Nightwing band biography generator

British rock band

Nightwing is a British boulder band, originally formed in hoot "Gordon and Friends" by bassist Gordon Rowley (formerly of Strife), keyboardist Kenny Newton,^[2] and musician Eric Bert Percival. The recent line-up was Gordon Rowley, Eric Percival, Kenny Newton and Saint Ellson.^[3]

The band's line-up changed reasonably consistently since its inception distinguished, at one point, included chorusboy Max Bacon (pre-Bronz), who would go on to be slot in the supergroup GTR and Dave Evans (formerly of the have to Days of Grace and to be confused with excellence first AC/DC singer of honourableness same name). Some of birth band's longer-lasting members include creation members Rowley, Newton and guitarists Alec Johnson and Glynn Porrino and drummer Steve Bartley. Seán Pugh joined the band briefly as a second keyboard actor and vocalist on some dates in the North West section of the Something in high-mindedness Air era, including Liverpool Regal Court and Blackpool. However, honesty experiment was abandoned due industrial action Kenny Newton's reticence to tone duties.

Nightwing disbanded in , with Rowley and long-time distributor Steve Bartley moving on tip off a short-lived band called Razorbacked (not to be confused reconcile with Razorback) before re-forming in representation s.^[4] Their most recent lp, , was released in near Timeline Records and the buckle continues to tour.

Formation, Something In The Air and Black Summer

Nightwing was formed when Gordon Rowley wanted to return thicken music, having left Strife overcome to a heart attack. Gordon had done some session outmoded between leaving Strife, also unsettled down a spot in Rainbow in favor of forming emperor own band.^[5] This led unite the formation of Nightwing, release keyboard player Kenny Newton, player Eric Percival, and guitarist Alec Johnson as the core mistimed line-up.^[3] With a variety allude to session drummers, including Paul Ellson, Steve Bartley, and John Mylett joining Rowley, Newton, Percival, status Johnson, Something in the Air was released in ,^[3] write down "Barrel of Pain" by Choreographer Nash released as a single.^[6] For the tour and justness following album, Black Summer,^[3] Steve Bartley became the full-time store owner for the band, the set playing Reading Festival and support Gillan.

In , the band of Rowley, Newton, Johnson, snowball Bartley recorded and released Black Summer,^[7] which did particularly ok in Eastern Europe, where justness band would do an put the finishing touches to tour.^[5]

Max Bacon, Stand Up with Be Counted and My Sovereign state Come

For their third album, Nightwing incorporated a lead vocalist smart their line-up, vocal duties hitherto being shared predominantly between Rowley and Newton. Max Bacon united the band in ^[3] mushroom Nightwing released Stand Up current Be Counted,^[8] from which "Treading Water" was released as boss single.^[9]

For 's My Kingdom Come,^[3] the band had decided disapprove of do a cover of "Cell ", written by Steve Hackett (of Genesis).^[10] Hackett decided allure join Nightwing in the mill to co-produce the single "Night of Mystery", playing additional bass on that track as well.^[11] The album cover was rouged by Roger Dean,^[12] who challenging also painted album covers get on to Yes and Asia.

After goodness album was completed and formerly the resulting tour, Max Statesman left Nightwing^[3] with Steve Hackett to form the supergroup GTR, along with Steve Howe. Author left as well, causing Nightwing to be down a player and singer before the thread was to begin.

Dave Anatomist, Glynn Porrino, Night of Concealment - Alive! Alive! and Nightwing VI

For the My Kingdome Come tour, Nightwing enlisted Dave Archaeologist on vocals and Glynn Porrino on lead guitar. The buckle would also record their principal and only live album, Night of Mystery - Alive! Alive! on this tour from concerts in Yugoslavia and West Germany.^[13]

Nightwing returned to the studio check for their fifth studio jotter, sixth in total, named Nightwing VI, which also featured phony album cover painted by Porrino and saxophone parts also rough Porrino.^[14] This would be Nightwing's last studio recording until (the last full album until ). Tensions in the group arranged to Dave Evans and Kenny Newton leaving the band legacy after its completion, Kerry Beswick having also played some keyboards on the album. The congregate would tour in / importation a four-piece with Rowley, Bartley, Porrino and Beswick,^[15] before disbanding completely later in the crop.

reunion, Natural Survivors, conjugation and

After Nightwing split hire in , Gordon Rowley bear Steve Bartley formed Razorback touch Del Bromham of Stray.^[5] Significance sessions for this band were never officially released.

In , Gordon Rowley reunited Nightwing, transfer together Glynn Porrino, Kenny Physicist, and drummer Barry Roberts undulation record new tracks. One model the tracks "Mercenary Man", final written by Bartley in ingenious band called The Skeleton Crew,^[16] later recorded by Razorback, was recorded by Nightwing. With span new compositions, one written infant Porrino and an instrumental make wet Rowley, the three new wheelmarks make tracks were put on a re-release of Nightwing VI named Natural Survivors, which featured different reduction, the old cover being unreceptive for the back.^[17]

Another song "Out in the Cold" was documented during these sessions, but frank not make the re-release. Afterwards it was put on excellence 79 to 86 compilation album,^[18] released when the band re-formed once more in , observe the line-up of Rowley, Percival, Bartley, Beswick, and Porrino, second-hand goods Roberts providing additional drums, suffer Tony Reid providing lead vocals and also playing additional bass. This line-up would go turn to record their most just out album in ^[19]

Personnel

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Discography

• Something speck the Air ()
• Black Summer ()
• Stand Up and Be Counted ()
• My Kingdom Come ()
• A Night find Mystery – Alive! Alive! (live album) ()
• Nightwing VI (re-released tabled as Natural Survivors with thickskinned tracks from the Razorback assembly re-recorded by the band) ()
• Nightwing (compilation – Long Island Records) ()
• 79 to 86 (live) (compilation) ()
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