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FACEDANCER (USA)
Jeff Adams: guitar
Mike Mislap: keyboards
Scott McGuinn: bass
Billy Trainor: drums
How a band can change! Facedancer’s first album had great songs,
especially ‘Time Bomb’. The unusual was a feature of the fist
album, but the second is run-of-the-mill, with just a selection
of semi-heavy pop songs.
This World (Capitol) 1979
About Face (Capitol) 1980
FACE TO FACE (USA)
Laurie Sargent: vocals
Stuart Kimball: lead guitar
Billy Beard: drums
Angelo: rhythm guitar
John Ryder: bass
Face to Face is great pop-metal with elements of most musical styles yet
Featuring a cruchy guitar sound.
Face to Face (Epic) 1984
One Big Day (Phonogram) 1989
FAITH NO MORE (USA)
Mike Patton: vocals
Jim Martin: guitar
Billy Gould: bass
Mike Bordin: drums
Roddie Bottum: keyboards
Formed in San Francisco in the early eighties as something of an
experimental outfit by a nucleus of Roddy Bottom, Billy Gould and Mike
Bordin. Issued an unconventional-sounding self-titled album in 1984 and,
following another LP on Slash (a home for mostly hardcore acts), made an
unusual decision, in the face of some commercial success, to fire lead
vocalist Chuck Mosley on the verge of mass acclaim. By now Faith No More
had developed into a potent hardcore unit with attractive melodic and
funk metal overtones. With the addition of replacement singer Mike Patton,
the band made a concerted effort to establish themselves in the European
market place and undertook a series of punishing grass-roots tours,
helping to secure a large core audience who eventually helped push the
group into the UK singles chart with ‘Epic’, a particularly potent and
commercially palatable 45. The Real Thing, from which the single had been
extracted, is an expertly executed record of great energy and stinging
funk with similarities to Fishbone and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Faith No More (Mordam) 1984
Introduce Yourself (Slash) 1987
The Real Thing (Epic) 1989
Live at the British Academy (Slash) 1990
FAITHFUL BREATH (Germany)
Heinz Milkus: guitar, vocals
Horst Stabenow: bass, vocals
Uwe Otto: drums
A German band with a long history, dating back to their formation in 1974.
Their early LP, Fading Beauty, is not good but features deft organ solos.
The later LPs are better, being similar to Bastard, Atomic Rooster and
Deep Purple. The album Gold ’n’ Glory is an excellent release, easily their
best, full of tremendously biting guitar playing.
In 1987 the band changed its name to Risk. Over the years there have been
personnel changes with only Milkus remaining.
Fading Beauty (Sky) 1974
Back on My Hill (Sky) 1980
Rock Lions (Sky) 1981
Hard Breath (Sky) 1983
Gold ’n’ Glory (Mausoleum) 1984
SKOL (Ambush) 1985
Live (Noise) 1987
FANDANGO (UK)
Jim Proops: vocals
Pete Parks: guitar
Nick Simper: bass
Ron Penny: drums
Not to be confused with the US Fandango, this band has Nick Simper as a
prefix. Simper is ex-Deep Purple and Warhorse. Fandango play, not
surprisingly, English 1970s-style hard rock which is well worth a listen.
Slipstreaming (Gull) 1979
Future Times (Gull) 1980
FANDANGO (USA)
Joe Lynn Turner: vocals, guitar
Rick Blackmore: guitar
Larry Dawson: keyboards
Bob Danyls: bass
Abe Speller: drums
A US radio band which features Rainbow vocalist Joe Turner. Each LP got
less bland and the best one is Cadillac, a masterpiece of harmonic rock.
Turner began a solo career in 1985 and signed with Elektra. See Rainbow,
Deep Purple.
Fandango (RCA) 1977
One Night Stand (RCA) 1978
Last Kiss (RCA) 1979
Cadillac (RCA) 1980
FANNY (USA)
Jean Millington: bass, vocals
June Millington: guitar, vocals
Nicole Barclay: keyboards
Alice De Buhr: drums
This was arguably the first hard-rock all-girl band. It was formed by the
Millington sisters in sunny California and signed to Warner Brothers as
Wild Honey. The band became Fanny for their first album in 1970. During
their career there were changes in line-up and one of these saw Suzi
Quatro’s sister Patti joining the band. In 1976, Nicky Barclay released
a solo album, Diamond in a Junk Yard.
Fanny (Reprise) 1970
Charity Ball (Reprise) 1971
Fanny Hill (Reprise) 1972
Mother’s Pride (Reprise) 1973
Rock ’n’ Survivors (Casablanca) 1975
FANTACY HILL (USA)
Gerson Migliacio: vocals
Danny Mullins: guitar
George Durbin: guitars
Jose Conrado: drums
Late 70s pomp rock with a nice well-crafted balance between keyboards
and tough guitar work. The only minus factor is the tepid, low-budget
production.
First Step (Prodigal) 1978
FARGO (Germany)
Peter Ladwig: guitar
Matthias Jabs: guitar
Peter Khorn: bass
Franky Tolle: drums
Bassist Khorn formed this Hanover-based outfit in 1973. Early in their
career Fargo supported the likes of the Small Faces, April Wine and
AC/DC after a stable line-up was found in 1976. However, Jabs could not
resist an offer to join the Scorpions and Hanno Grossman became his
successor in 1978. Rudi Kaeding replaced the ‘exhausted’ Tolle in the
summer of 1980. Fargo toured Europe in 1981 and established themselves
as a melodic guitar heavy-rock band. F saw the return of Tolle to replace
Kaeding and Tommy Newton replaced Grossman.
Wishing Well (Harvest) 1979
No Limit (Harvest) 1980
Front Page Lover (Harvest) 1981
F (Harvest) 1982
FAST FORWARD (Canada)
Ian Lloyd: vocals
Jimmy Lowell: bass
Andrew Kirin: keyboards
Patrick Mahassen: guitar
Rodney Higgs: drums
Lloyd, tired of receiving little acclaim for his solo work, found a writing/
recording partner in Canada’s premiere producer Bruce Fairbairn (Loverboy,
etc.) and constructed the Fast Forward project with key session musicians.
The album is full of perfectly balanced pop-rock songs indelibly stamped with
superb hooklines and breathless melody.
Living in Friction (Island) 1984
FASTER PUSSCAT (USA)
Taime Downe: vocals
Gregg Steele: guitars
Brent Muscat: guitar
Eric Stacy: bass
Mark Michaels: drums
Formed in Los Angeles at the height of the then burgeoning rough ’n’ sleaze
rock scene pioneered by the likes of Guns ’N Roses and LA Guns. All three
bands were in healthy competition, and all received record deals at
approximately the same time.
A rough ’n’ ready street approach led to their debut album being produced
quickly and on a relatively small budget, with producer Ric Browde, and
released in 1987 to good critical and commercial acclaim. Unfortunately,
however, Guns ’N Roses had become the market leaders and Faster Pussycat
suffered in their wake. An excellent band with an enigmatic front man,
Taime Downe, who have suffered only one minor line-up change (drummer
Mark Michaels left after being arrested for heroin possession) and who
could, conceivably, reap the benefits of long-term investment.
Faster Pussycat (Elektra) 1987
Wake Me Up When It’s Over (Elektra) 1989
FASTWAY (UK)
Dave King: vocals
Fast Eddie Clark: guitar
Charlie McCracken: bass
Jerry Shirley: drums
The band was originally formed in 1982 by Fast Eddie Clark who had left
Motorhead and ex-UFO man Pete Way whom he knew from brief Waysted days.
King came from Ireland and had no previous track record and Shirley was
ex-Hunble Pie. Their debut album, although professional and pleasantly
enjoyable, lacked true diretion and frankly sounded dated; comparisons
are Led Zeppelin and Deep Purle. In Europe they fell flat but in North
America they were accepted immediately and won widespread attention.
In 1984, following the release and subsequent tour promoting their
second album, the less than enthusiastic response prompted McCracken
and Shirley to leave.
The fourth album, in 1987, was the soundtrack to the film of the same
name. And proved the band’s most successful recording, gracing the
American charts for over a year and picking up US award plaudits.
Astonishingly, the immediate response of the band was to split, save
for Lea Hart. The latter had been fronting his own outfit and busily
producing and writing for others, including work on the debut album
from Joan Jett. Hart, vocals and guitar, with Clark, brought in
former Damned-UFO bassist PaulGray and drummer Steve Clarke. The next
vinyl fruition was On Target. By 1990 the band had reshaped itself
once more with Clark and Hart, plus Californian K. B. Bren, and the
eloquently named Riff-Raff occupying the drum seat.
Fastway (CBS) 1983
All Fired Up (CBS) 1984
Waiting for the Roar (CBS) 1986
Trik or Treat (CBS) 1987
On Target (GWR) 1988
Bad Bad Girls (Legacy) 1990
FAT MATTRESS (UK)
Neil Landon: vocals
Noel Redding: vocals, bass
Steve Hammond: guitar
Mick Weaver: keyboards
Eric Dillon: drums
This group was put together by Redding, ex-Jimi Hendrix. The music is
heavy (just), but lacks any real strength or conviction. They evidently
received a huge advance based on Redding’s reputation, but the band
failed dismally.
Fat Mattress (Polydor) 1969
Fat Mattress II (Polydor) 1970
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