Verden Allen
- Rock
- Hard rock
- Glam rock
- Organ
- vocals
- Chrysalis
- Island
- Spinit
- Angel Air
Mott the Hoople
Cheeks
Thunderbuck Ram
Soft Ground
Verden Allen (born Terence Allen, 26 May 1944, Crynant, Neath, Wales) is a Welsh organist and vocalist best known as a founding member of 1970s rock band Mott the Hoople. Before that band formed, he had in the mid-1960s been in a rhythm and blues cover band called The Inmates and recorded with Jimmy Cliff.[1]
He left Mott after their breakthrough 1972 album All The Young Dudes. He is featured singing on a few Mott songs, including the demo version of "Nightmare", released on the (reissue) of the album Mott, as well as "Soft Ground" on All the Young Dudes. After he left Mott, he joined up with future Pretenders members James Honeyman-Scott and Martin Chambers in a band called The Cheeks. They disbanded in 1976 after failing to get a record deal. On his 1999 solo album, For Each Other, Allen played all the instruments and the album was released by Angel Air Records, who reissued all the classic Mott the Hoople albums during the early 2000s.
In January 2009 it was confirmed that Allen and the other original members of Mott the Hoople would reform for two 40th anniversary reunion concerts in October 2009.[2] This was later expanded to cover five dates, all at the Hammersmith Apollo.[3][4] A further five-date tour followed, in November 2013, covering dates across the UK.
References
- ^ "Verden Allen from Ruckus". Ruckus.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Mott the Hoople 40th anniversary reunion shows". Music-News.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Mott's return after 36-year break". BBC News. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Mott The Hoople.com". Mottthehoople.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
External links
- Verden Allen Biography
- Verden Allen entries at WorldCat.org
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- Live (1974)
- In Performance 1970–1974 (2008)
- Rock and Roll Queen (1972/1974)
- Greatest Hits (1976)
- The Ballad of Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople (1979)
- Two Miles from Heaven (1980)
- London to Memphis (1992)
- "All the Young Dudes"
- "One of the Boys"
- "Sweet Jane"
- "Honaloochie Boogie"
- "All the Way from Memphis"
- "Roll Away the Stone"
- "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Foxy, Foxy"
- "Saturday Gigs"
- Discography
- Mott the Hoople (novel)
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