MOTT THE HOOPLE
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Mott the Hoople can be traced to two beat bands from Herefordshire in the early 1960s. The Soulents were from Ross-On-Wye, and boasted Pete Overend Watts on guitar, and Dale "Buffin" Griffin on drums. The Buddies were from Hereford, and featured Mick Ralphs on guitar and Stan Tippins on vocals. By 1966, Ralphs, Tippins, and Watts had come together in a band called The Doc Thomas Group, and soon secured a residency at a club in a resort town in Italy. The group were offered a recording contract with the Italian label Dischi Interrecord, and released an eponymous album in January 1967. By 1968, drummer Dale Griffin and organist Verden Allen had joined the band. Although the group toured and recorded in Italy as The Doc Thomas Group, their gigs in the UK were played under the names of The Shakedown Sound, and later as Silence. The group came to the attention of Guy Stevens at Island, read the Willard Manus novel Mott the Hoople about an eccentric who works in a circus freak show while in prison, and determined to use it as a band name. The band's debut album, Mott the Hoople, which was recorded in a week, was a cult success. David Bowie had long been a fan of the band, and heard from Watts that they were about to split.[1] He persuaded them to stay together and offered them "Suffragette City" from his then yet-to-be-released Ziggy Stardust album. They turned it down. Bowie also penned "All the Young Dudes" for them, and it became their biggest hit. Released as a single in July 1972. Hoople's new found popularity ultimately helped lead to the band's break-up, perhaps helped along by an exposé in New Musical Express of Tippins' role in singing the chorus of "All the Young Dudes", from a hidden microphone backstage. In 1974, Mott the Hoople toured America. They were primarily supported on the '74 tour by the band Queen. This tour later provided the inspiration for Queen's 1975 single "Now I'm Here", which contains the lyrics "Down in the city, just Hoople and me." The tour resulted in a lifelong friendship between the two bands, with Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson and David Bowie performing "All the Young Dudes" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. On 16 January 2009, it was announced that the band would be re-uniting for two concerts at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, in October 2009. According to Hunter's web site, all five of the original members would participate in the reunion. The reunion was favourably reviewed by major British broadsheet newspapers, with The Guardian, The Times and The Independent awarding 4/5 stars and The Daily Telegraph awarding 5/5.
MEMBERS:
Pete Overend Watts – bass guitar, vocals, guitar (1969–1980; 2009)
Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, backing vocals, percussion (1969–1980; 2009)
Ian Hunter – vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar (1969–1974; 2009)
Mick Ralphs – guitar, vocals, keyboards (1969–1973; 2009)
Verden Allen – organ, backing vocals (1969–1972; 2009)
Morgan Fisher – keyboards, backing vocals (1972–1980)
Mick Bolton - Hammond Organ, Yamaha keyboard, backing vocals (1973)
Ariel Bender – guitar, backing vocals (1973–1974)
Mick Ronson - guitar, backing vocals (1974; died 1993)
Touring members
Martin Chambers - drums, backing vocals, percussion (2009)
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