It had two charting singles: "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" at No. 13 and "Gone Gone Gone" at No. 56.īy the end of the 1970s, however, the band grew increasingly disenchanted with playing large stadiums. Desolation Angels also embellished the group's sound with synthesisers and strings. 1979's Desolation Angels did better than its predecessor, peaking at No. 3 in the US and No. 10 in the UK. This double headline tour was scheduled to commence on 25 April 1976 but was halted due to Kossoff's death on 19 March 1976.ġ977's Burnin' Sky fared the poorest of their first four records, reaching No. 15 in the US and No. 17 in the UK.
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Bad Company scheduled a British tour with the band of former Free member Paul Kossoff, Back Street Crawler, to support the album, as well as a new album by Back Street Crawler. Their third album, Run With the Pack, was released in 1976 and reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 5 in the US. The album also spawned two hit singles, " Good Lovin' Gone Bad" at No. 36 and the slower " Feel Like Makin' Love" at No. 10. In 1975 their second album, Straight Shooter, reached No. 3 in both the UK and the US, and also went platinum in the US. The singles " Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" reached No. The album has been certified five times platinum in the US, and became the 46th–best-selling album of the 1970s. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, and number 3 in the UK Albums Chart, spending 25 weeks in the UK charts. The band's 1974 debut album, Bad Company, was recorded at Headley Grange, Hampshire in Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. Atlantic/ Warner Music would later acquire the non-North American rights to the band's catalogue. (Island Records had until that time been the UK home to both Free and King Crimson, as well as to Mott the Hoople for their first four albums Atlantic, in turn, released King Crimson's and Mott's early albums in the US through a licensing agreement with Island). The band signed to Swan Song Records/ Atlantic Records in North America, and with Island Records in other countries. īad Company consisted of four seasoned musicians: two former members of Free, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and ex- King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. The caption read "beware of bad company". History Original Paul Rodgers era (1973–1982) Ĭontrary to speculation that singer Paul Rodgers named the band after the Jeff Bridges film Bad Company, Rodgers stated in an interview with that the idea came from a book of Victorian morals, that showed a picture of an innocent child looking up at an unsavoury character leaning against a lamp post. 1.4 Return of Paul Rodgers, touring and inactivity (1998–2008).They have sold 20 million RIAA-certified albums in the US and 40 million worldwide. Many of their singles and songs, such as " Bad Company", " Can't Get Enough", " Good Lovin' Gone Bad", " Feel Like Makin' Love", " Ready for Love", " Shooting Star", and " Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", remain staples of classic rock radio. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and the US. Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.īad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s.
Bad Company are an English rock supergroup formed in Albury, Surrey in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, drummer Simon Kirke and later adding bassist Boz Burrell.