Alex Harvey (February 5, 1935 - February 4, 1982) was a Scottish rock and roll recording artist. With his Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a strong reputation as a live performer during the 1970s glam rock era. The band was renowned for its eclecticism and energetic live performance, Harvey for his charismatic persona and daredevil stage antics. is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... “Scot” redirects here. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... David Bowie as Glam superstar Ziggy Stardust on the cover of his 1973 Album Aladdin Sane. ...

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Early life

Harvey was born at 49 Govan Road, Kinning Park, Glasgow. His musical roots were in Dixieland jazz and skiffle music, which enjoyed considerable popularity in England and Scotland during the late 1950s. During this period, he won a competition that sought "Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele". Alex Harvey was literally the "last of the teenage idols," a distinction he made much of during his subsequent career - practically worshipped by his fans. Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. ... “Glaswegian” redirects here. ... Dixieland music is a style of jazz. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Doghouse Skiffle Group Skiffle is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... This article is about the country. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Young Love by Tommy Steele Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England) is a English entertainer. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a sporting club, person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ...

In 1959, Harvey formed "Alex Harvey's Soul Band," and recorded blues and rock and roll material, to modest success. In 1966, Harvey found more success as a member of the cast in the London stage production of the musical Hair. Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Hair, subtitled The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, is a rock musical written during the anti-war sentiment and youth-sexual revolution of the 1960s. ...

SAHB

In 1972, Harvey formed the Sensational Alex Harvey Band with guitarist Zal Cleminson, bassist Chris Glen, and cousins Ted and Hugh McKenna on drums and keyboards respectively, all previous members of progressive rock act "Tear Gas". the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Zal Cleminson (born May 4, 1949 in Glasgow) is a Scottish guitarist best known for his prominent role in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band during the 1970s. ... ||/ | @___oo / / / (__,,,,| ) /^) ^/ _) ) /^/ _) ) _ / / _) / )// || | )_) < > |(,,) )__) || / )___) | ____( )___) )___ ______(_______;;; __;;; A bassist is not a musician, so much as a guy or girl trying to play an instrument with four strings and a long neck. ... “Nephew” redirects here. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (often shortened to SAHB) produced a succession of highly regarded albums and tours throughout the 1970s, and would give Harvey his greatest successes, both musically and commercially. Alex Harvey (February 5, 1935 - February 4, 1982) was a Scottish rock and roll performer. ...

Initially considered a part of the burgeoning glam-rock movement, Harvey's wild imagination and unusual skiffle background led the band to explore an extremely diverse range of topics and styles in the course of their career, from film-noir ("The Man In The Jar") to surf music-tinted tales of shark attacks ("Shark's Teeth") to ominous odes to demented faith healers ("The Faith Healer") and epic symphonies about prostitution ("Isobel Goudie"). David Bowie as Glam superstar Ziggy Stardust on the cover of his 1973 Album Aladdin Sane. ... Doghouse Skiffle Group Skiffle is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic...

Perhaps most unusual for the time were the band's forays into Broadway, evidenced on tracks such as "Tomorrow Belongs To Me". Other musical styles explored included the the folk music of both Harvey's native Scotland ("Anthem") and countries such as Turkey ("Action Strasse"). Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the...

The impression is one of an unhinged circus of free-flowing events and emotions and moods, Harvey as its semi-demented, ironic ring master,something captured brilliantly by the cover art of 1974 album "The Impossible Dream" (attach picture?).

A strong sense of irony permeates much of the band's work, however Harvey often juxtaposed his absurdist imagery and wild-eyed imagination with sincere moral messages and affectionate unashamed sentiment and emotion.

His live act also usually featured a tale of "Vambo", an urban superhero who was the subject of some of his more energetic numbers. His performances combined a musical and verbal flair with both humour and sincerity and his songs often contained messages and morals. For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...

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Alex Harvey was also instrumental in the formation of Stone the Crows, by introducing his younger brother Leslie to singer, Maggie Bell ^[1]. Stone The Crows!, shouted legendary manager Peter Grant, when he first heard this splendid young Scottish band roaring into action. ... Leslie (Les) Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) was a guitarist several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows. ... Maggie Bell (born January 12th 1945) is a Glaswegian singer. ...

On February 4, 1982 while waiting to take a ferry back to shore after performing his last concert with his new band, the Electric Cowboys, Harvey suffered a massive heart attack. In an ambulance on the way to the hospital, he suffered a second heart attack, this one fatal. It occurred on the day before his 47th birthday, in Zeebrugge, Belgium. is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... For the record label, see Hospital Records. ... The church of Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (French: Zeebruges) is a harbour-town at the coast of Belgium, a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. ...

In 1991, Britny Fox did a cover of the SAHB song "Midnight Moses" on their album Bite Down Hard. Britny Fox is a “hair metal” band best known for their two late-’80s near hits “Girls’ School” and “Long Way to Love. ... Bite Down Hard is the first Britny Fox album to feature singer Tommy Paris. ...

The re-grouping

Since Alex Harvey died in 1982 the band have re-grouped a number of times, but to little success. It appeared that the band that was one of the greatest live acts in the 1970s had lost its touch. That is until they decided to call it quits in 2004 with a farewell tour in the UK with "Mad" Max Maxwell (formerly of The Shamen) as lead singer. The tour was sold-out and SAHB had become sensational once again (they also released a live album from the tour), having such unexpected success and their popularity reflecting more what it was like in the '70s, the band decided they could not quit and continued touring. In 2006 they played in front of 20,000 fans at the Sweden Rock Festival (that included other legends such as Alice Cooper, Deep Purple and Whitesnake), and opened for Def Leppard and Cheap Trick at the Apollo in London. In July 2006 they released their first international release in twenty years, the album entitled Zalvation. From the final gig of the 2005 tour in Glasgow, a DVD was produced - also named Zalvation, however it was primarily distributed at performances. In contrast, the final gig of the 2006 tour (also in Glasgow) is rumoured to have been recorded in order to produce an official DVD to be on sale in 2007. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The Shamen were an experimental electronic music band, initially formed in Aberdeen, Scotland by Colin Angus (b. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were voted the fifth greatest Scottish band of all time in a 2005 survey ^[2], that had 15,000 participants, reaching higher up the list than Scottish legends such as Runrig, Nazareth, Lulu, Texas and Primal Scream. Runrig playing live link title Runrig are a Scottish folk rock band founded by brothers Rory and Calum MacDonald and their friend Blair Douglas in 1973 in the rural Western Isles of Scotland. ... Nazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, Love Hurts, in the middle of the 1970s. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Texas are a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland. ... Primal Scream are a rock group formed as a duo in 1982 in Glasgow, Scotland, by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie, evolving into a band in 1984 at which time Gillespie was also the drummer in The Jesus and Mary Chain. ...

No sign of the official ABC DVD yet, (July 07), the band will be holding their 2nd convention at The Robin 2 Bilston again this year on August 25th for one day only this time, check them out if you can.

Current band

"Mad" Max Maxwell, Zal Cleminson, Hugh McKenna, Ted McKenna and Chris Glen.

Notes

1. ^ Logan, Nick &Woffinden, Bob (eds.) „The New Musical Express Book of Rock”, W.H. Allen &Co. Ltd (Star), 1973, p. 450. ISBN 0-352-39715-2.
2. ^ BBC report on Jan 2005 survey

Pre-SAHB albums

• Alex Harvey's Soul Band, (1964)
• The Blues, (1964)
• Roman Wall Blues, (1969)
• Joker Is Wild, (1972)
• This Is, (19??)

Alex Harveys Soul Band was the debut album by Alex Harvey And His Soul Band. ... The Blues was the final album by the Alex Harvey Soul Band. ... Roman Wall Blues was the second and final album recorded by Alex Harvey And His Blues Band. This album was released in 1969. ... Joker Is Wild was the second album and created by Alex Harvey after the Soul Band. ... This Is was the reissued album of the previous album Joker Is Wild. The album artist was changed from Alex Harvey to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, even though Alex Harvey was not with this band at the time of the recording. ...

Sensational Alex Harvey Band discography

• Framed (1972)
• Next (1973)
• The Impossible Dream (1974)
• Live (1975)
• Tomorrow Belongs To Me (1975)
• The Penthouse Tapes (1976)
• SAHB Stories (1976)
• Fourplay (1977)
• Rock Drill(1978)
• Zalvation (2006)

Framed was the debut album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ... Next is the second album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ... The Impossible Dream was the third album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ... Live was the first live performance album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and was originally released in 1975. ... Tomorrow Belongs To Me is the fourth studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, it was released in 1975. ... The Penthouse Tapes is the fifth album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, it was originally released in 1976. ... SAHB Stories is the sixth album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, is was released in 1976. ... Fourplay is the seventh album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and it was the first album to be made without Alex Harvey. ... Rock Drill is the last studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ... Zalvation: Live In The 21st Century to give its full album title. ...

Compilations

• Big Hits And Close Shaves, (1977)

Post-SAHB albums

• Alex Harvey Talks About Everything, (1974)
• Alex Harvey Presents The Loch Ness Monster, (1977)
• The Mafia Stole My Guitar, (1979)
• Soldier On The Wall, (1982)

The Mafia Stole My Guitar is the second produced by Alex Harvey. ... Soldier On The Wall is the third and final album that was recorded by Alex Harvey after The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ...

External links

• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (official)