The Edgar Broughton Band
Formed in Warwick, England, Edgar Broughton Band arrived on the London underground music scene in 1968. Led by the Broughton brothers, vocalist/guitarist Edgar and drummer Steve, and fleshed out by bassist Arthur Grant and guitarist Victor Unitt (who also briefly served with the Pretty Things), they soon signed with the Harvest label and issued their debut, Wasa Wasa, a collection of underground electric blues jams anchored by Edgar's Captain Beefheart-like vocals, in late 1969. The Edgar Broughton Band returned in 1970 with Sing Brother Sing, which reached the U.K. Top 20 and spawned a pair of minor hit singles, "Out Demons Out" and "Apache Drop-Out" (a fusion of Beefheart's "Dropout Boogie" and the Shadows' "Apache"). The group seemed poised for a major commercial breakthrough, but even as their brand of heavy rock was flourishing thanks to groups like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, the Broughtons made an about-face, and their music became considerably more quiet and politically charged. Their chart momentum stalled, and a 1971 self-titled effort failed to catch on.
After both 1972's In Side Out and 1973's Oora met a similar fate, the group left Harvest for NEMS. Legal wrangles locked them out of the studio for a number of months, but they finally resurfaced in 1975 -- minus Unitt, who'd been replaced by guitarist John Thomas -- with Bandages. A brief breakup followed, but in 1978 they returned with Live Hits Harder. By the release of 1979's Parlez-Vous English?, the group had expanded to a six-piece, formally using the name the Broughtons. Returning to the Edgar Broughton Band moniker, the band became a three-piece for 1982's Superchip, a concept album filled with synthesizers and new wave tempos. Touring continued throughout the '80s, '90s, and 2000s. Drummer Steve Broughton died on May 29, 2022 at the age of 72.
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Diskografie
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Edgar Broughton Band
Rock - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 01.01.1971
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Keep Them Freaks A Rollin' - Live At Abbey Road (Live; 2004 Remaster)
Rock - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 01.10.2004
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Live Hits Harder! (Live)
Rock - Erschienen bei Cherry Red Records am 01.01.1979
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The Harvest Years (1969-1973)
Folk - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 17.01.2011
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Out Demons Out - The Best Of
Rock - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 01.01.1986
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Sing Brother Sing (1999 Remaster)
Rock - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 01.01.1970
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Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings 1975-1982
Rock - Erschienen bei Esoteric am 29.01.2021
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Live at Rockpalast (Live at Rockpalast, Bonn, 2006)
Rock - Erschienen bei M. i. G. - music am 23.03.2018
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BBC In Concert (25th February 1971) (BBC In Concert)
Blues - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 08.01.2010
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BBC In Concert (11th May 1972) (BBC In Concert)
Blues - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 08.01.2010
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BBC Sessions (1970) (BBC In Concert)
Blues - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 08.01.2010
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