小简介
1973年成立的英国硬摇滚乐队Bad Company阵容无比豪华：King Crimson前贝斯手Boz Burrell, Mott the Hoople前吉他手 Mick Ralphs, 主唱 Paul Rodgers 和鼓手 Simon Kirke,都是Free的前成员。由于Rodger音乐性十足的嗓音和Ralph以前弹奏布鲁斯的深厚功底，使得Bad Company成为第一支和Led Zeppelin的Swan Song 公司签约的乐队。1974年Bad Company的首张同名专辑造成世界性轰动，傲视美国专辑排行榜，单曲"Can't Get Enough of Your Love"得到第一名。
第二年的《Straight Shooter》同样取得巨大成功，包括单曲"Feel Like Makin' Love"。1976年的《Run With the Pack》是Bad Company的第三张销量超过百万的专辑。1977年《Burnin' Sky》，1979年《Desolation Angels》，这张专辑的音效做了特殊处理。三年的沉寂后，乐队推出《Rough Diamonds》，这是乐队最初阵容的最后LP。
1986年，Ralphs 和 Kirke重振Bad Company威名，前Ted Nugent 主唱 Brian Howe 取代了 Rodgers。重组之后首张专辑《Fame & Fortune》在商业上是个失败，但1988年的《Dangerous Age》取得了小小的轰动。1990年的《Holy Water》成绩更好，单曲"If You Needed Somebody"进入流行金曲前20名。1992年发行的《Here Comes Trouble》成为白金唱片，包含一首排名40的单曲"How About That"。在乐队成立20周年的时候，乐队扩充为五人，加入了贝司手Rick Wills和节奏吉他手Dave Colwell，并发行了现场纪念专辑《The Best of Bad Company Live...What You Hear Is What You Get》。
后来发行量两张LP，95年的《The Company of Strangers》，第二年的《Stories Told and Untold》。1998年，原始乐队成员Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, 和 Burrell重组Bad Company，创作了一些和以往风格相同的新歌，并在第二年发行《The Original Bad Company Anthology》，当年春天进行了一次回归巡演。
Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprised of ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free. Powered by Rodgers muscular vocals and Ralphs blues-based guitar work, Bad Company was the first group signed to Led Zeppelins Swan Song vanity label. Bad Companys eponymous 1974 debut was an international hit, topping the U.S. album charts and scoring with the number one single Cant Get Enough of Your Love.
Straight Shooter, issued the following year, was another major success, notching the hit Feel Like Makin Love, while 1976s Run With the Pack was Bad Companys third consecutive million-selling record. After 1977s Burnin Sky, Bad Company recorded 1979s Desolation Angels, which embellished the groups sound with synthesizers and strings; a three-year hiatus followed before the release of Rough Diamonds, the groups final LP in its original incarnation.
In 1986, Ralphs and Kirke resurrected the Bad Company name, enlisting former Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe to replace Rodgers. The reconfigured units debut, Fame & Fortune, was a commercial failure, but 1988s Dangerous Age became a minor hit. Released in 1990, Holy Water fared even better, as the power ballad If You Needed Somebody became a Top 20 success. Here Comes Trouble, issued in 1992, achieved platinum status, and earned another Top 40 hit with How About That. On their 20th anniversary, Bad Company expanded into a quintet with the addition of bassist Rick Wills and rhythm guitarist Dave Colwell, and released the live retrospective The Best of Bad Company Live...What You Hear Is What You Get.
Two more LPs — 1995s The Company of Strangers and the next years Stories Told and Untold — followed, and in 1998 the original lineup of Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, and Burrell reunited to record a handful of new tracks that surfaced alongside past material early the following year on The Original Bad Company Anthology. A reunion tour followed that spring.
1973年成立的英国硬摇滚乐队Bad Company阵容无比豪华：King Crimson前贝斯手Boz Burrell, Mott the Hoople前吉他手 Mick Ralphs, 主唱 Paul Rodgers 和鼓手 Simon Kirke,都是Free的前成员。由于Rodger音乐性十足的嗓音和Ralph以前弹奏布鲁斯的深厚功底，使得Bad Company成为第一支和Led Zeppelin的Swan Song 公司签约的乐队。1974年Bad Company的首张同名专辑造成世界性轰动，傲视美国专辑排行榜，单曲"Can't Get Enough of Your Love"得到第一名。
第二年的《Straight Shooter》同样取得巨大成功，包括单曲"Feel Like Makin' Love"。1976年的《Run With the Pack》是Bad Company的第三张销量超过百万的专辑。1977年《Burnin' Sky》，1979年《Desolation Angels》，这张专辑的音效做了特殊处理。三年的沉寂后，乐队推出《Rough Diamonds》，这是乐队最初阵容的最后LP。
1986年，Ralphs 和 Kirke重振Bad Company威名，前Ted Nugent 主唱 Brian Howe 取代了 Rodgers。重组之后首张专辑《Fame & Fortune》在商业上是个失败，但1988年的《Dangerous Age》取得了小小的轰动。1990年的《Holy Water》成绩更好，单曲"If You Needed Somebody"进入流行金曲前20名。1992年发行的《Here Comes Trouble》成为白金唱片，包含一首排名40的单曲"How About That"。在乐队成立20周年的时候，乐队扩充为五人，加入了贝司手Rick Wills和节奏吉他手Dave Colwell，并发行了现场纪念专辑《The Best of Bad Company Live...What You Hear Is What You Get》。
后来发行量两张LP，95年的《The Company of Strangers》，第二年的《Stories Told and Untold》。1998年，原始乐队成员Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, 和 Burrell重组Bad Company，创作了一些和以往风格相同的新歌，并在第二年发行《The Original Bad Company Anthology》，当年春天进行了一次回归巡演。
Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprised of ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free. Powered by Rodgers muscular vocals and Ralphs blues-based guitar work, Bad Company was the first group signed to Led Zeppelins Swan Song vanity label. Bad Companys eponymous 1974 debut was an international hit, topping the U.S. album charts and scoring with the number one single Cant Get Enough of Your Love.
Straight Shooter, issued the following year, was another major success, notching the hit Feel Like Makin Love, while 1976s Run With the Pack was Bad Companys third consecutive million-selling record. After 1977s Burnin Sky, Bad Company recorded 1979s Desolation Angels, which embellished the groups sound with synthesizers and strings; a three-year hiatus followed before the release of Rough Diamonds, the groups final LP in its original incarnation.
In 1986, Ralphs and Kirke resurrected the Bad Company name, enlisting former Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe to replace Rodgers. The reconfigured units debut, Fame & Fortune, was a commercial failure, but 1988s Dangerous Age became a minor hit. Released in 1990, Holy Water fared even better, as the power ballad If You Needed Somebody became a Top 20 success. Here Comes Trouble, issued in 1992, achieved platinum status, and earned another Top 40 hit with How About That. On their 20th anniversary, Bad Company expanded into a quintet with the addition of bassist Rick Wills and rhythm guitarist Dave Colwell, and released the live retrospective The Best of Bad Company Live...What You Hear Is What You Get.
Two more LPs — 1995s The Company of Strangers and the next years Stories Told and Untold — followed, and in 1998 the original lineup of Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, and Burrell reunited to record a handful of new tracks that surfaced alongside past material early the following year on The Original Bad Company Anthology. A reunion tour followed that spring.
