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Flash (band)
Flash was an English progressive rock group, formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks, vocalist Colin Carter, bassist Ray Bennett, and drummer Mike Hough in August 1971.
The band went into the recording studio in November 1971 to record its debut album, and performed its first gig on 14 January 1972.[citation needed]
Flash had a hit with "Small Beginnings" (1972, No. 29 Billboard Hot 100 chart) which was featured in the movie, Record Review. The song has been included in numerous compilation albums, most recently Bob Stroud's Rock 'n Roll Roots, Vol. 10.
The band released three albums, Flash (1972), In the Can (1972 Nov.) and Out of Our Hands (1973).
Flash were signed with Sovereign, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. The debut LP sold in excess of 100,000 copies. They toured North America a total of four times, and Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany) once, in early 1972, while regularly playing gigs in their native UK, including a joint tour with Beck, Bogert & Appice in 1973. Flash also did a brief tour of Australia, while making their third album. Without consulting the band, and to everyone's dismay, including Banks', Capitol released the third album under the name Flash – featuring England's Peter Banks, to avoid a legal challenge from another local band named 'Flash', and to help promote Banks' solo album Two Sides of Peter Banks (1973) which was released on Capitol almost concurrently.[citation needed]
Flash disbanded during an American tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in November 1973.
In the years following the band's breakup, the musicians kept working together in various combinations.
Bennett and Carter tried to start another band, eventually joined by Hough, with keyboard player Chris Pidgeon and ex-Flaming Youth member Gordon Smith on guitar, later replaced by Barry Paul (ex-Savoy Brown). After playing what turned out to be its only gig at London's Marquee Club, the band (unofficially named Blaze) settled in New York, but failed to secure a record deal (its management having turned down several offers hoping for a better one to turn up) and broke up. Just after this, Carter and Hough were part of another band in New York, Storm, with New York keyboardist Al Greenwood. This band also failed to launch and Greenwood ended up in the much more successful Foreigner. Ray Bennett was invited to join Foreigner on bass as the band was forming, but declined.[citation needed]
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Flash (band)
Flash was an English progressive rock group, formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks, vocalist Colin Carter, bassist Ray Bennett, and drummer Mike Hough in August 1971.
The band went into the recording studio in November 1971 to record its debut album, and performed its first gig on 14 January 1972.[citation needed]
Flash had a hit with "Small Beginnings" (1972, No. 29 Billboard Hot 100 chart) which was featured in the movie, Record Review. The song has been included in numerous compilation albums, most recently Bob Stroud's Rock 'n Roll Roots, Vol. 10.
The band released three albums, Flash (1972), In the Can (1972 Nov.) and Out of Our Hands (1973).
Flash were signed with Sovereign, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. The debut LP sold in excess of 100,000 copies. They toured North America a total of four times, and Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany) once, in early 1972, while regularly playing gigs in their native UK, including a joint tour with Beck, Bogert & Appice in 1973. Flash also did a brief tour of Australia, while making their third album. Without consulting the band, and to everyone's dismay, including Banks', Capitol released the third album under the name Flash – featuring England's Peter Banks, to avoid a legal challenge from another local band named 'Flash', and to help promote Banks' solo album Two Sides of Peter Banks (1973) which was released on Capitol almost concurrently.[citation needed]
Flash disbanded during an American tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in November 1973.
In the years following the band's breakup, the musicians kept working together in various combinations.
Bennett and Carter tried to start another band, eventually joined by Hough, with keyboard player Chris Pidgeon and ex-Flaming Youth member Gordon Smith on guitar, later replaced by Barry Paul (ex-Savoy Brown). After playing what turned out to be its only gig at London's Marquee Club, the band (unofficially named Blaze) settled in New York, but failed to secure a record deal (its management having turned down several offers hoping for a better one to turn up) and broke up. Just after this, Carter and Hough were part of another band in New York, Storm, with New York keyboardist Al Greenwood. This band also failed to launch and Greenwood ended up in the much more successful Foreigner. Ray Bennett was invited to join Foreigner on bass as the band was forming, but declined.[citation needed]