Nazareth (band)

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Nazareth is an earthy and versatile Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, "Love Hurts", in the middle of the 1970s.

Contents

1 Career
2 Members
3 Discography

3.1 Solo Projects

4 See also
5 External links

Career

Nazareth was formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland out of the ashes of semi-professional local group The Shadettes (formerly the Mark V and The Red Hawks) by vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. They took their name from the first line of The Band's classic song "The Weight" ("I pulled into Nazareth/Was feelin' half past dead...") The band moved to London, England in 1970, and released their self-titled debut album in 1971. After getting some attention with their second album Exercises, released in 1972, Nazareth issued Razamanaz in early 1973. This collection spawned two UK Top Ten hits, "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy." This was followed by Loud 'N' Proud in late 1973, which contained another hit single with a hard-rocking cover of Joni Mitchell's song "This Flight Tonight". Then came another album Rampant, in 1974, that was equally successful although it did not yield a single. A non-album song, again a cover version, this time of Tomorrow's "My White Bicycle", was a UK Top 20 entry in 1975.

Hair Of The Dog, was released in 1975. The title track of that album (popularly, though incorrectly, known as "Now You're Messing With A Son Of A Bitch") became a staple of 1970s rock radio. American-Canadian version of the album included originally recorded by The Everly Brothers and also covered by Roy Orbison expressively melodic ballad "Love Hurts" that was released as a hit single in the UK and in the USA, where it went Platinum. In addition, the track became the band's only U.S. Top Ten hit

Members

Dan McCafferty - born on 14 October, 1946 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Lead Vocalist from inception onwards.
Manny Charlton - born Manuel Charlton, on 25 July, 1941 in La Linea, Spain. Guitarist from 1969 to 1990.
Pete Agnew - born Peter Agnew, on 14 September, 1946, in Dunfermline, Scotland. Bassist from inception onwards.
Darrell Sweet - born 16 May, 1947 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. Died 30 April, 1999. Drummer from 1969 to 1999.
Zal Cleminson - born 4 May, 1949, in Glasgow. Guitarist from 1979 to 1980.
Ron Lehey joined the band as keyboardist in 1995. Billy Rankin duly quit in 1994 and was replaced by Jimmy Murrelson. Ron Lehey retired from the music business in 2003.
Lee Agnew- Son of Pete - born 13 Jan, 1971. Took over as Nazareth drummer following the death of original drummer Darrell Sweet.
Jimmy Murrison - born 8 Nov, 1964, guitarist since 1994 to present day.

Discography

Nazareth (1971)
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1972)
Exercises (1972)
Razamanaz (1973) #157 US
Loud 'N' Proud (1974) #150 US
Rampant (1974) #157 US
Hair of the Dog (1975) #17 US
Greatest Hits (1975)
Close Enough for Rock 'N' Roll (1976) #24 US
Hot Tracks (1976) #120 US
Play 'N' the Game (1976) #75 US
Expect No Mercy (1977) #82 US
No Mean City (1979) #88 US
Malice in Wonderland (1980) #87 US
The Fool Circle (1981) #70 US
Snaz (1981) #83 US
2XS (1982) #122 US
Sound Elixir (1983)
The Catch (1984)
Cinema (1986)
Snakes 'N' Ladders (1989)
No Jive (1991)
From the Vaults (1993) (compilation)
Move Me (1994)
Boogaloo (1998)
Greatest Hits Volume II (1998) (compilation)
Live at the Beeb (live) (1998)
Homecoming (live) (2001)
Alive and Kicking (2003)

Solo Projects

Dan McCafferty (1975)
Into The Ring (1986)

External links