Bad Company

This article is about the rock band Bad Company. For the movie, see Bad Company (movie).

Bad Company was a British rock band of the 1970s. The band reformed in 1986 with ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe, in place of Rodgers. Throughout the 1990s, the band continued with various musicians with drummer Simon Kirke the only original member. The 2003 line-up of Bad Company includes Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke along with Dave Colwell (keyboards), Rick Wills (bass guitar), and Robert Hart (vocals).


Members

  • Paul Rodgers -- Lead Vocals
  • Mick Ralphs -- Lead Guitar
  • Boz Burrell -- Bass
  • Simon Kirke -- Drums

Discography

  • Bad Company (1974)
  • Straight Shooter (1975)
  • Run with the Pack (1976)
  • Burnin' Sky (1976)
  • Desolation Angels (1979)
  • Rough Diamonds (1982)
  • 10 from 6 (1986) (compilation)
  • Fame and Fortune (1986)
  • Dangerous Age (1988)
  • Holy Water (1990)
  • Here Comes Trouble (1992)
  • What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company (1993) (live)
  • Company of Strangers (1995)
  • Stories Told & Untold (1996)
  • The Original Bad Company Anthology (1999) (compilation cd)


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. A few minor hits proved to be a last hurrah, and in 1993, they released a greatest hits CD and have reappeared only sporadically, with occasional albums and a few comeback tours during the late 1990s.
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"I Heard a Rumor", from the True Confessions album, was a hit in 1987 [1] (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3DB00000339C/geocities17/104-7324253-5843106), as was "Love in the Third Degree", but the late 80s brought a resurging of boy bands, and interest in girl bands waned a bit. The 2003 line-up of Bad Company includes Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke along with Dave Colwell (keyboards), Rick Wills (bass guitar), and Robert Hart (vocals). They appeared on the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?. Throughout the 1990s, the band continued with various musicians with drummer Simon Kirke the only original member. In 1986 they began to be produced by UK pop producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, which immediately resulted in the international #1 hit "Venus", whose dance enticing beats typified the "SAW" approach to pop production.

The band reformed in 1986 with ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe, in place of Rodgers. It was covered by Swedish band Ace of Base and was a worldwide hit all over again in 1998. Bad Company was a British rock band of the 1970s. "Cruel Summer" was included in the movie The Karate Kid and its soundtrack, shooting the song up to #1 worldwide. The Original Bad Company Anthology (1999) (compilation cd). Their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving (1983), was a minor hit, but the next, Bananarama (1984), contained their first two hit singles, "Cruel Summer" (1983) and "Robert De Niro's Waiting" (1984). Stories Told & Untold (1996).
Bananarama experienced their greatest success during the period from 1984 to 1989.

Company of Strangers (1995). They got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the United Kingdom's best selling girl group ever. What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company (1993) (live). Along with groups like The Bangles and The Go-Gos they helped to change the old Motown image of "Black Girls only" girl groups, and paved the way for such other artists as the Spice Girls. Here Comes Trouble (1992). Founded as a joke in 1981 by friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, and Sarah Dallin, they later added Jacquie O'Sullivan to their roster. Holy Water (1990). Bananarama was a girl group of the 1980s that found worldwide fame with their melodic pop songs.

Dangerous Age (1988). Fame and Fortune (1986). 10 from 6 (1986) (compilation). Rough Diamonds (1982).

Desolation Angels (1979). Burnin' Sky (1976). Run with the Pack (1976). Straight Shooter (1975).

Bad Company (1974). Simon Kirke -- Drums. Boz Burrell -- Bass. Mick Ralphs -- Lead Guitar.

Paul Rodgers -- Lead Vocals.