Label: Belle Antique (Japan), BELLE 172761
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: England
Time: 47:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 286 Mb
Hard
Stuff were an English hard rock group which included John Du Cann and
Paul Hammond, formerly of Atomic Rooster. Also in the line-up were
vocalist Harry 'Al' Shaw, formerly of Curiosity Shoppe and latterly
Export, and John Gustafson, formerly of Quatermass.
Du Cann and
Hammond had left Atomic Rooster due to disagreements with Vincent Crane
over the increasingly bluesy, soulful direction in which he wanted to
take that band. Consequently, compared with Atomic Rooster's more
progressive leanings, Hard Stuff were based more heavily on aggressive
guitar.
Originally, Du Cann, Hammond and Shaw had formed a band
provisionally entitled Daemon, with the intention of eventually touring
and recording under the name Atomic Rooster. Gustafson was invited to
join them on that basis, but after finding out that Crane retained the
rights to the Atomic Rooster name, the quartet decided to continue
anyway, but under the name Bullet instead.
After recording about half
an album's worth of material together, Shaw was dismissed from the
lineup and was not replaced with another frontman, his tracks being
re-recorded and vocals for remaining tracks being handled by Du Cann and
Gustafson, both of whom had served as lead vocalists in their prior
bands. Prior to the release of their debut album, they were prompted to
change their name yet again, this time to Hard Stuff, due to a legal
threat from a US band also called Bullet.
Hard Stuff toured across
Europe, particularly in Germany and Italy, often as support to Deep
Purple and Uriah Heep. Their career was curtailed by a car crash in
which Du Cann and Hammond were badly injured. Although the release of a
second album went ahead, the band were soon to fold. Harry 'Al' Shaw
eventually resurfaced in the early 1980s with Liverpool-based NWOBHM
band Export.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Stuff)
01. Roll A Rocket (05:19)
02. Libel (03:58)
03. Ragman (03:00)
04. Spider's Web (04:55)
05. Get Lost (03:02)
06. Sick n' Tired (04:04)
07. Mermany (05:57)
08. Jumpin' Thumpin' (Ain't That Somethin') (02:55)
09. Dazzle Dizzy (03:42)
10. Bolex Dementia (03:46)
11. Inside Your Life (bonus track) (03:10)
12. (It's) How You Do It (bonus track) (03:11)
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