Brand X

Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour

Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, July 1976

SO MANY bands have broken up in the past, or experienced ill-feeling within the ranks because some of the members have felt restricted, tied-down, perhaps, ...

Brand X: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, August 1976

IT IS heartening in these disturbing times (as the poet Cedric observed in his massive volume, Away, Dull Cares), to find there are still men ...

Brand X: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Mick Brown, Sounds, May 1977

"THIS IS our first gig for a while," joked Phil Collins, "so we celebrated by rehearsing this morning." ...

Brand X: Bristol Hippodrome

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, September 1978

"BRAKES ARE locked. The steering is jammed!" Peter Robinson wrestled with the steering wheel as he drove like a Dalek around Bristol City centre last ...

Brand X: City Hall, Sheffield

Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, September 1978

DESPITE ALL your Weather Reports, Coreas, Dukes and such, Brand X remain the sum total of British jazz-rock to reach what might reasonably be termed ...