| Glenn Hughes |
|
| Background information |
| Also known as |
The Voice of
Rock |
| Born |
August 21, 1952 (1952-08-21) (age 54)
 Cannock, Staffordshire,
England |
| Genre(s) |
Rock
Heavy metal
Hard
rock
Soul
Funk
Blues |
| Occupation(s) |
bass-player
singer
songwriter |
| Instrument(s) |
Bass
Guitar
Vocals |
| Years active |
1968 - Present
(solo: 1977 to present) |
| Label(s) |
Frontiers
Pony
Canyon
SPV
GmbH
Yamaha
Music
Zero Corporation |
Associated
acts |
Deep Purple
Trapeze
Hughes/Thrall
Black
Sabbath
Phenomena |
| Website |
Official
website |
For the Village People
memeber see Glenn Hughes
(American singer).
Glenn Hughes (born in Cannock, Staffordshire,
England
on August
21, 1952) is
a bassist
and vocalist
well-known as the lead vocalist for Black
Sabbath during the mid 1980s, as well as playing Bass and performing
vocals for the Mk. III
& IV line-ups of Deep Purple.
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Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Influences
- 3 Discography
- 3.1 Solo
- 3.2 With
Finders Keepers
- 3.3 With
Trapeze
- 3.4 With
Deep Purple
- 3.5 With
others
- 4 External
links
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History
Hughes fronted Finders Keepers in
the 1960s as bassist/vocalist, as well as the British funk rock
band Trapeze. Hughes then went on to
served as bassist/vocalist for Deep Purple between 1973 and 1976,
embarking on a solo career following his departure from the group. In
1982, he joined up with ex Pat Travers guitarist Pat Thrall, to record
the highly underrated and badly promoted 'Hughes/Thrall', which went
virtually unnoticed at the time but is now, 25 years later, the most
influential of Glenn's entire discography, often cited by many
fans/musicians to be the their favorite album. In the mid-1980s, Hughes
recorded several different albums with bands and artists including Phenomena,("Phenomena"
Phenomena
II: Dream Runner"), Gary Moore ("Run For Cover"), and Black
Sabbath ("Seventh Star", though this was to have been a solo album by
Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, and only came out
as a Sabbath album due to record label pressure). Beginning in the mid
80's, Glenn's health problems due to over eating/drugs/alcohol began to
seriously affect his musical projects, and this contributed to very
short stints with Gary Moore and Tony Iommi, as Glenn was unable to
tour with them properly due to his bad health. By the end of the 1980s, Hughes'
ongoing drug
problem was derailing him, and it wasn't until 1991 that a clean,
sober and fully rejuvenated Glenn Hughes returned with the hit "America:
What Time Is Love?" with the KLF. He also recorded a melodic
rock album ("Face The Truth") with former Europe
guitarist, John
Norum, prior to re-embarking on an international solo career that he's
primarily focused on to this day. In 1999, Glenn Hughes did a 4-5 city
tribute tour to Tommy Bolin in Texas, with Tommy's
brother Johnny (of Black Oak Arkansas) on drums.
Hughes supported with a massive European tour for his "Soul
Mover" album, as well as collaborating with Black
Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on the 2005 album Fused.
Hughes then released Music For The Divine
in 2006, which featured Red Hot Chili Peppers Members Chad Smith
and John Frusciante. Hughes toured in
support of the album throughout Europe in autumn 2006.
A hugely anticipated and much delayed follow up to the
'Hughes/Thrall' album is currently almost finished and due for release
in 2008.
Influences
Glenn Hughes's influences range a lot from the soul and funk genre. He stated
that he grew up listening to many Motown bass players and he was a funky kind
of bassist. He has cited acts like Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone,
and Stevie
Wonder as influences.
Discography
Solo
- Play Me Out (1977)
- L.A.
Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes - Blues (1992)
- From Now On... (1994)
- Burning Japan Live (1994)
- Feel (1995)
- Addiction (1996)
- Greatest Hits: The Voice Of Rock (1996) (compilation)
- Talk About It EP (1997)
(previously-unreleased live and acoustic tracks)
- The God Of Voice: Best Of Glenn Hughes (1998) (compilation)
- The Way It Is
(1999)
- From
The Archives Volume I - Incense & Peaches (2000)
- Return Of Crystal Karma
(2000)
- A Soulful Christmas (2000)
- Days Of Avalon (2001) (first official solo video release)
- Building The Machine (2001)
- Different Stages...Best Of Glenn Hughes (2002)
- Songs In The Key Of Rock
(2003)
- Soulfully Live
In The City Of Angels (DVD and CD) (2004)
- Soul
Mover (2005)
- Freak Flag Flyin' (2005)
- Music For The Divine (2006)
- Live In Australia (DVD) (2007)
With Finders Keepers
- Sadie, The Cleaning Lady (single) (1968)
With Trapeze
- Trapeze
(1970)
- Medusa
(1970)
- You Are the
Music...We're Just the Band (1972)
- Live In Texas - Dead
Armadillos (1981)
- Welcome to
the Real World - live 1992 (1993)
- High Flyers: The
Best of Trapeze - best of 1970-1976 (1996)
- On the Highwire
- best of 1970-1994 (2003)
With Deep Purple
- Burn (1974)
- Stormbringer
(1974)
- Made in Europe
(1975)
- Come Taste the Band
(1975)
- Last Concert in Japan
(1976)
- Live In London
(1982)
- Singles A's & B's (1993)
- On The Wings of a Russian Foxbat: Live In
California 1976 (1995)
- California Jamming: Live 1974 (1996)
- Mk. III: The Final Concerts (1996)
- Days May Come and Days May Go, The California
Rehearsals, June 1975 (2000)
- 1420 Beachwood Drive, The California Rehearsals,
Part 2 (2000)
- This Time Around:
Live in Tokyo (2001)
- Listen Learn Read On (2002)
- Just Might Take Your Life (2003)
- Perks And Tit
(2004)
- Live In Paris 1975 (2004)
- Burn 30th Anniversary Edition
(2004)
- Live In California 74 (DVD) (2005)
- Live In London
(remastered) (2007)
- Stormbringer
(remastered) (2007)
With others
- Roger Glover And Guests - The
Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast (1974)
- Jon
Lord - Windows (1974)
- Tommy Bolin - Teaser
(1975)
- Various Artists - The Wizard's Convention (1976)
- Pat Travers - Makin' Magic (1977)
- 4 On The Floor - same (1979)
- Climax Blues Band - Lucky For Some
(1981)
- Hughes/Thrall - same (1982)
- Night Ranger - Midnight Madness (1983)
- Heaven - Where Angels Fear To Tread
(1983)
- Phenomena - same (1985)
- Gary
Moore - Run For Cover (1985)
- Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi - Seventh
Star (1986)
- Various Artists - Dragnet
(Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1987)
- Phenomena II - Dream Runner (1987)
- Whitesnake - Slip
Of The Tongue (1989)
- XYZ - same (1989)
- Notorious - same (1990)
- Various Artists - Music From And Inspired By The Film Highlander II: The
Quickening (1990)
- L.A. Blues Authority - same (1991)
- The
KLF - America: What Time Is
Love? (single) (1992)
- Lynch Mob - same (1992)
- John
Norum - Face The Truth (1992)
- Geoff Downes/The New Dance
Orchestra - Vox Humana (European version) (1993)
- Sister Whiskey - Liquor And Poker (1993)
- Marc Bonilla - American Matador (1993)
- George Lynch - Sacred Groove
(1993)
- Stevie Salas - Stevie Salas Presents:
The Electric Pow Wow (1993)
- Mötley Crüe - Mötley
Crüe (1994)
- Manfred Ehlert's Amen - same (1994)
- Various Artists - Smoke On The Water: A Tribute (1994)
- L.A. Blues Authority Volume V - Cream Of The Crop: A
Tribute (1994)
- Hank Davison & Friends - Real Live (1995)
- Brazen Abbot - Live And Learn (1995)
- Wet Paint - Shhh..! (1995)
- Richie Kotzen - Wave Of Emotion (1996)
- Liesegang - No Strings Attached (1996)
- Asia - Archiva
Vol. 1 (1996)
- Various Artists - To Cry You A Song: A Collection Of Tull
Tales (1996)
- Various Artists - Dragon Attack: A Tribute To Queen (1996)
- Amen - Aguilar (1996)
- Glenn Hughes/Geoff Downes - The Work Tapes
(1998)
- Glenn Hughes, Johnnie Bolin & Friends - Tommy
Bolin: 1997 Tribute (1998)
- Stuart Smith - Heaven And Earth (1998)
- Various Artists - Humanary Stew: A Tribute To Alice Cooper
(1999)
- Various Artists - Encores, Legends & Paradox: A
Tribute To The Music Of ELP (1999)
- The Bobaloos - The Bobaloos (1999)
- Niacin - Deep (1999)
- Erik Norlander - Into The Sunset
(2000)
- Tidewater Grain - Here On The Outside (2000)
- Voodoo Hill - same (2000)
- Craig Erickson Project - Shine (2000)
- Nikolo Kotzev - Nostradamus (2001)
- Max Magagni - Twister (2001)
- Various Artists - Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute (2001)
- Various Artists - Another Hair Of The Dog - A Tribute To
Nazareth (2001)
- Various Artists - Let The Tribute Do The Talking - A
Tribute To Aerosmith (2001)
- Ape Quartet - Please Where Do We Live? (2001)
- Voices of Classic Rock - Voices For America (2001)
- Ellis - Ellis Three (E-III) (2001)
- HTP (Hughes Turner Project) - same (2002)
- HTP (Hughes Turner Project) - Live In Tokyo (2002)
- The Alchemist - Songs From The Westside (2002)
- An All Star Lineup Performing The Songs Of Pink Floyd -
same (2002)
- Ryo Okumoto - Coming Through (2002)
- Jeff Scott Soto - Prism (2002)
- Various Artists - Influences & Connections, Volume
1, Mr.Big (2003)
- HTP (Hughes Turner Project) - 2 (2003)
- Chris Catena - Freak Out! (2003)
- Rata Blanca/Glenn Hughes Vivo (2003)
- Aina - Days
of Rising Doom (2003)
- Voodoo Hill - Wild Seed Of Mother Earth (2004)
- Tony Iommi - The
1996 DEP Sessions (2004)
- Tony Iommi - Fused (2005)
- Phenomena - Psychofantasy (2006)
- Moonstone Project - Time To Take A Stand (2006)
- The Lizards - Against All Odds (2006)
- Quiet
Riot - Rehab (2006)
- Hughes/Thrall - same (remastered) (2007)
- Ken Hensley - Blood On The
Highway (2007)
- Hughes/Thrall 2 - same (2007)
External links
| v • d • e Trapeze |
| Members |
| Mel Galley
• Glenn Hughes
• Dave Holland |
| John Jones • Terry
Rowley • Pete MacKie • Rob Kendrick • Pete
Goalby • Pete Wright • Steve Bray • Mervyn Spence • Richard Bailey • Geoff
Downes • Craig Erickson |
| Discography |
|
Studio albums: Trapeze
(1970) • Medusa
(1970) • You Are the
Music...We're Just the Band (1972) • Hot Wire
(1974) • Trapeze
(1976) • Hold On
(1978) / Running
(1979) •
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Live albums: Live
at the Boat Club (1975) • Live in Texas: Dead
Armadillos (1981) • Welcome to
the Real World (1993) • Way
Back to the Bone • On
the Highwire
|
|
Compilation albums: The
Final Swing (1974) • High Flyers: The
Best of Trapeze (1996) • Way
Back to the Bone (1998) • On
the Highwire (2003)
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| v • d • e Deep Purple |
| Current
members |
| Ian Gillan | Steve
Morse | Don
Airey | Roger
Glover | Ian Paice |
| Former
members |
| Jon Lord | Ritchie
Blackmore | David Coverdale | Glenn Hughes | Joe
Lynn Turner | Rod
Evans | Nick Simper | Tommy
Bolin | Joe
Satriani |
| Discography |
| Albums : Shades
of Deep Purple | The
Book of Taliesyn | Deep
Purple | Deep
Purple in Rock | Fireball
| Machine Head
| Who Do We Think We Are
| Burn | Stormbringer
| Come Taste the Band
| Perfect Strangers
| The House of Blue Light
| Slaves & Masters
| The Battle Rages On
| Purpendicular
| Abandon | Bananas
| Rapture of the Deep |
| Live albums: Concerto for Group
and Orchestra | Made
in Japan | Made
in Europe | Last
Concert in Japan | Deep Purple in Concert
| Live in London
| Scandinavian Nights
| Nobody's Perfect
| In the Absence of Pink:
Knebworth '85 | Come Hell or High Water
| King
Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert
| California Jamming
| Mk III: The Final Concerts
| Live at the Olympia '96
| Gemini Suite Live
| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon: Live
in Australia | Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
| This Time Around:
Live in Tokyo | The
Soundboard Series | Inglewood - Live in
California | Kneel & Pray
| Space Vol 1 & 2
| Denmark 1972
| Perks and Tit
| Just Might Take Your Life | Live
in Stockholm | Live in Montreux 1969
| Live in Paris 1975 | Live
in Europe 1993 | Live
at Montreux 1996 | They All Came Down to
Montreux |
| Videos
and DVDs:
Concerto for Group
and Orchestra | Special Edition EP
| Live In Concert 1972/73
| California Jam / Live in
California 74 | Rises
Over Japan | Come Hell or High
Water | Bombay Calling | Live
at Montreux 1996 | In Concert with
the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon Australia
'99 | New, Live & Rare
| Perihelion | Live Encounters |
| Compilation Albums: Purple
Passages | The Early Years
| 24 Carat Purple
| When
We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll | The
Mark II Purple Singles | Deepest
Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | The
Anthology | Powerhouse
| The Deep Purple
Singles A's and B's | 30: Very Best of Deep
Purple | Days May Come and Days
May Go | Listen, Learn, Read On
| Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | Deep Purple:
The Platinum Collection |
| Related
articles |
| Rainbow | Blackmore's
Night | Ian Gillan Band | Gillan | Whitesnake
| Trapeze
| Black
Sabbath | Dixie
Dregs | Episode
Six | |
| v • d • e Black Sabbath |
| Members |
| Ozzy
Osbourne • Tony Iommi • Geezer Butler •
Bill Ward |
| Ronnie
James Dio • Vinny
Appice • Ian
Gillan • Glenn Hughes • Tony Martin •
Cozy
Powell • Geoff
Nicholls • Bev Bevan •
Neil Murray •
David
Donato • Dave Spitz
• Eric
Singer • Ray Gillen
• Bob
Daisley • Jo Burt • Terry
Chimes • Laurence
Cottle • Bobby
Rondinelli |
| Discography |
| Studio albums:
Black
Sabbath • Paranoid
• Master
of Reality • Black
Sabbath, Vol. 4 • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
• Sabotage
• Technical
Ecstasy • Never
Say Die! • Heaven and Hell
• Mob Rules
• Born Again
• Seventh
Star • The
Eternal Idol • Headless
Cross • Tyr
• Dehumanizer
• Cross
Purposes • Forbidden |
| Live albums:
Live Evil
• Cross
Purposes Live • Reunion
• Past
Lives • Live at Hammersmith Odeon |
| Compilations:
We Sold Our Soul
for Rock 'n' Roll • The Sabbath Stones
• Symptom
of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978
• Black
Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)
• Greatest Hits 1970-1978
• Black Sabbath: The Dio
Years |
