Home (British band)

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Home
Origin England
Genres Progressive rock
Years active1971–1974
Labels CBS Records, Major League Productions (MLP)
Past membersMick Cook
Mick Stubbs
Cliff Williams
Laurie Wisefield
Clive Johns
Jimmy Anderson

Home were a British progressive rock band, active in the early 1970s.

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The core line up featured Mick Stubbs on lead guitar and lead vocals, Laurie Wisefield on lead guitar and vocals, Cliff Williams on bass guitar and vocals, and Mick Cook on drums. They also had two keyboardists during their existence. From 1971 to 1972 it was Swansea's Clive John (from the Welsh band Man), and the other for the rest of their short career was Jimmy Anderson.

History

Home was formed by Cliff Williams and Laurie Wisefield in 1970 after their first group together, 'Sugar', split. They teamed up with guitarist and vocalist Mick Stubbs and drummer Mick Cook. They signed to CBS Records in 1971 and released their first album, Pause for a Hoarse Horse , in August. They started touring in November when they supported Led Zeppelin at the second Electric Magic Show at the Wembley Empire Pool. From then on, they opened for groups such as Argent, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Faces. In September of the same year, they went into the studio again to record the Home album. The LP reached number 41 in the UK Albums Chart. [1] [2]

Home went on to support Mott the Hoople's UK tour at London's Rainbow Theatre on 14 & 15 October 1972. The NME wrote in their review of the show on 15 October that "Those who went to see Mott the Hoople that night came back talking about Home instead."[ citation needed ] In January 1973, they named them the fifth 'most promising new name' in their readers poll.[ citation needed ] In March, the group did two shows opening for glam rock band Slade at Empire pool Wembley . Then in July they released the concept album The Alchemist . The band said it was inspired by the novel Dawn of Magic by Louis Pauwels. It was hailed by the Disc magazine as 'a work of genius'[ citation needed ] but did not make an impact commercially. After member Stubbs left the band, they toured the United States as a backing band for Al Stewart from May to June in 1974. A fourth Home album was recorded, but never released. [3] After that the group split.

Afterwards

After the 1974 split, Cliff Williams went to join Bandit from 1975 to 1977. After he left them, he was asked to replace AC/DC bassist Mark Evans and remained with the band until present day (except for a two-year gap from 2016 to 2018). Laurie Wisefield joined Wishbone Ash and stayed with them until the mid-1980s. Mick Cook joined the new lineup of The Groundhogs in late 1975 where he replaced Clive Brooks on drums and in the 80s played with Lickmalolly. Mick Stubbs was a member of the short lived Paradise in 1975 and continued as a performer and writer (including the Lulu single "I Love to Boogie" 1979), and re-uniting with Cook for gigs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cliff Williams Biography". ACDCbiography.com. 14 December 1949. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 258. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "HOME discography (top albums), MP3, videos and reviews". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Live BBC Sessions 1972-1973 - a Live release by HOME artist / band". Proggnosis.com. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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