Toto on about half of Thriller
― Jeff the grown man (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
The Small Faces as the backing band for P.P. Arnold on "If You Think You're Groovy":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMuE5hAADRs
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
Dunno how/if this would count, but the then-Who (Townshend, Entwistle, Kenney Jones) as backing band for Roger Daltrey on most of the McVicar soundtrack, billed as a Daltrey solo album.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
Linda Ronstadt backed by the Eagles on her 3rd album
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
Three Beatles backing up Jackie Lomax on "Sour Milk Sea."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
Kinda similar to the Dead backing Bob Weir on his first solo alb?
Alternatively, all of Led Zeppelin before they became Led Zeppelin playing on PJ Proby's Three Week Hero?
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney backing the Go-Betweens on The Friends of Rachel Worth.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
Midlake on John Grant's solo debut.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
Rockpile on that Charlene Carter album and Mickey Jupp's Juppanese.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
The Heartbreakers w/Johnny Cash.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
The Meters AND Little Feat on the first three Robert Palmer lps.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
Nucleus graduually became the Soft machine
Soft machine backed Syd Barret on solo stuff
Gun Club/Fur Bible backed Legendary Stardust cowboy on a tour in the uk in 1985, sans jeffrey lee pierce of course.
I think the band on the live Foetus lp Rife was the band touring as the Swans at about the same time.
Kaleidoscope (US) back Leonard cohen on several tracks on his first lp
band backing Gordon Jackson on Thinking Back is a mix of all of Traffic and several of Family
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
The Heartbreakers on Roger McGuinn's Back From Rio.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
P-Funk did this multiple times obviously -U.S. Soul, the JBs, Madhouse
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Funkadelic backed the Temptations and Chairmen of the Board etc
I guess Henry Cow and Slapp Happy belong here, but I don't know the exact nature of how they crossed over.
― The Bite Game with Jim Lamprey (WmC), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
Wilco backing Scott McCaughey on the Minus 5 Down with Wilco album, and backing Billy Bragg on many tracks of Mermaid Avenue (though sort of credited as the title artist)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit were on the first Eurythmics album plus some other records, although by that point Can were finished and they were kind of the Sly n' Robbie of Krautrock anyway.
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
Faust on Tony Conrad's Outside The Dream Syndicate
Can on the debut album by Alex (Wiska) - Czukay/Liebezeit, to be exact, with Karoli on one track.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
... 1973?
!! I did not know this
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
Idiot Flesh/Sleepytime Gorilla Museum nucleus is also the backing band on early Charming Hostess material (which rules btw)
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Love And Rockets as backup band for The Jazz Butcher
I guess since I started the thread I'm at liberty to broaden the purview and will do so now to include famous bands which morphed, in a more permanent way, into other famous bands (eg Joy Division > New Order, The Ants > Bow Wow Wow) if only because I know you boffins will come up with more archaic examples that will blow my mind.
― Howlin' Oates - 'Wang Can't Dang for That (No Can Doodle)' (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
Drive-By Truckers were the band for Bettye LaVette album The Scene of the Crime
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
Spoon backed up Sally Crewe on Drive it Like You Stole It.
― Howlin' Oates - 'Wang Can't Dang for That (No Can Doodle)' (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
I guess since I started the thread I'm at liberty to broaden the purview and will do so now to include famous bands which morphed, in a more permanent way, into other famous bands (eg Joy Division > New Order, The Ants > Bow Wow Wow)
Related: Bands sucking other entire bands into themselves
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
Cobra Verde on GBV's Mag Earwhig
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
Thanks, morrisp. TBRR, I'd be shocked if there isn't already an extant thread devoted to this topic in general.
― Howlin' Oates - 'Wang Can't Dang for That (No Can Doodle)' (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
famous bands which morphed, in a more permanent way, into other famous bands
The Hawks becoming the Band = I guess an example of this (and also sort of an example of the "famous backing band" scenario, although they became more famous after they struck out on their own?)
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
The Band backed Dylan again on Planet Waves and Before The Flood.
Which reminds me: The Band on the self-titled Bobby Charles album.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
'Japanese Girl' by Akiko Yano had Litle Feat appear on it for most of the record.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
too bad no other VU members ever did an album with a famous bandi see you president keyes
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
Paul Cook and Steve Jones on Johnny Thunders’ So Alone.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
Although they didn’t play on the whole album so doesn’t seem to count.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
So Alone is an allstar session innit. Phil Lynnott and members of the oNly Ones and people too aren't there.
CTI Allstars got around a lot and were Allstars too weren't they?
Who is band on Love , Devotion, Surrender. THat's half of 2 groups or something innit?
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
a way more fun example of Yes is on that Frankie Goes to Hollywood record, though it probably doesn't count since it's just Trevor Horn & Steve Howe
I think the first few records by The Tangent were just Andy Tillison + The Flower Kings
Teddy Lasry's Univeria Zekt basically was Magma
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made not one but two albums as the backup band (although supplemented with Asbury Jukes members and others) for Gary U.S. Bonds.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
Faust's rhythm section plays on Slapp Happy's Acnalbasac Noom
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Frankie Ford’s “Sea Cruise” vocal was superimposed over a backing track recorded by Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns but not sure about who played on the album.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
Two members of Darker My Love (Tim Presley and Rob Barbato) were drafted into The Fall for Reformation Post TLC, though I dunno how famous they were.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
not very I don't think, but I was aware of them (and saw them live once) because my brother-in-law was a fan. Tim Presley might be better known for White Fence now
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
Bunch of Triffids on Bill Drummond's The Man LP
That Ellen Foley record with The Clash on it
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Durutti Column people on the Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls LP
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
Booker T & The MGs (w/Stephen Still subbing for Steve Cropper) are the backing band on Bill Withers' Just As I Am.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
Also on Neil Young’s Are you Passionate
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
Little Feat on Paris 1919
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
That was already mentioned upthread
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
There's an Arthur Lee live album with Shack as the backing band.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
^^
Sandie Shaw did a 12" of three Smiths covers, backed by the Smiths in 1984
Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced Nothing Has Been Proved as a theme song for the 1989 Whalley / Hurt Profumo affair biopic Scandal; sung by & credited to Dusty.
(If we're going to count that, there's also them backing and producing Boy George on the cover of The Crying Game that was the theme to the 1993 Neil Jordan film. But if we're going to count that, then there's also the Carroll Thompson cover of Let The Music Play on the same soundtrack album (which PSB released on their own imprint). And if we're counting that, then the three versions of the Cicero song they produced on the album lead to the other singles and half an album that they produced for Cicero, their singles with Eighth Wonder and Sam Taylor-Wood and Robbie Williams and Absolutely Fabulous and cetera & cetera...)
The Liza album is this one.
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
ah Sandie Shaw is a good one !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 09:27 (five years ago) link
The Monochrome Set on The Camera Loves Me (1988) by Would-Be-Goods.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
The Gourds on Get A Life by Doug Sahm/Sir Douglas Quintet.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
on the new strand of oaks album, lead singer Tim Showalter is backed by My Morning Jacket (minus Jim James)
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
I think a couple of PAVEMENT guys were on the first Silver Jews.
Jim O'Rourke and Sonic Youth.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, June 5, 2019 7:56 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Malk & Nasty were in the Joos before both were in Pavement
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Wednesday, June 5, 2019 8:09 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
related, apparently the band Woods is the backing band for the new David Berman band Purple Mountains
― na (NA), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
Mae Moore & Margot Smith (RIP) each had albums produced by Steve Kilbey - so most/all of The Church show up.The Smithereens have been Dave Davies’ backing band every so often.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
Curve were part of Eurythmics’ touring band (it was how Toni & Dean Met)Jason poached Julian Cope’s band for a Spiritualized line up.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
Jason had already poached half his previous lineup from a previous Cope band too!
Curve were part of Eurythmics’ touring band (it was how Toni & Dean Met)
Garcia was a studio "member" of Eurythmics too, but I'm pretty sure Halliday didn't sing with them - they did meet through Dave Stewart though, and formed their first band in 1985 (also including the Eurythmics' long-time drummer Olle Romo), who flopped, split, and formed Curve a few years later after Halliday had another solo flop on Stewart's label. Eurythmics no longer existed by then, incidentally.
but! Feargal Sharkey's debut solo (the one with A Good Heart and You Little Thief as b2b openers) was produced by Stewart with himself on guitar and BVs, Garcia on bass, Romo on drums and a keyboard player who went on to be on various Eurythmics (after Garcia left) and DAS records in the following years. so not an actual lineup of Eurythmics that existed at any time, but close enough to note.
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link
(Future hubby) Alan Moulder and Flood are all over the first Toni album, too, which further helps tie the story together.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
Gawd... I forgot about that State Of Play album. Thanks for the details.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 04:32 (five years ago) link
The Smithereens have been Dave Davies’ backing band every so often.
On occasion in the 80s, the Smithereens acted as the Beau Brummels, backing Sal Valentino and Ron Elliott.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2019 02:44 (five years ago) link
The first Rainbow album was basically Elf w/Ritchie Blackmore.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
R.E.M. sans Stipe throughout Zevon's "Sentimental Hygiene." Dylan and Neil Young on that record for a sec, too. Guess this was what gave us Hindu Love Gods.
― ellaguru, Saturday, 24 August 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
Yup. Hindu Love Gods was stuff recorded during level checks and downtime during the SH sessions.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
I guess in jazz it's more fungible but Norman Connors' 'Dance of Magic' is essentially all of Pharoah Sanders' band at the time minus Pharaoh but including most of the Headhunters
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 24 August 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are the backing band for most of Carlos Santana's Havana Moon.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2019 23:28 (five years ago) link
Just picked up Legacy's old Major Lance 2-discer, and it never before dawned on me that his first few years on OKeh he was doing secret Impressions recordings, with the group providing backing vocals, many of the same session players providing instrumental backing, and Curtis Mayfield writing, playing guitar, and sometimes producing.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 May 2024 21:37 (four months ago) link
Alice Cooper used Lou Reed’s Rock’n’Roll Animal band on Welcome to My Nightmare
― bbq, Friday, 3 May 2024 22:05 (four months ago) link
Most or all of Pere Ubu (Thomas-Herman-Krauss-Ravenstine-Maimone) were in The Red Crayola for 1979's Soldier-Talk.
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Friday, 3 May 2024 22:20 (four months ago) link
(To the extent that both Grubbs and O'Rourke appeared on later Red Krayola releases, I guess you could say that Gastr del Sol was similarly "absorbed"; but it doesn't quite seem like the same thing, as lots of others played on those albums as well.)
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Friday, 3 May 2024 22:23 (four months ago) link
Oh shit, I missed expanding a batch of posts in the middle of the thread... I already said the Soldier-Talk thing! Sorry 'bout that
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Friday, 3 May 2024 22:26 (four months ago) link
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks absorbed each other for the FFS album
― Mark G, Friday, 3 May 2024 22:37 (four months ago) link
shoutout/xpost grisso-mj's is the definitive "gypsy woman" imo. all that stuff is great! curtis' behind the board stuff is just as solid as his own records.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:48 (four months ago) link
*mj=ml=major lance
sry got excited. major lance mention, not an every day thing, y'know.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:50 (four months ago) link
Curtis did it a lot. He wrote and his band did Aretha Franklin - Spakle, The Staple Singers - Let’s Do it Again, and Gladys Knight and the Pips - Claudine.
― bbq, Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:15 (four months ago) link
Nikki Sudden & the Chamber Strings
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:20 (four months ago) link
Spiritualized back-up Dr. John on a couple of tracks on his Anutha Zone album from 1998
Kraftwerk + Manuel Göttsching on that Die Dominas 10"
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 May 2024 06:55 (four months ago) link