ‘glam rock’. Wednesday morning
- Rocknrollcola tagged Sweet with ‘hard rock’. Monday evening
- E-Gitarre tagged Sweet with ‘glam rock’. Monday evening
- VelBer tagged Sweet with ‘classic rock’. Sunday evening
- Al_Pride, Twinsonia and Paulina_M tagged Sweet with ‘glam rock’. 8 days ago
- Zahorak added Sweet to the lineup of Sweet at KD Stare Mesto. 10 days ago
- Irilion tagged Sweet with ‘classic rock’. 15 days ago
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