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03-31 Bad Company summer reunion
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Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprised of ex-King
Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers
and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free. Powered by Rodgers' muscular vocals
and Ralphs' blues-based guitar work, Bad Company was the first group signed to Led Zeppelin's
Swan Song vanity label. Bad Company's eponymous 1974 debut was an international hit, topping
the U.S. album charts and scoring with the number one single "Can't Get Enough of Your Love..
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Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprised of ex-King
Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers
and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free. Powered by Rodgers' muscular vocals
and Ralphs' blues-based guitar work, Bad Company was the first group signed to Led Zeppelin's
Swan Song vanity label. Bad Company's eponymous 1974 debut was an international hit, topping
the U.S. album charts and scoring with the number one single "Can't Get Enough of Your Love..
Straight Shooter, issued the following year, was another major success, notching the hit "Feel Like
Makin' Love," while 1976's Run With the Pack was Bad Company's third consecutive million-selling
record. After 1977's Burnin' Sky, Bad Company recorded 1979's Desolation Angels, which
embellished the group's sound with synthesizers and strings; a three-year hiatus followed before the
release of Rough Diamonds, the group's final LP in its original incarnation.
In 1986, Ralphs and Kirke resurrected the Bad Company name, enlisting former Ted Nugent
vocalist Brian Howe to replace Rodgers. The reconfigured unit's debut, Fame & Fortune, was a
commercial failure, but 1988's Dangerous Age became a minor hit. Released in 1990, Holy Water
fared even better, as the power ballad "If You Needed Somebody" became a Top 20 success. Here
Comes Trouble, issued in 1992, achieved platinum status, and earned another Top 40 hit with "How
About That." On their 20th anniversary, Bad Company expanded into a quintet with the addition of
bassist Rick Wills and rhythm guitarist Dave Colwell, and released the live retrospective The Best
of Bad Company Live...What You Hear Is What You Get.
Two more LPs - 1995's The Company of Strangers and the next year's Stories Told and Untold -
followed, and in 1998 the original lineup of Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, and Burrell reunited to record a
handful of new tracks that surfaced alongside past material early the following year on The Original
Bad Company Anthology. A reunion tour followed that spring. « hide |
Similar Bands: Free, Whitesnake, Foreigner, The Firm (UK), Europe
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