Mike Harrison (musician)
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Mike Harrison is an English
musician
, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth
and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in the The V.I.P.'s
, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others. He is said to be joining Black Veil Brides later this year.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...
and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in the The V.I.P.'s
The V.I.P.'s
The V.I.P.'s were a British R&B musical ensemble formed in Carlisle, Cumberland, in late 1963, out of an earlier outfit known as The Ramrods, who had formed in Carlisle in 1960...
, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others. He is said to be joining Black Veil Brides later this year.
Solo
- 1971 Mike HarrisonMike Harrison (album)Mike Harrison is the first solo album by Spooky Tooth principal lead singer Mike Harrison, released on Island Records in 1971. It was recorrded and released after Spooky Tooth had broken up for the first time, following the release of their album The Last Puff .- Track listing :#Mother Nature...
(IslandIsland RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
) - 1972 Smokestack LightningSmokestack Lightning (Mike Harrison album)Smokestack Lightning is the second solo album by Mike Harrison, most notable as a principal lead singer for Spooky Tooth. The album was released on Island Records in 1972.- Track listing :#Tears #Paid My Dues...
(Island) - 1975 Rainbow RiderRainbow Rider (album)Rainbow Rider is the third solo album by Mike Harrison, most notable as a principal lead singer for Spooky Tooth. It was released in 1975, on Island Records...
(Island) - 2006 Late StarterLate Starter (album)Late Starter is the fourth solo album by Mike Harrison, best known as a principal lead vocalist of Spooky Tooth. Released in 2006, it is Harrison's first solo album in over thirty years, following the release of Rainbow Rider in 1975...
(HaloHalo RecordsHalo Records, also known as Halo UK Records, is an independent British record label, with an affiliated management company and production company .- History :...
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With Spooky Tooth
- 1968 It's All AboutIt's All AboutIt's All About is the 1968 debut album of British band Spooky Tooth. The album was originally released in England by Island Records.The American version of the album, entitled Spooky Tooth, was originally released on Bell in 1968...
- 1969 Spooky TwoSpooky TwoSpooky Two is the second album released by Spooky Tooth. It was released on Island Records in 1969 . According to one reviewer, "Spooky Two is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some...
- 1970 CeremonyCeremony (Spooky Tooth album)Ceremony was a 1970 album by progressive UK rock band Spooky Tooth in collaboration with French electronic and "found-object" composer Pierre Henry...
(with Pierre HenryPierre HenryPierre Henry is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.-Biography:...
) - 1970 The Last PuffThe Last PuffThe Last Puff is a rock album by the British Band Spooky Tooth. For the first and only time in its history, the band was billed as "Spooky Tooth Featuring Mike Harrison"...
- 1971 Tobacco Road
- 1973 You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your JawYou Broke My Heart So I Busted Your JawYou Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw is an album by Spooky Tooth, released in 1973 on Island Records. It was the first album to be released after the band reformed, following its 1970 breakup. Founding guitarist Luther Grosvenor did not rejoin the band, as he had joined Mott The Hoople as a...
- 1973 WitnessWitness (Spooky Tooth album)Witness is an album released by Spooky Tooth in 1973. For this album, original drummer Mike Kellie returned and substantially replaced Bryson Graham. Gary Wright became the dominant songwriting influence at this stage of the band's history...
- 1974 The MirrorThe Mirror (Spooky Tooth album)The Mirror is a rock album by the British band Spooky Tooth. It was the first Spooky Tooth album to be released without contributions from Mike Harrison. It also was their last album for nearly twenty five years, to be followed by Cross Purpose in 1999. The album was released in October, 1974, one...
- 1999 Cross PurposeCross PurposeCross Purpose is a reunion album released by Spooky Tooth on Ruf Records in 1999. It was the first album released by the band in twenty-five years, following The Mirror, released in 1974, and the first album in thirty years to feature the majority of the original band lineup, which last recorded...
- 1999 The Best of Spooky Tooth: That Was Only Yesterday
- 2000 Comic Violence
- 2001 BBC Sessions
- 2007 Nomad Poets (DVD)