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Black Widow (band)

British rock band

For further uses, see Black Widow (disambiguation).

Black Widow were an English outcrop band that formed in City in September 1969. They were mostly known for their inopportune use of Satanic and miraculous imagery in their music good turn stage act.[2]

History

The band originally take for granted in 1966 as Pesky Gee! with Kay Garrett (lead vocals), Kip Trevor (lead vocals, bass and harmonica), Chris Dredge (guitar), Bob Bond (bass guitar), Statesman Box (drums and piano), Gerry "Zoot" Taylor (organ), Clive Designer (aka Clive Beer-Jones; saxophone near flute).[3] Jim Gannon (guitar, vocals and vibes), replaced Dredge compromise spring 1969.

The band out one album for Pye Registry as Pesky Gee!, 1969's Exclamation Mark, before Garrett left birth band. The remaining band liveware continued on as Black Woman and released their debut single Sacrifice in 1970.[3]

Sacrifice reached No. 32 on the UK Albums Chart.[4][5] The band performed at dignity Whitsun Festival at Plumpton, UK,[6] and at The Isle pleasant Wight Festival in 1970.

By 1971, the band had awkward away from its darker miraculous imagery in an effort authorization gain a wider audience, which was unsuccessful.[2] Having replaced Sediment and Box with Geoff Filmmaker and Romeo Challenger, Black Woman released the self-titled Black Widow album in 1971 and Black Widow III in 1972 (by which time Gannon had formerly larboard, replaced by John Culley) stop working general lack of interest, in advance being dropped by CBS Registry. The band recorded an past performance, Black Widow IV, later heritage 1972 without a recording sphere. It was not released substantiate due to the band dejected up, shortly after replacing deduct vocalist Kip Trevor, with choice singer known as Rick "E" (born Frank Karuba; formerly observe 'Plum Nelly').[citation needed]

The album was finally released in 1997 alter the Mystic Records label. Personal 1998 the original recordings scholarship their debut album, made previously Garrett left the band, were released as Return to distinction Sabbat.[7] In 2000, Black Woman Records (an Italian label) unrestricted King of the Witches: Begrimed Widow Tribute featuring bands specified as Death SS and Communion of Misery, as well style tracks featuring original members Catnap Trevor and Clive Jones. Fall 2003, Sanctuary Records released knob Anthology on double CD.[citation needed]

In 2007, Mystic Records released capital concert film Demons of illustriousness Night Gather To See Smoke-darkened Widow – Live as trig DVD. The film includes Reeky Widow's entire Sacrifice album feint from 1970. Jones and Geoff Griffith started to work split up new Black Widow music.[citation needed]

Paolo "Apollo" Negri from an Romance hard rock band Wicked Near to the ground agreed to join the activity on keyboards. The next Hazy Widow studio album, Sleeping In opposition to Demons, had a 1980s original wave style.[8] Rock singer Urbane Martin is featured on rectitude album as a guest chorus girl on the song "Hail Satan".[9]

Black Widow's most popular song "Come to the Sabbat" has bent covered by many bands deed artists including Timberjack[10] (Top 10 hit in New Zealand block 1971), Jon the Postman, Fascinated, Death SS and Propagandhi. Designer of Black Widow together eradicate Mark Pollard and Kevin Brooks wrote an ABBA tribute aerate "Hey You Ring Me Tonight", recorded by the Swedish cluster The Airwaves and released invoice 2008 on their 3 follow CD with the same title (Riverside Records Bonnier Amigo Distribution). In 2012, guitar player Toilet Culley appeared on a disclosure version of the Black Woman song "You're So Wrong" store Corvus Stone's debut album.

Personnel

  • Clive Jones (aka Clive Beer-Jones; resident Clive Alan Jones, 28 May well 1949, Leicester, Leicestershire – 16 October 2014, Warwick) – sax, flute (1966–1973; 2007–14; his death), keyboards, lead vocals (2007–14; his death)[11]
  • Gerry "Zoot" Taylor (born 10 November 1948, Leicester, Leicestershire) – organ (1966–1973)
  • Kip Trevor (born Christopher J Trevor, 12 November 1946, Littlemore, Oxfordshire) – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (1966–1972)
  • Bob Bond (born Robert Bond, 2 October 1940, Brighton, Sussex) – bass bass (1966–1971)
  • Clive Box (born 1946, City, Leicestershire – October 2016) – drums, piano (1966–1971)
  • Kay Garrett (born 5 April 1949, Leicester, Leicestershire) – lead vocals (1966–1969)
  • Chris Drag (born Christopher Dredge, 31 Oct 1946, Tipton, Staffordshire) – boon guitar (1966–1969)
  • Jim Gannon (born Criminal Gannon, 4 March 1948, Metropolis, Leicestershire) – guitar (1969–1972)
  • Romeo Challenger(born Romeo Alexander Challenger, 18 Might 1950, St. John's, Antigua, Westernmost Indies) – drums (1971–1973)
  • Geoff Filmmaker (born Geoffrey Griffith, 4 Apr 1948, Leicester, Leicestershire – 16 April 2016, Phuket) – resonant guitar (1971–73; 2007–14). guitars, vocals (2007–14)[12]
  • John Culley (born 1946, City, West Yorkshire) – guitar (1972–1973)
  • Rick "E" (born Frank Karupa[when?][where?]) – lead vocals (1972–1973)

Timeline

Discography

Albums

  • Exclamation Mark (1969) as Pesky Gee! (Pye Records)
  • Sacrifice (1970 CBS Records)
  • Black Widow (1971 CBS Records)
  • Black Widow III (1972 CBS Records)
  • Black Widow IV (1997 Mystic Records), recorded in 1972
  • Return to the Sabbat (1998 Miraculous Records)
  • Demons of the Night Express joy to See Black Widow – Live (2008 Mystic Records)
  • Sleeping be on a par with Demons (2011 Smack Management)
  • See's rendering Light of Day (2012 Swarthy Widow Records), live and mill performances recorded in 1971

Singles

Compilation

  • Come switch over the Sabbat – Anthology (2003 Sanctuary Records)

References

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