Hamburg - The Cradle Of British Rock - Alan Clayson
Sutch's horror spoofs verged on the slapstick in an "operation" on a Savage that entailed the wrenching out of heart and liver (bought from the butchers that afternoon) - and, during 'Jack the Ripper', the simulated murder and mutilation of a "prostitute", ie another Savage in wig and padded bra. At venues filled to overflowing, cases of fainting and hysteria were not unknown.
For all that, Screaming Lord Sutch was to be the most famous English pop star who never had a hit. More so than Johnny Kidd, all Sutch's disc releases were secondary to criss-crossing Britain and then Europe in draughty, overloaded vans. Membership of the Savages passed as an incubation shed for many future stars, among them Paul Nicholas, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Dangerfield, temporary Rolling Stone Carlo Little and future guitar icon Jimmy Page were Savages too.
On scoring a Number One with 'Jack The Ripper' in 1963, who could blame Middlesex's Buddy Britten and The Regents for taking Germany for every Deutschmark they could get? For much the same reasons, The Liverbirds, Kingsize Taylor and most of his Dominoes, Tony Dangerfield and The Thrills - led by Lord Sutch's once and future bass guitarist - and an otherwise unsung Lancashire outfit called the Georgians were forever over there too.
For all that, Screaming Lord Sutch was to be the most famous English pop star who never had a hit. More so than Johnny Kidd, all Sutch's disc releases were secondary to criss-
On scoring a Number One with 'Jack The Ripper' in 1963, who could blame Middlesex's Buddy Britten and The Regents for taking Germany for every Deutschmark they could get? For much the same reasons, The Liverbirds, Kingsize Taylor and most of his Dominoes, Tony Dangerfield and The Thrills -
* Hamburg - The Cradle of British Rock *
By Alan Clayton.
Published by Sanctuary Publishing.
© Alan Clayson 1997. ISBN 1-86074-221-1
By Alan Clayton.
Published by Sanctuary Publishing.
© Alan Clayson 1997. ISBN 1-