Sweet

[darren]

sweet also known as the sweet, were a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent
glam rock acts with the line up of brian connolly steve priest andy scott and mick tucker.

Sweet formed in 1968 and achieved their first hit Funny Funny in 71 after teaming up with songwriters nicky chinn and mike chapman.



Since the mid 1980s, Scott, Connolly and Priest have each played with their own versions of Sweet during different periods of time.
Connolly died in 1997, and Tucker in 2002.
The two surviving members are still active in their respective versions of the band; Scott's is based in the UK and Priest in the USA



The band achieved notable success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with blockbuster in 73 topping the chart,
followed by three successive number two hits in Hell Raiser 1973 ballroom blitz in 1973 and teenage rampage in 74.

[shilton dipper]

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i remember sweet........not one of my fav groups at the time though..........but i did like wig wam bam and blockbuster

[darren]

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here is blockbuster.
actually i love how it rhymes.

http://youtu.be/BgrYf7VWASE

i remember sweet........not one of my fav groups at the time though..........but i did like wig wam bam and blockbuster

[themilkman]

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I saw 'Sweet' at Chichester university about 87 i think..............connolly seemed a bit 'out of it'.

[fatpizzaman]

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The Sweet were one of my favourite childhood bands. I loved the way they used to dress up and look really outrageous on stage.

[dwain-dibley]

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i first saw sweet live in edinburgh 1974 and they were a lot louder and heavier than on record , they also played a lot of songs they penned themselves which were more rock than the pop sucess they were having at the time...

[Tortie]

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So sad how many of our music heroes from yesteryear have passed on...
Recently, I found some editions of PopSwop, Melanie & Music Star magazines from 1973 / 1974. The Sweet, Marc Bolan, Michael Jackson and Elvis were all pin-ups of the era, so it felt a little eerie, reading about them all these years later.

I wasn't a big fan, but "Love is Like Oxygen" is very haunting.

[the-peoples-poet]

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They weren't a bad wee band, some of their stuff sounded a bit heavy, Turn It Down, for example. I have their Greatest Hits CD.

[zabadak]

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Best singles band of the 70s!

Check out their contemporaneous B-sides and album tracks, though, for some hidden treats!

[Richard1978]

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I like most of their singles, until I bought a best of CD I'd only really heard the best known ones. They recorded a few singles before making it big, & their post glam ones are quite diffeent, but still good.

[staffslad]

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Sweet were a favourite of mine in the early 70s. Even now I remember at the school disco circa 1973 Blockbuster blasting out over the speakers, the kids dancing and a few teachers looking a little bemused.

[zabadak]

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Check out their forum at http://thesweetglamforum.yuku.com/

[staffslad]

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Many thanks for the link, Zabadak.

[zabadak]

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Tell 'em I sent ya!

[fatpizzaman]

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Andy Scott recently formed a supergroup with Suzi Quatro and Don Powell called QSP. They got a deal with Sony Music and toured Australia heavily in February, and I got to see them in Brisbane. They were absolutely fantastic, and there were a number of younger people who are younger than their kids in the audience as well. The album QSP is doing well in the Australian charts, it's a mixture of originals and classic rock covers.