The Sweet personified the Glam Rock era of the 1970s in the UK, showcasing their distinctive glitter and glam makeup. Beyond their iconic visual style, The Sweet also wielded significant influence in the realm of pure rock music. Their timeless hits continue to resonate, and the present lineup, featuring the original guitarist Andy Scott, consistently leaves audiences clamoring for an encore!
The glam-rock band Angel was a concept from Andy Scott and Mick Tucker. The band was formed in 1974 from the members of Pebbles. Angel released 2 singles through Polydor and both compositions were written by Andy Scott who co-produced them with
Andy played guitar on Tacye’s version of Love Is Like Oxygen from 1991. Tacye continues: “Cool! I hadn’t heard that for ages and it was really good to re-visit the recording. Andy was a star through out the whole process.”Â
Andy co-produced two singles for Jim and he also played guitar and sang backing vocals on them.Â
Robert Lloyd is the lead singer with The Nightingales and formerly with The Prefects. When The Nightingales split in 1986, Lloyd embarked on a solo career, signing to Virgin Records in 1989 and releasing the album Me and My Mouth. The album
On this record – Ready to Rumble – meant for the Japanese market, Andy plays additional guitars and sing backing vocals.
This was recorded in 1987 to support a charity in aid of babies and children of the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, UK. Andy Scott appear on vocals on this single along with Noddy Holder, Jimmy Nail, Danny Hynes, Mal McNulty,
Ole Evenrude’s debut album This Ole Town was produced by Geoff Downes. Mick Tucker & Andy Scott did the backing vocals along with Stevie Lange who of course appeared on the Sweets Level Headed Album. Mick also plays the drums on this
The Party Rockers SHA-BOOM covered SWEET’s ‘Fox On The Run’ for their 1988 debut ‘R.O.C.K’. Andy was also on hand to add some authenticity acting as producer and he also tackled production for the follow up, 1990’s ‘Let’s Party’, which included Ole
In the beginning of the 80’s Andy produced some demos for a NWOBHM band called Weapon who were fronted by Danny Hynes. Later in the mid 80’s he formed a new band called Paddy Goes To Holyhead. He got up and play with them occasionally.
In 2006 Steve Grant and Andy worked with Suzi Quatro, writing, playing and producing some songs on her album “Back To The Drive”. Back To The Drive Track list: Back To The Drive, 15 Minutes Of Fame, Duality, I Don’t Do Gentle,
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