Hot on the heels of their recent critically acclaimed album
release 'New York Connection', UK rock legends SWEET have
released a new live CD only available by digital download. Performing
the band's most famous and influential album from 1974 'Desolation
Boulevard' live, SWEET's 'Desolation Boulevard
Revisited' recaptures the album in concert with all of the raw energy
that can only come from a live performance. Originally titled 'Sweet
Fanny Adams' in the UK, the 1974 US release of the album, re-titled
'Desolation Boulevard', was a turning point for the band featuring,
for the first time, more of a hard rock sound. The album yielded
classic hits such as 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run' and 'The Six
Teens', catapulting the band to international stardom!
Says original member Andy Scott, “SWEET's 'Desolation Boulevard' album
was groundbreaking back in 1974 and proved to be a major influence on
soon to be famous rock bands such as Kiss, Motley Crue, Def Leppard
and many more. The album was a tightly produced collection of Power
Pop Heavy Rock Radio Friendly tunes that still sound great today.
This was the album that accelerated SWEET into a Major Headlining
Touring Band in the '70s, a testament of anyone who saw the band 'live'.
Several of the songs from the album have been covered by other
artists which pays true homage to a great band. Now in 2013 we have
'Desolation Boulevard Revisited'. A 'live' album release, almost 40
years on from the original but sounding as fresh as the day the songs
were conceived. This is a 'must' for SWEET fans everywhere!”
“Without
The Sweet there would not have been a Kiss”
GENE
SIMMONS
“Mötley Crüe wanted to be The Sweet”
“Mötley Crüe wanted to be The Sweet”
NIKKI
SIXX
“The Sweet are the band that I wish I had been in”
“The Sweet are the band that I wish I had been in”
JOE
ELLIOTT, DEF LEPPARD
With
worldwide album sales of more than 55 million copies, SWEET
have notched 34 Number One smashes across the globe as part of a run
of timeless hits that includes ‘Blockbuster!’, ‘Hell Raiser’,
‘The Ballroom Blitz’, ‘The Six Teens’, ‘Action’, ‘Fox
On The Run’ and ‘Love Is Like Oxygen’. Seen on Top Of The Pops
on what felt like a weekly basis throughout the 1970s, their
über-harmonious, multi-tracked guitar work and layered production
was to provide inspiration to other acts such as Queen, the Electric
Light Orchestra and, in later decades, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and
The Darkness.
SWEET
are a National Treasure, British at the core and a rock music
phenomena that has taken every continent by storm for more than four
decades. The golden thread that links the past through to the present
and into the future is Andy Scott. His determination
to maintain high standards with the band's musical legacy and touring
is legendary. The band today has an illustrious pedigree recreating
“live” the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the
SWEET sound that is the band's trademark. SWEET are Andy Scott –
guitar and vocals, Pete Lincoln – lead vocals and bass, Bruce
Bisland – drums and vocals, Tony O'Hora – guitar, keyboards and
vocals. 2013 sees SWEET commencing their 'NYC World Tour' in support
of their latest smash studio album 'New York Connection'. The tour
kicks off in Europe in March 2013, with more dates in other
territories to be announced soon.
For
more information: http://www.thesweet.com
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