![]() The other members were Ed Carter on guitar and a drummer named Mike Kowalski. It was a trio that played Jazz influenced music. They were especially popular in Switzerland, where they played in a lot of clubs for about half a year. In 1967 after “Me and the Others” ceased to exist, Gary became part of his first professional Band called “New Nadir”. It was still 1966 when Gary and Paul joined up with Peter Dawkins and Dave Chapman, taking the name “Me and the Others “ to the UK, touring England, Scotland, Wales and Germany. The other band members were Derek Wright on Lead Guitar and Vocals, Paul Muggleston on Rhythm Guitar and Vocals, Wayne Allen on Drums.Īfter their one Single, “The Secrets” split up. Gary became part of “The Secrets”, but they only released one Single in 1966, with “You’re Wrong” on the B-Side, which was co-written by Gary. “The Strangers” released 3 Singles.Īfter “The Strangers” split up, at age 17 Gary moved to Australia. Gary wrote his first (released) song “I’ll Never be Blue” with The Strangers in 1965 at age 16. Besides his brother Arthur (vocals and lead guitar), the other members were Graeme Ching (Rhytm Guitar) and Dave Beattie (Drums). The official start to his career was with the New Zealand group “The Strangers”. Gary also won a singing contest in his High School with the song “Where Have all the Flowers Gone”. Gary went to a catholic school called Xavier College in Christchurch. An old school friend describes Gary’s personality as being quiet, maybe broody even, but also as just your average teenager, with a passion for music. Gary Thain had 2 older brothers, Colin and Arthur. He played on the four studio albums: Demons & Wizards, The Magician’s Birthday, Sweet Freedom and Wonderworld as well as the live album Uriah Heep Live and traveled extensively in those top years.įollowing bio comes from his website, which remarkably and admirably is still live 40 years after his passing. In 1971 they toured with hard rockers Uriah Heep who then asked him to join them, replacing Mark Clarke. Thain then joined the Keef Hartley Band and recorded 5 albums with Hartley on drums. He actually jammed with Hendrix a couple of time in London in Hendrix’ early fame years. ![]() As part of the rock trio The New Nadir, with drummer Peter Dawkins, he traveled from New Zealand to London, sometime in 1967. ![]() Official Bootleg Series Vol.Decem– Gary Thain was born on in Christchurch, New Zealand. Released: 5 February 2002 (recorded 2001).King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Uriah Heep in concert 1974 With Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep became one of the top heavy metal and hard rock bands of the 1970s. In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the " Lady in Black" single was a big hit. 7 in 1975) while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums Demons and Wizards was the most successful (No. Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart ( Return to Fantasy reached No. Uriah Heep's progressive/ art rock/ heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always featured massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's operatic vocals. The band's best selling album is Sweet Freedom, which was released in 1973 and its worldwide sales are more than 6 million copies. Over the years, the British hard rock band Uriah Heep has released 25 studio albums (of original material), 20 live albums, 41 compilation albums, 27 UK singles (33 worldwide) and 17 videos.
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