Spooky Tooth 1204820 224080914 2008-07-07T05:54:45Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Spooky Tooth | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. Set the value as a number without "px". --> | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = Art | Origin = [[England]] | Instrument = | Voice_type = | Genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[hard rock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1967-1970<br />1972-74<br />1998<br />2004 | Label = [[Island Records]], [[CBS]] | Associated_acts = [[The V.I.P.'s]] | URL = [http://www.spookytooth.co.uk/ spookytooth.co.uk] | Current_members = [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]]<br>[[Greg Ridley]]<br>[[Luther Grosvenor]]<br>[[Mike Kellie]]<br>[[Gary Wright]]<br>[[Alan Spenner]]<br>[[Henry McCullough]] | Past_members = | Notable_instruments = }} '''Spooky Tooth''' were an [[England|English]] [[progressive rock]] [[band (music)|band]] from the late 1960s. They faded into obscurity afterwards. ==Career== Crucial to their sound was their instrumentation; they were one of the few acts within the rock forum of the time to adopt the twin [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] approach (both an [[organ (music)|organ]] and a [[piano]] player) alongside The Band (whose "[[The Weight]]" was [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] by Spooky Tooth as a [[single (music)|single]] in 1968) and [[Procol Harum]]. They formed in October 1967, out of a combination of The Ramrods (1960 - late 1963), [[The V.I.P.'s]] (late 1963 - April 1967) and [[Art (band)|Art]] (April - October 1967). The [[line-up]] changed several times, but typically was - * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] (born Michael Harrison, [[3 September]] [[1942]], [[Carlisle]], [[Cumbria]]) (keyboards/[[singer|vocals]]) * [[Greg Ridley]] (born Alfred Gregory Ridley, [[23 October]] [[1942]], [[Aspatria]], Cumbria &mdash; died [[19 November]] [[2003]], in [[Java]], [[Spain]]) ([[bass guitar]]/vocals) * [[Luther (Luke) Grosvenor]] (born Luther James Grosvenor, [[23 December]] [[1946]], [[Evesham]], [[Worcestershire]]) ([[guitar]]/vocals) * [[Mike Kellie]], (born Michael Kellie, [[24 March]] [[1945]], [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]]) ([[drum]]s) * [[Gary Wright]], (born [[26 April]] [[1943]], [[Cresskill]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|U.S.]]) (organ/vocals) It was the latter's addition (after one [[album]] - see Discography) that signalled the name change from Art to Spooky Tooth. 1969's ''Spooky Two'' [[Gramophone record|LP]] is generally considered to be the best effort by the group and was the last album release by the original lineup. It included the [[song]] "[[Better By You, Better Than Me]]", which was covered by [[Judas Priest]]. Ridley joined [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] in 1969 and was replaced by Andy Leigh (in time for 1970's album ''Ceremony'') who went on to [[Matthews Southern Comfort]] with ex-[[Fairport Convention]] vocalist [[Ian Matthews]]. The experimental nature of ''Ceremony'' received mixed reviews and following its release Wright also bowed out. The core of Harrison, Grosvenor and Kellie struggled on for one more album, aptly titled ''The Last Puff'', completed with friends from [[Joe Cocker]]'s Grease Band. They broke up in the autumn of 1970, however after solo efforts Harrison and Wright reformed Spooky Tooth in September 1972 with a different (and frequently changing) line-up. The best known member of these line-ups (from March 1973 to September 1974) was [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones ]] (guitar / vocals), later in [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] and, from February - May 1974, [[Mike Patto]] (vocals) replaced Harrison for the 1974 release ''The Mirror''. The group then split again in September 1974. ==Post Spooky== Grosvenor later played with [[Stealers Wheel]] and [[Mott the Hoople]]; while Wright had an enduring hit with the radio-friendly "[[Dream Weaver (song)|Dream Weaver]]". Harrison, Grosvenor, Ridley and Kellie briefly reunited in 1998 for an album (''Cross Purpose'') before Ridley died in November 2003. Harrison, Wright and Kellie reunited in 2004 with two concerts in Germany, resulting in a DVD release, ''Nomad Poets'' (2007). ==Band members== {| class="toccolours" border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="width: 500px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #E2E2E2;" |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1967 - 1969 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Gary Wright]] - organ, vocals * [[Luther (Luke) Grosvenor]] - guitar, vocals * [[Greg Ridley]] - bass, vocals * [[Mike Kellie]] - drums |- |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1969 - 1970 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Gary Wright]] - organ, vocals * [[Luther (Luke) Grosvenor]] - guitar, vocals * [[Andy Leigh]] - bass, vocals * [[Mike Kellie]] - drums |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1970 - 1971 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Chris Stainton]] - organ * [[Luther (Luke) Grosvenor]] - guitar, vocals * [[Henry McCullough]] - guitar * [[Alan Spenner]] - bass * [[Mike Kellie]] - drums |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1973 - 1974 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Gary Wright]] - organ, vocals * [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] - guitar, vocals * [[Chris Stewart]] - bass, vocals * [[Bryson Graham]] - drums |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1974 | * [[Mike Patto]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Gary Wright]] - organ, vocals * [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] - guitar, vocals * [[Val Burke]] - bass, vocals * [[Bryson Graham]] - drums |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>1998 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Luther (Luke) Grosvenor]] - guitar, vocals * [[Greg Ridley]] - bass, vocals * [[Mike Kellie]] - drums |- ! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | <br/>2004 | * [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]] - keyboards, vocals * [[Gary Wright]] - organ, vocals * [[Joey Albrecht]] - guitar, vocals * [[Michael Becker]] - bass, vocals * [[Mike Kellie]] - drums |- |} ==Discography== as '''Art''' (Mike Harrison (voc), Greg Ridley (b), Luther Grosvenor (guitar), Mike Kellie (drums)) *1967 - ''[[Supernatural Fairy Tales]]'' as '''Spooky Tooth''' *1968 - ''[[It's All About]]'' *1969 - ''[[Spooky Two]]'' *1970 - ''[[Ceremony (Spooky Tooth album)|Ceremony]]'' (with [[Pierre Henry]]) *1970 - ''[[The Last Puff]]'' *1971 - ''[[Tobacco Road (Spooky Tooth album)|Tobacco Road]]'' (=''It's All About'') *1973 - ''[[You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw]]'' *1973 - ''[[Witness (Spooky Tooth album)|Witness]]'' *1974 - ''[[The Mirror (Spooky Tooth album)|The Mirror]]'' *1999 - ''[[Cross Purpose]]'' *1999 - ''[[The Best of Spooky Tooth: That Was Only Yesterday]]'' *2000 - ''[[Comic Violence]]'' *2001 - ''[[BBC Sessions (Spooky Tooth album)|BBC Sessions]]'' *2007 - ''[[Nomad Poets]]'' (DVD) ==External links== *http://www.spookytooth.co.uk/ Official Site [[Category:English musical groups]] [[Category:English rock music groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1967]] [[Category:1960s music groups]] [[Category:1970s music groups]] [[cs:Spooky Tooth]] [[da:Spooky Tooth]] [[de:Spooky Tooth]] [[fr:Spooky Tooth]] [[no:Spooky Tooth]] [[ru:Spooky Tooth]] [[sv:Spooky Tooth]] [[uk:Spooky Tooth]]