Foghat was an England rock music band that had its greatest success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their music was straight-ahead blues-rock, dominated by electric guitar, and the band achieved five gold records. The group remained popular during the disco music, but after the emergence of punk rock, the band no longer had a substantial audience, and they stopped performing live in 1980 in music but continued recording for some time after. The band featured Dave Peverett on guitar and vocal, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums. They added Rod Price on guitar and formed Foghat upon leaving Savoy Brown in the early 1970s. Their 1972 in music album ''Foghat'' had a hit with a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You". The second album was also called ''Foghat'' (known as "rock and roll" for the cover photo of a rock and a roll), and it went gold. ''Energized'' came out in 1974 in music, ''Rock and Roll Outlaws'' and ''Fool for the City'' in 1975 in music, ''Night Shift'' in 1976 in music, a live album in 1977 in music, and ''Stone Blue'' in 1978 in music, and each reached gold record sales. ''Fool for the City'' was possibly the band's high water mark, as it spawned two hit singles, "Fool for the City" and "Slow Ride" (which reached number 20 on the US charts), but the highest sales figures were for ''Foghat Live'', which sold over 2,000,000 copies. After 1978, Foghat record sales were far lower, and their last album, ''Zig-Zag Walk'' in 1983 in music, only touched at the charts. The band broke up in 1983, but they have reunited sporadically since and released a studio album entitled ''Return of the Boogie Men'' in 1994 in music and a live album entitled ''Road Cases'' in 1998 in music. After the death of founder "Lonesome Dave" Peverett", the band re-formed with two of the founding members (drummer Rogerl Earl, and bass player Tony Stevens) and two new members (Bryan Bassett guitarist from Molly Hatchet, and Charlie Hunh, vocalist from Ted Nugent) and released the studio album ''Family Joules'' in 2003 in music – the first without the late "Lonesome Dave" Peverett. Tony Stevens has since been replaced by Craig MacGregor who has played with the band in the past. Founding member Dave Peverett passed away in February of 2000 from cancer. Original Foghat guitarist and founding member Rod Price passed away March 22, 2005 from injuries sustained in an accidental stairway fall. The band has said (in ''Spinal Tap Goes to 20'', a film documentary on ''This is Spinal Tap'') that the plot, and many of the incidents, in ''This Is Spinal Tap'' were taken from their own career. Foghat had a series of bass players who came in and left the band, much like the drummers for Spinal Tap. However, Judas Priest had actually gone through seven drummers, and may have been the basis for Spinal Tap's plot device. Foghat was a notoriously "anti-disco" band. Starting in the late 1970s, disco was waning in popularity. As an antidote, bands like Foghat and disc jockeys including Steve Dahl were adamant in eliminating the income of people like Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band. ==Trivia== *"Lonesome" Dave Peverett's (founding member and singer) and his brother invented the word in a Scrabble game. Source = Dave Peverett's obituary as printed in several newspapers. http://www.heathenworld.com/bandname/index.html ==External link== *[http://www.foghat.net/ Official Website of "new" Foghat] *[http://www.foghat.com/ Official Website of original Foghat] Rock music groups
It amazes me this band gets hardly any recognition :I agree. Basically, punk killed them the same way that Nirvana killed the hair metal movement. Before punk, Foghat, Head East, all the southern boogie bands, etc. were the only places to go for straight ahead rock. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a great single, and "Slow Ride" is incredible. Not sure that "Fool for the City" is so good. Anyway, I'm about to source the bit on "Spinal Tap." User:Geogre 16:24, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::The article states: "The group remained popular during the disco era, but after the emergence of punk rock, the band no longer had a substantial audience, and they stopped performing live in 1980 but continued recording for some time after." ::Does this work chronologically? I think of punk as coming somewhat before disco ... 76-77, with disco reaching its heyday a bit later, 77-78. :That's one of the hard questions. Punk can be dated to 1974 with Television and Ramones and Talking Heads at CBGB's. However, I was really working with punk-era and disco-era. Both of these were lags. These are imprecise terms by their nature, but disco in the US was 1976-1979. Punk in the US as an era is really kicking off (so far as the public is aware) 1979-1981. The performers were ahead of the public. The reason that I made this kind of "mistake" is that the point I was trying to make was that the power and rock of punk drained away the audience for this strong rock, whereas disco never could have. I.e. the people who listened to Foghat wouldn't have been siphoned off by Donna Summer, but they definitely would by Joe Strummer. Still, I have no objections to changing the dates or modifying the prose. User:Geogre 15:20, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC) == 'British' == Altered the link "England|British" to "United Kingdom|British". Important not to confuse 'England', 'Britain' etc. as Great Britain is made up of 3 countries, and linking the word Britain to 'England' would cause offence to any Welsh or Scots, as well as confusing the meaning, something which I spend a lot of time fixing on articles. User:Grunners 19:17, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Thanks. Just a sloppy link on my part, although I do think these guys were from England. User:Geogre 15:20, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Foghat was an England rock music band that had its greatest success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their music was straight-ahead blues-rock, dominated by electric guitar, and the band achieved five gold records. The group remained popular during the disco music, but after the emergence of punk rock, the band no longer had a substantial audience, and they stopped performing live in 1980 in music but continued recording for some time after. The band featured Dave Peverett on guitar and vocal, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums. They added Rod Price on guitar and formed Foghat upon leaving Savoy Brown in the early 1970s. Their 1972 in music album ''Foghat'' had a hit with a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You". The second album was also called ''Foghat'' (known as "rock and roll" for the cover photo of a rock and a roll), and it went gold. ''Energized'' came out in 1974 in music, ''Rock and Roll Outlaws'' and ''Fool for the City'' in 1975 in music, ''Night Shift'' in 1976 in music, a live album in 1977 in music, and ''Stone Blue'' in 1978 in music, and each reached gold record sales. ''Fool for the City'' was possibly the band's high water mark, as it spawned two hit singles, "Fool for the City" and "Slow Ride" (which reached number 20 on the US charts), but the highest sales figures were for ''Foghat Live'', which sold over 2,000,000 copies. After 1978, Foghat record sales were far lower, and their last album, ''Zig-Zag Walk'' in 1983 in music, only touched at the charts. The band broke up in 1983, but they have reunited sporadically since and released a studio album entitled ''Return of the Boogie Men'' in 1994 in music and a live album entitled ''Road Cases'' in 1998 in music. After the death of founder "Lonesome Dave" Peverett", the band re-formed with two of the founding members (drummer Rogerl Earl, and bass player Tony Stevens) and two new members (Bryan Bassett guitarist from Molly Hatchet, and Charlie Hunh, vocalist from Ted Nugent) and released the studio album ''Family Joules'' in 2003 in music – the first without the late "Lonesome Dave" Peverett. Tony Stevens has since been replaced by Craig MacGregor who has played with the band in the past. Founding member Dave Peverett passed away in February of 2000 from cancer. Original Foghat guitarist and founding member Rod Price passed away March 22, 2005 from injuries sustained in an accidental stairway fall. The band has said (in ''Spinal Tap Goes to 20'', a film documentary on ''This is Spinal Tap'') that the plot, and many of the incidents, in ''This Is Spinal Tap'' were taken from their own career. Foghat had a series of bass players who came in and left the band, much like the drummers for Spinal Tap. However, Judas Priest had actually gone through seven drummers, and may have been the basis for Spinal Tap's plot device. Foghat was a notoriously "anti-disco" band. Starting in the late 1970s, disco was waning in popularity. As an antidote, bands like Foghat and disc jockeys including Steve Dahl were adamant in eliminating the income of people like Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band. ==Trivia== *"Lonesome" Dave Peverett's (founding member and singer) and his brother invented the word in a Scrabble game. Source = Dave Peverett's obituary as printed in several newspapers. http://www.heathenworld.com/bandname/index.html ==External link== *[http://www.foghat.net/ Official Website of "new" Foghat] *[http://www.foghat.com/ Official Website of original Foghat] Rock music groups
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It amazes me this band gets hardly any recognition :I agree. Basically, punk killed them the same way that Nirvana killed the hair metal movement. Before punk, Foghat, Head East, all the southern boogie bands, etc. were the only places to go for straight ahead rock. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a great single, and "Slow Ride" is incredible. Not sure that "Fool for the City" is so good. Anyway, I'm about to source the bit on "Spinal Tap." User:Geogre 16:24, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::The article states: "The group remained popular during the disco era, but after the emergence of punk rock, the band no longer had a substantial audience, and they stopped performing live in 1980 but continued recording for some time after." ::Does this work chronologically? I think of punk as coming somewhat before disco ... 76-77, with disco reaching its heyday a bit later, 77-78. :That's one of the hard questions. Punk can be dated to 1974 with Television and Ramones and Talking Heads at CBGB's. However, I was really working with punk-era and disco-era. Both of these were lags. These are imprecise terms by their nature, but disco in the US was 1976-1979. Punk in the US as an era is really kicking off (so far as the public is aware) 1979-1981. The performers were ahead of the public. The reason that I made this kind of "mistake" is that the point I was trying to make was that the power and rock of punk drained away the audience for this strong rock, whereas disco never could have. I.e. the people who listened to Foghat wouldn't have been siphoned off by Donna Summer, but they definitely would by Joe Strummer. Still, I have no objections to changing the dates or modifying the prose. User:Geogre 15:20, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC) == 'British' == Altered the link "England|British" to "United Kingdom|British". Important not to confuse 'England', 'Britain' etc. as Great Britain is made up of 3 countries, and linking the word Britain to 'England' would cause offence to any Welsh or Scots, as well as confusing the meaning, something which I spend a lot of time fixing on articles. User:Grunners 19:17, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Thanks. Just a sloppy link on my part, although I do think these guys were from England. User:Geogre 15:20, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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