Atomic Rooster (Official Thread)

[Sox]

1970
Atomic Roooster
1970
Death Walks Behind You
1971
In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
1972
Made in England
1973
Nice 'n' Greasy
1980
Atomic Rooster
1983
Headline News

From the ashes of "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown" Keyboard maestro Vince Crane and drum legend Carl Palmer formed Atomic Rooster. Vince was the one constant member from 69 till 75 reforming again 80 till 83 .
Hope this hits the spot...

Broken Wings

 

[Magic]

Re: Atomic Rooster

Very trippy music. Their second release is the only one I am familar with:



Tomorrow Night is probably their biggest hit

Death Walks Behind You

This band reminds me of Iron Butterfly. The keyboard work is fabulous

 

[Sox]

Re: Atomic Rooster

They do sound kind of alike, Doug Ingle drives Butterfly along with moody keyboard work much the same. (Another great band)

 

[Sweaty]

Re: Atomic Rooster

Vincent Crane was a genius and did not get the recognition he deserved, he could work wonders on hammond. I managed to pick up most of the re-mastered CD's for just over three pounds each and they were full of extra tracks.

In particular I like the extra live tracks where Chris Farlow sings for them in Paris and starts playing, "out of time" before stopping and saying, "sorry wrong one" and then goes into "Devil's answer", there was no laughter but then the french are not known for their sense of humour!!!

 

[Sox]

Re: Atomic Rooster

There is footage of Chris Farlowe eating a sandwich and laughing before he belts out a song for Rooster. Odd Character I saw him at a charity gig at Buxton and he took the piss out of Van Morrison for not turning up infact so did Zoot Money.

 

[Sweaty]

Re: Atomic Rooster

I would like to see that.....

 

[Hepcat]

Re: Atomic Rooster

I've been meaning to get more heavily into Atomic Rooster for several months now.

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[Sweaty]

Re: Atomic Rooster

Do it now, they have some great albums out there, well I love them all, Headline News is s a good one..

 

[Dave78]

Re: Atomic Rooster

Here's the demo version of "Devil's Answer".

 

[Sweaty]

Re: Atomic Rooster

I still love all the stuff they have done, really great music, the hammond really shines and the vocals roar. Still the highlight for me was seeing Peter French on stage doing Breakthrough whilst singing for Leafhound. That was something else )