The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
27 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Ira Robbins, Dave Schulps, Rock's Backpages audio, Fall 1975
After dealing with his current stage persona Vambo – and virtually demanding the invention of punk rock – the Scottish veteran takes us back to the roots of British rock'n'roll: the showbands; Tony Sheridan; the Hamburg clubs; the rip-offs, right up to the formation of his Sensational Alex Harvey Band...
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Palladium, London
Live Review by Miles, New Musical Express, 11 March 1978
How the old wave is coming to terms with post-"77 existence. Meeting the challenge of '78: Alex Harvey hired an orchestra, a pipe and drum band, ...
Alex Harvey: The Meat Of The Matter
Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 25 June 1977
A discussion of the respective virtues of sheep's brains, raw mince, or monkey's brains sucked through a straw. Plus a bit about ALEX HARVEY. ...
Alex Harvey: Delivered From The Jaws Of Death
Report by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 20 September 1975
...We proudly present the intrepid ALEX HARVEY, fresh from being restrained from swimming in the shark tank and currently engaged in entertaining the young people ...
Alex Harvey - Thou shalt have no other punk before me…
Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 3 May 1975
AND NOW, ALEX Harvey, your starter for ten. What is rock and roll? ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: SAHB Stories
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 17 July 1976
ROUND ABOUT THE third revamp of Captain Marvel (that's Marvel's Captain Marvel, not the other one), they changed his billing from The Sensational Captain Marvel ...
Obituary by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 13 February 1982
"Good evening, boys and girls. My name is Harvey..." ...
Alex Harvey: 'Ladies And Gentlemen, This Is What A Rock'n'roll Band Is All About'
Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 19 January 1974
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the importance of ritual.Most rock bands have a certain schtick that's always part of the show, something the audience knows that it's gonna ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Live Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 17 May 1975
Slicker and rougher ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: The Impossible Dream
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 12 October 1974
ALEX HARVEY has just released the first rock and roll comic book. ...
Interview by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 17 August 1974
Pain-wracked Glasgow octogenarian fights tooth decay, endorses anarchy ...
Report by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 5 June 1976
"Will the people on the lighting tower please get-off because it's very dangerous and we are afraid that tower might go" – Nicky Horne, Capital ...
Time Machine: Alex Harvey Dies, 4 February 1982
Retrospective and Interview by Fred Dellar, MOJO, February 2007
TOMORROW I'LL be home, he thought. The tour had taken a lot out of him, but that was to be expected. After all, tomorrow he'd ...
Alex Harvey: Absence Makes The Art Grow Older
Live Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 18 November 1978
Alex Harvey: The Venue, London ...
Alex Harvey: Harvey's History Lesson
Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 7 August 1976
ALEX, WHAT would your reaction be, apart from grabing me by the throat, if I said the music and image of the Sensational Alex Harvey ...
Letter from Britain: Something Might Happen
Report by Ian MacDonald, Creem, November 1974
SITUATION UNCHANGED. Still hanging on in here, waiting for something to happen. (Wait — was that a heart-grazing lobe-grinder of a new single from Mick, ...
Upstarts: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Profile by Jon Tiven, Circus Raves, December 1974
Alex Harvey is practically old enough to be your father: 38 years of rocknroll soul, to be exact. Of course he isnt necessarily the oldest ...
Alex Harvey: There Ain't Nothin' Like a Gang-Bang
Interview by Lenny Kaye, Creem, March 1975
"...rock and roll takes a certain amount of ignorance." ...
Profile and Interview by Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 24 February 1977
BRUSSELS — Alex Harvey has a special way of saying hello. His body, which normally moves with the easy, rolling gait of the dancer and ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band at Newcastle
Report by Mick Brown, Sounds, 15 May 1976
I WAS going to say fascism, but as the man said, how could anyone take Hitler seriously without his moustache? What a moustache! Clipped, sharp, ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Tomorrow Belongs To Me (Vertigo)
Review by Mick Houghton, Let It Rock, June 1975
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to listen to Alex Harvey without feeling distinctly unsettled. On stage he's an obsessive – a malevolent dictator figure – in full control ...
Alex Harvey: Rock And Roll Warrior
Interview by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 26 October 1974
Pete Makowski talks to a man who fought at Waterloo. Here, back in his reincarnated form, he talks about making peace with the people. ...
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Big Hits And Close Shaves
Review by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 28 May 1977
COMPILATIONS ARE generally the occasion for an in-depth reassessment of an artist's career. ...
Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 11 March 1978
THIS IS a singer? You call...this a singer. A monstrous looking creature in an Imperial Startrooper helmet, white paper one-piece jump suit and red, blue ...
Alex Harvey: The Thoughts (?) Of Chairman Harvey
Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 9 July 1977
"WOULD YOU like to be a rock'n'roll star?" ...
Alex Harvey: The Dream Comes True
Interview by Ray Fox-Cumming, Disc, 26 October 1974
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM is coming true. At last, after 20 years in and around the business, Alex Harvey has got himself a hit. Don't worry ...
Alex Harvey: It Pays To Hang Tough
Interview by Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1975
"MAYBE I'M GETTING old," says Alex Harvey, sounding a bit puzzled. "It may be that simple." It's a bit of a laugh, after listening to ...
see also Tear Gas
see also Alex Harvey and His Soul Band
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