Artist: Man
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?
Year: 2007
Tracks: 6
Do You Like It Here Now
Year: 1999
Tracks: 6
Man was one of the most promising rock bands to come out of Wales in the early '70s. Along with Brinsley Schwarz, they helped establish the gist of the pub-rock sound, simply they played louder and besides had a progressive factor to their turn that separated them from many of their rivals. The group originated as a Four Seasons-cum-Beach Boys vocal outfit, based in Swansea, Wales, called the Bystanders, world Health Organization began experimenting with a tougher, more progressive wakeless on stage. They were bucked up to pursue this guidance, and Man was formed -- Micky Jones (lede guitar, vocals), Deke Leonard (guitar, vocals), Clive John (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Ray Williams (bass), and Jeff Jones (drums).
Their first spillage, Revelation, issued in 1969 on Pye, was a construct album that yielded a successful European unmarried, "Smut," which contained the wakeless of an sexual climax and thusly failed to chart in England. Their second base album, 2 Ozs. of Plastic With a Hole In the Middle, showed a more or less new guidance for the band, with a closely live-in-the-studio wakeless and more originative interplay 'tween the guitars, that some critics compared to early Quicksilver Messenger Service and other West Coast bands. Deke Leonard, in special, whose playing was heavily influenced by Mick Green of the Pirates, became the star of the group by popular acclaim.
Their contract with Pye Records ended in 1969, and the group signed with United Artists-Liberty, with a new rhythm section, consisting of Terry Williams on drums and vocals and Martin Ace playing bass. Their tierce album, Homo, was a vital success, and their followup, 1971's Do You Like It Here, Are You Settling In, yielded several popular concert numbers.
In February 1972, the group appeared at the Greasy Truckers' Ball, a benefit concert held in London that was taped for posterity, aboard Brinsley Schwarz and Hawkwind. Their performance was so impressive that United Artists top dog Andrew Lauder (world Health Organization was as well responsible for serving the post-Roy Loney Flamin' Groovies get their sound together) encouraged them to do a full bouncy album. The effect was Alive at the Padget Rooms, Penarth, the band's find album, even though it was to begin with released in a limited edition pressing of 8000 copies. The album became a much-sought collector's item in England, and of a sudden the group had the attention of most of the record-buying public.
Alas, it was at after the release of that album that Deke Leonard distinct to outlet the card to act on a solo life history, which he launched with the successful record album Iceberg. Man was making a repute for itself, their following album Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day yielding some good songs ("Bananas"). At that pointedness, Pye released a retrosepctive of their first two albums, while the group's current lineup began shifting again -- Deke Leonard was back for Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics, and Slow Motion lED to the group's number 1 American spell. They followed this up with their first serious trip, a hookup with Quicksilver's John Cippolina as producer for what proven a disappointing album, Maximum Darkness. The Welsh Connection, released by MCA in 1976, marked the end of the original group's chronicle, although they did get one more album out, entitled All's Well That Ends Well.
During the 1980s, Micky Jones reunited the group and those interested members (including Deke Leonard) and constitute a unfluctuating surviving on the pub-rock racing circuit. Meanwhile, Terry Williams went on to join Rockpile and Dire Straits. Interest in Man was strong sufficiency to justify the release of a compilation, Perfect Timing -- The UA Years, in 1991. In the mid-1990s, Beat Goes On began reissuing Man's private albums and Deke Leonard's solo do work on compress disk.
