I literally just discovered SAHB 2 weeks ago and this band has dramatically changed my life as a music lover! I am not a musician, can barely carry a tune but I know what my ears love and this band just makes me smile!🎉
Saw them for the first time in may 1975 playing support to Yes...!! They stole the show...recirded their performance on c45 tape cassettes...long story short... i listened so often to that recording i knew every tweak and quirk...i left the cassette at some party i was at in 1981...next time i heard it was 8 years ago when i contacted a sahb fan on the web..recognised my own recording cos i knew it so well...!! If you want a listen, ill send on...
It's crazy that 50 years on, the rest of the world (counting myself) is finally catching up to how freaking original and freaking creative these Scots were! That they were doing cabaret, theater, country, blues, choreography and cover songs with Glaswegian vocals! Bloody brilliant!
I saw the band when they were "Tear Gas " before they joined forces with Alex. They used to play at Buckhaven Miners Welfare on the occasional Sunday. I was an apprentice at the time and am now a young 72. Happy memories never got to see SAHB as I was married and had a mortgage so going to concerts was frowned upon for a few years.
First saw them in 1973 in Edinburgh as the support for Slade. Went in a Slade fan came out a SAHB fan. I still am and saw them many times. Shook Alex's hand.
They really were sensational. My mum says seeing them play "Faith Healer" for the first time, at Reading festival in 1973, was magical. How annoying are these middle class English music critics though?
A bit of recognition for one the greatest bands of the seventies. Next, The Impossible Dream and Tomorrow Belongs To Me are all classics. Alex Harvey is a legend. I'm still playing their music to this day. Thanks for the documentary. Vambo Rools!
indeed - crazy connection but i think they would be Kubrick's favorite band as well - never saw them live, sadly they didn't get the world wide tour promotion they deserved - but a couple of friends who did thought it hilarious that a band could sing about std's and have the girls laughing and cheering along
My first gig in the mid 70’s at Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire with The Pat Travers Band as support. The music and spectacle of watching SAHB and the rapport with the crowd was brilliant. The concert was loud raw and at times made your hair stand on end. There are bands l wished l had seen during my teens and twenties but l was so glad to have seen SARB at their best.
This is one of the most perceptive accurate and affectionate rock docs I've ever seen. Anyone who saw them will appreciate how absolutely fantastic they were. Framed with a stick on Hitler moustache! This show reveals how conscious they were of what they were doing, great musicians. The Next album is a must have and I adore the 2 following LPs. Thanks for posting (& for making) this. Vambo Rules. OK! (& give my compliments...to the band!)
Saw them in Southend and saw a stage show, not just people playing their instruments. I could name every track, but if you saw them, you will understand. Knocked me out and l bought all the albums across the years and play them constantly. Loved them then and love them today
The song I could never get out of my head was next. From start to finish, it was different from all the rest. Every time I here SAHB mentioned I instantly think of next and play it instantly in my head. It lives up there, rent free.
R.i.p. Malcom Dome. He had such musical knowledge. I learned a lot from him watching these Documentaries. As a fellow Scot, TSAHB was ahead of their time and i feel proud! Good Stuff👍🏴
what a fantastic video ! As a glam rocking teenager I saw the Delilah on TOTP, doubt if I would have heard of them otherwise. When I started buying albums they were one of the few bands I knew and ended up buying six which was half my collection. So interesting hearing from all the band, loved the video, brilliant.
Saw them at Reading festival …. can’t remember if ‘73 or ‘74 . Left a deep impression on me and been playing their music ever since . Rarely a week goes by without Faith Healer very loud in the car. Brilliant documentary many thanks to everyone involved.
Great documentary, brought back some great memories. I saw them live at the old Coventry theatre they where brilliant. There live album is fantastic, shows what great musicians they where.
One of the great world injustices is that SAHB isn't universally recognized as among THE great rock bands. This doc is an overdue gift; a deserving tribute to the genius of one man, and how his vision led four great talents to the apex of their art. Raw, funny, poignant, and always original. Jesus, I love this band.
Just stumbled across this documentary...exceptionally interesting!! What a totally unique band from my youth. I'll never forget Alex swaggering around the stage with a replica double barrelled shotgun with a high powered spotlight in the end of each barrell shining them into the audience....what a showman...the likes of whick we will never see again!!
First saw Tear Gas when they played my school Xmas dance (St. Pius in Drumchapel). First saw SAHB a couple of months later in Clouds Disco above the Apollo. Loved them then, still love them.
Came home from Vietnam and a buddy had "Next" playing when I walked into his place. WHAT!? What IS this?! Well, I listened to the whole thing, then went out and bought a copy...and memorized it. Un-fucking-real jumping from one style to another, and him sitting there in the vignette photo, looking just as strange as what I was hearing. Life changed in a great way! Vambo Rools!
Thanks for this - really enjoyed it. Saw SAHB a couple of times in the mid 70s, and they were always worth the admission fee. Roll on to July 1993, and I'm home on holiday from working abroad. I'd got myself a ticket for the Tarlair Music Festival at Macduff on the strength of Jethro Tull and Fish topping the bill and didn't really look down the bill. I got the very pleasant surprise of the Sensational Party Boys - after some initial dissonance - breaking into 'Faith Healer'. "Great," I thought, " nice to hear a SAHB cover." Looking more closely at the stage, I realised that it was basically SAHB themselves, sadly of course, without Alex. A real bonus to what was a great day, and a great setting for Tull's music. One of the best gigs I've been to.
I went to see Jethro Tull on thie 1975 War Child tour. They had this band opening for them. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. So, when they came on. They grabbed my attention BIG TIME. They started with the Faith Healer. And they just totally blew me away. And just a few days later. I went to the record store( remember those). And i saw The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live album. I scooped it up. And went home and played. It eas pretty must the same show I saw. POWERFUL STUFF.And, as they say the rest his history. I've collected every SHAB album , CD I can get my hands on. Plenty of good live Bootlegs out there. And one of my favorite songs by the SHAB is Sergeant Fury. Threading part just rocks with the girls doing the back up vocals. All Hail, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 💪❤️💪
Good pick … Sgt Fury love that dry hard recording , very punchy Man In The Jar , Weights Made of Lead many great songs Whalers , Mafia , Soldier , Nervous , Shakin’ , Wake Up , Rock Drill , Beastie , Love Story on and on and on , just touching the latter yrs obviously Much Love - Half a century of mesmerizing magic and joy indeed One of The Best 100%
Fantastic band, Alex was one of the greatest front men of all time. As a fellow Glaswegian I was as proud as anyone to see a Scottish band at the top. They certainly put on a show, and never disappointed. He was ever so slightly mad which was his biggest asset. A complete original ❤❤
I first saw them at the Kings Hall in Derby 1974 and was totally blown away. They opened with The Faith Healer and wow, I’d never heard or seen anything like it. I was an instant fan that night and ever since.
I saw them at Celtic Park in Glasgow when they were second bill to The Who in (I think) 1976. By the time The Who came on stage, I was halfway down London Road on my way home. NOTHING could follow SAHB on stage.
i'm here 'cos of Killing Joke! Had heard of but not heard SAHB and was recently reading an article where Jaz was talking about 'The Faith Healer' and what a big influence it was on KJ. Gave it a listen and as soon as I heard the intro I thought "It's the intro to 'Butcher' by KJ!" Magnificent song. Had the 'Next' album on today and its great.
@@paulsullivan6984 Fortunate to have been introduced to SAHB by Geordie, who recommended them when I spoke to him after a KJ show in Manchester in 2003!
Saw them a few times and, the shows were always brilliant. Alex was a superb frontman and the band were awesome. Someone needs to make a film of Alex's life and get SAHB out to the masses.
Greetings from Glasgow in Scotland. Saw SAHB 2 nights in a row at the Glasgow Apollo ( they did 3 nights ) & they were indeed sensational. This was the tour you hear on their live album. I've got everything they released, except for Alex's solo album The Mafia Stole My Guitar. I clearly remember seeing in various parts of Glasgow VAMBO RULES spray painted on walls, sometimes with RULES spelled ROOLS. Great days, SENSATIONAL band. By the way, back then, mid 70s, Frank Zappa also known for originality in concert said, " There's only two bands in the world worth seeing live , The Mothers Of Invention and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band." High praise indeed. Richly deserved.
I'm just a simple rock head from the Phils. , first heard SahB on a BBC concert shown on tv during my adolescent years back in the 70's , Alex & the band have a hypnotic effect on me with their different unconventional sound . I like him more than a fan can ever explain , if ever I'm lucky enough to have met him , I might have followed him to the world's end to savor the mystery just like the plot of the pirates of Caribbean saga .. Thanx Alex for the music , I'm one of those girls & boys who have discovered your magic !
Correction - the song playing at 21:42 is NOT Tomahawk Kid, it's The Last of the Teenage Idols from the album Next. Tomahawk Kid was on the album The Impossible Dream, the album after Next.
Excellent documentary at last, been a fan since first seeing them on the whistle test, saw them many times, got stuck in London after one of the Xmas shows, missed the last train on Christmas eve well worth it, no way I was leaving early, thanks for this
A true testament to the power grace and fire of TSAHB in all their glory loud blazing and heartfelt a moment and magical time now crystallized in our hearts forevermore
Pure mental! When you watched Alex in concert, part of you thought, "This guy's a psycho!" Another part of you thought, "I fear for this guy - he's not long for this world." Another part of you thought, "I want to be in HIS gang!" One way or another, he was absolutely mesmerising and you couldn't take your eyes off him. He was probably the most charismatic presence I've ever seen in a concert. Definitely a one-off. Totally unique and irreplaceable.
give my compliments......is timeless......sitting listening after 50(?) years and it's still as clever.....sexy....rocking....and evocative as it was in my teens....just plain magic.
Interesting documentary, sadly hampered by the lack of crystal clear footage of SAHB. One point of contention for me was the way the doc dealt with Alex leaving the band and his subsequent health problems. Whilst on-stage Alex took a tumble and injured his back, and it never healed properly. He became a victim of pain killers and alcohol, which is likely what caused his heart attack.
There sound was awesome and the music was awesome and the band were amazing!!!! I have a playlist of SAHB and listen to it often, great documentary!!!!!!
One of those bands who put some genuine effort in to entertain their audience and after watching this clearly had an even bigger range than I had realised. Hugh was particularly exceptional and gave the biggest contribution to the musical side of the atmosphere. I always find it a bit of a shame that such talent gets its biggest hit with a cover song but that is a reflection of the biz more than the bands. Oh and there was another heavy Scottish band around at the same time: Nazareth (still active btw). I still love them both. One of the better documentaries out there also.
Saw Alex Harvey at Charlton Football Ground in May 1976, as a 70's rocker in my uni band. What I liked - and still like in music - was the slightly unhinged creativity and theatrical stage presence. SAHB did alot for rougher delivery, telling stories in rock music when most of the top bands were smoothing the whole experience. Thank you Alex.
Yes I saw them at Celtic’s Parkhead football ground with The Who as headliners. They were amazing. Little Feat and especially The Outlaws were good. Had gone there to see SAHB and particularly The Who (with Moon) and both bands were tremendous. Alex had the home crowd in his palm so they pushed The Who all the way. Feel privileged to have been there. Vambo Rools.
Watched them in 1974 Notts uni absolutely brilliant, funny thing sat with him chatting away and did not realise with his slick back black hair and glasses on love them still got all the Albums Rip ❤
What a great man and true working class Glaswegian Alex was. He grew up in the old Gorbals and life was hard and many poor, whole families living and sleeping in a room with toilet often at the end of the garden.
My sole memory of SAHB in America was the show in Trenton New Jersey. T Rex opened ( true). During the show Marc strolled across the background. Alex caught it and said “ that’s the janitor “.
Biological/physical not tall, but in almost other things to measure = overrunning ! The whole band is a big part in music history and mean much to me !! Thx for this report, r.i.p forever in Peace A.H and my very best to all members still with us !!! xxx ✌️👍🤝👏🎖🥰🤞❤️🔥🎼☮️♾️
Great overview of the band. I think Rock Drill deserved more coverage, it has some awesome tracks on it that didn't get a mention. What an awesome band
1973. Mate at college says he’s got two tickets going spare for this Scots band at Brum Town Hall, ‘You’re half-Scot, you’ll understand what they’re singing!’ I persuaded a Scouse mate to come along, very sceptical indeed. End of Show comes Anthem and on comes full Pipe Band ensemble. Imagine Scouser shouting even over the band and Pipes - ‘What the F*** is going on?’ Smiles as wide as The Mersey. Utterly brilliant experience. Sheer theatrical extravagance. John Kennedy 🐝 wouldn’t take off my girlfriend’s black white hooped jersey for rest of Term!
They were ahead of their time you either got it or you didnt with todays technology they would be mega you had to see them live to appreciate how good they were
I was just becoming a teenager when SAHB came out. They were so wildly original and different with a theatrical quality and no band had ever done what he did. You couldn't take your eyes off him. A great band too who came across better live.
When my hippie older brother moved out of Los Angeles in the late 70's to move to Idaho , he gifted me his record collection . One of then albums were these guys ... none of my friends or I had heard of them .. we were still into the partridge family 😂 .. but when I spun Alex's album , wow,! I thought it was great! I played that thing to death!! If I had to explain them to someone.. I might say , Tom Waits mixed with AC/DC ...
For some reason they came back to Preston Guildhall at least a couple of times giving this displaced Glasgow kid the best gigs of his life. I always thought Tomahawk Kid was inspired by Burroughs' Cities Of The Red Night which I read back in those days. Still my favourite band.
I am as English as they come.. not a celtic bone in my body. Not an iota of celtic heritage... but as a 13 yr old my favorite band were SAHB ,Nazareth and Thin Lizzy... Go figure... brilliant stuff ..still listening today 40 yrs later
Scotland got a real treat in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band..Did Alex ever try A,A,?? treatment was coming of age then?? I know you can lead the horse to water..But you can't make am Drink...Rest in Peace Alex
I can't believe they got through all that discussion of the song Next without once mentioning that it was actually a cover of "Au Suivant" by Jacques Brel. Makes it sound like Alex Harvey came up with the whole thing all by himself.
Must have been edited because I watched some other clip yesterday where they said it was a Jacques Brel song. That said Jaques Brel doesn’t quite have the charisma or stagecraft .
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I literally just discovered SAHB 2 weeks ago and this band has dramatically changed my life
as a music lover! I am not a musician, can barely carry a tune but I know what my ears love and this band just makes me smile!🎉
I am a musician that loves SAHB and if you ever want to talk about them, I am beyond willing to
@@CoolWall01 Thanks, CoolWall. I'm telling my friends and family to check out SAHB.
Saw them for the first time in may 1975 playing support to Yes...!! They stole the show...recirded their performance on c45 tape cassettes...long story short... i listened so often to that recording i knew every tweak and quirk...i left the cassette at some party i was at in 1981...next time i heard it was 8 years ago when i contacted a sahb fan on the web..recognised my own recording cos i knew it so well...!! If you want a listen, ill send on...
@@bobnolan7739 Yes, Sir, Please!
@@bobnolan7739I would gladly pay for any shipping or whatever else you would need to send a copy to me. Please reach out if you see this by replying.
Saw them live at Knebworth 74 ,blew me away and that was Midday!!
Bought every thing i could get my hands on ,helped me through the
70s and more
It's crazy that 50 years on, the rest of the world (counting myself) is finally catching up to how freaking original and freaking creative these Scots were! That they were doing cabaret, theater, country, blues, choreography and cover songs with Glaswegian vocals! Bloody brilliant!
I saw the band when they were "Tear Gas " before they joined forces with Alex. They used to play at Buckhaven Miners Welfare on the occasional Sunday. I was an apprentice at the time and am now a young 72. Happy memories never got to see SAHB as I was married and had a mortgage so going to concerts was frowned upon for a few years.
@@otaku1524 I fully agree
First saw them in 1973 in Edinburgh as the support for Slade. Went in a Slade fan came out a SAHB fan. I still am and saw them many times. Shook Alex's hand.
They really were sensational. My mum says seeing them play "Faith Healer" for the first time, at Reading festival in 1973, was magical. How annoying are these middle class English music critics though?
I’m so jealous I never got to see them sadly I was too young💔😭💔
Same tour I saw them at Earl’s Court and yes I loved them .
My brother saw that tour. I'm so jealous and have never forgiven him....
Wow Alex Harvey Band and Slade, a night of heavy drinking for sure
A bit of recognition for one the greatest bands of the seventies. Next, The Impossible Dream and Tomorrow Belongs To Me are all classics. Alex Harvey is a legend. I'm still playing their music to this day. Thanks for the documentary. Vambo Rools!
indeed - crazy connection but i think they would be Kubrick's favorite band as well - never saw them live, sadly they didn't get the world wide tour promotion they deserved - but a couple of friends who did thought it hilarious that a band could sing about std's and have the girls laughing and cheering along
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My first gig in the mid 70’s at Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire with The Pat Travers Band as support. The music and spectacle of watching SAHB and the rapport with the crowd was brilliant. The concert was loud raw and at times made your hair stand on end. There are bands l wished l had seen during my teens and twenties but l was so glad to have seen SARB at their best.
Brilliant documentary!! Cannot believe it's taken so many years for this to be made, Thank you!!
Our pleasure!
Thank you so much became a fan in the early days sadly not enough footage around
I’m 67, A fellow I knew introduced me to an 8 track of Alex Harvey (Framed) 50 years ago I have been a fan since then,
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This is one of the most perceptive accurate and affectionate rock docs I've ever seen. Anyone who saw them will appreciate how absolutely fantastic they were. Framed with a stick on Hitler moustache! This show reveals how conscious they were of what they were doing, great musicians. The Next album is a must have and I adore the 2 following LPs. Thanks for posting (& for making) this. Vambo Rules. OK! (& give my compliments...to the band!)
Thanks for watching!
Just heard of them and I'm 62 ! I like it ! And I was not frame idda !
First gig I ever went to was SAHB at the Glasgow Apollo….and in my opinion no other Scottish band comes near them….they were truly Sensational!!
Well there was Nazareth !!!! hahaha
What year was that? Was it the Christmas concert? That was unforgettable!
@@gerrycoogan6544 Christmas '75
Alex Harvey was one of the most underrated performers of all time. Imo.
Bloody great band too.
Saw them a few times,the best was the Christmas gig at the Victoria theatre london. Absoloutly brilliant.
I was there that night, they came out of a giant present - my first ever gig and still the best.
i love that band - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band- thank you !
Saw them in Southend and saw a stage show, not just people playing their instruments. I could name every track, but if you saw them, you will understand. Knocked me out and l bought all the albums across the years and play them constantly. Loved them then and love them today
That was a *sensational* documentary.
Absolutely superb!
Wow, thank you!
The song I could never get out of my head was next. From start to finish, it was different from all the rest. Every time I here SAHB mentioned I instantly think of next and play it instantly in my head. It lives up there, rent free.
Faith Healer is mine…
Watching this was so very emotional for me. I was in a band with Ted and Hugh McKenna straight out of school. Both sadly passed away now.
That's amazing! Thanks for sharing, they will be missed.
Really cool, Thomas! Even though it was ages ago, I’m sorry for the loss of your friends. Nice legacy, though. Cheers. 🕊️
R.i.p. Malcom Dome. He had such musical knowledge. I learned a lot from him watching these Documentaries. As a fellow Scot, TSAHB was ahead of their time and i feel proud!
Good Stuff👍🏴
In my top three bands of all times… at number 1. Thanks for posting this, what a treat.
Thanks for watching!
Mesmerising stage performance i can still see them up on stage in my minds eye,50 years after first seeing them.
what a fantastic video ! As a glam rocking teenager I saw the Delilah on TOTP, doubt if I would have heard of them otherwise. When I started buying albums they were one of the few bands I knew and ended up buying six which was half my collection.
So interesting hearing from all the band, loved the video, brilliant.
Their live shows were brilliant - he was a master performer and the band were truly SENSATIONAL!
Reading Festival 1974, Friday headline act. Was so excited to see them and still remember it today.
Best band in the world best frontman in the world, the one and only sensational Alex Harvey band long live, Alex ❤
Saw them at Reading festival …. can’t remember if ‘73 or ‘74 . Left a deep impression on me and been playing their music ever since . Rarely a week goes by without Faith Healer very loud in the car.
Brilliant documentary many thanks to everyone involved.
Thanks for watching!
You too ! Amp on ELEVEN
Great documentary, brought back some great memories. I saw them live at the old Coventry theatre they where brilliant. There live album is fantastic, shows what great musicians they where.
Sadly never got to see them live, but one of my favourite bands of all time.
Zal Cleminson the self-taught guitarist. He' s amazing.
He is indeed.
It was also nice to see his real face on a video!
One of the great world injustices is that SAHB isn't universally recognized as among THE great rock bands. This doc is an overdue gift; a deserving tribute to the genius of one man, and how his vision led four great talents to the apex of their art. Raw, funny, poignant, and always original. Jesus, I love this band.
Thanks so much for this documentary, very much appreciated.
My granny lived next door to .
Alex Harveys mum in Glasgow...
What a lovely family .
God Bless them all. 💙 🙏
Pretty cool
Just stumbled across this documentary...exceptionally interesting!! What a totally unique band from my youth. I'll never forget Alex swaggering around the stage with a replica double barrelled shotgun with a high powered spotlight in the end of each barrell shining them into the audience....what a showman...the likes of whick we will never see again!!
First saw Tear Gas when they played my school Xmas dance (St. Pius in Drumchapel). First saw SAHB a couple of months later in Clouds Disco above the Apollo. Loved them then, still love them.
Came home from Vietnam and a buddy had "Next" playing when I walked into his place. WHAT!? What IS this?! Well, I listened to the whole thing, then went out and bought a copy...and memorized it. Un-fucking-real jumping from one style to another, and him sitting there in the vignette photo, looking just as strange as what I was hearing. Life changed in a great way! Vambo Rools!
Great post!
Those who knew, knew.
SAHB was something exceptional.
Thanks for this - really enjoyed it. Saw SAHB a couple of times in the mid 70s, and they were always worth the admission fee. Roll on to July 1993, and I'm home on holiday from working abroad. I'd got myself a ticket for the Tarlair Music Festival at Macduff on the strength of Jethro Tull and Fish topping the bill and didn't really look down the bill. I got the very pleasant surprise of the Sensational Party Boys - after some initial dissonance - breaking into 'Faith Healer'. "Great," I thought, " nice to hear a SAHB cover." Looking more closely at the stage, I realised that it was basically SAHB themselves, sadly of course, without Alex. A real bonus to what was a great day, and a great setting for Tull's music. One of the best gigs I've been to.
I loved this band. I have one of their albums in my bin that is stored upstairs somewhere. Totally forgot about them.
I went to see Jethro Tull on thie 1975 War Child tour. They had this band opening for them. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. So, when they came on. They grabbed my attention BIG TIME. They started with the Faith Healer. And they just totally blew me away. And just a few days later. I went to the record store( remember those). And i saw The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live album. I scooped it up. And went home and played. It eas pretty must the same show I saw. POWERFUL STUFF.And, as they say the rest his history. I've collected every SHAB album , CD I can get my hands on. Plenty of good live Bootlegs out there. And one of my favorite songs by the SHAB is Sergeant Fury. Threading part just rocks with the girls doing the back up vocals. All Hail, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 💪❤️💪
Good pick … Sgt Fury love that dry hard recording , very punchy
Man In The Jar , Weights Made of Lead many great songs
Whalers , Mafia , Soldier , Nervous , Shakin’ , Wake Up , Rock Drill , Beastie , Love Story on and on and on , just touching the latter yrs obviously
Much Love - Half a century of mesmerizing magic and joy indeed
One of The Best 100%
Thank you UA-cam for putting SAHB in my feed. These guys are amazing. I've spent the last few days listening and learning all I can about this band.
Our pleasure!
Fantastic band, Alex was one of the greatest front men of all time. As a fellow Glaswegian I was as proud as anyone to see a Scottish band at the top. They certainly put on a show, and never disappointed. He was ever so slightly mad which was his biggest asset. A complete original ❤❤
I first saw them at the Kings Hall in Derby 1974 and was totally blown away. They opened with The Faith Healer and wow, I’d never heard or seen anything like it. I was an instant fan that night and ever since.
I saw them at Celtic Park in Glasgow when they were second bill to The Who in (I think) 1976.
By the time The Who came on stage, I was halfway down London Road on my way home.
NOTHING could follow SAHB on stage.
Zal Cleminson was a huge influence on Killing Joke: for Jaz's on-stage 'Jester' make-up and guitarist Geordie Walker who's a huge SAHB advocate!
And killing joke has used Faith healer as an intro coming on stage and also booids too.
@@merlin5476 'Framed' would be great intro music too! Using 'Midnight Moses' wouldn't as it would be impossible to follow up to!
Thank you! That fact has been hidden from me for decades
i'm here 'cos of Killing Joke! Had heard of but not heard SAHB and was recently reading an article where Jaz was talking about 'The Faith Healer' and what a big influence it was on KJ. Gave it a listen and as soon as I heard the intro I thought "It's the intro to 'Butcher' by KJ!" Magnificent song. Had the 'Next' album on today and its great.
@@paulsullivan6984 Fortunate to have been introduced to SAHB by Geordie, who recommended them when I spoke to him after a KJ show in Manchester in 2003!
Saw them a few times and, the shows were always brilliant. Alex was a superb frontman and the band were awesome. Someone needs to make a film of Alex's life and get SAHB out to the masses.
Totally Agree! 💯
Great Documentary..... I couldn't stop smiling! What a band!!!!
Greetings from Glasgow in Scotland. Saw SAHB 2 nights in a row at the Glasgow Apollo ( they did 3 nights ) & they were indeed sensational. This was the tour you hear on their live album. I've got everything they released, except for Alex's solo album The Mafia Stole My Guitar. I clearly remember seeing in various parts of Glasgow VAMBO RULES spray painted on walls, sometimes with RULES spelled ROOLS. Great days, SENSATIONAL band. By the way, back then, mid 70s, Frank Zappa also known for originality in concert said, " There's only two bands in the world worth seeing live , The Mothers Of Invention and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band." High praise indeed. Richly deserved.
Wow! I didn't know Zappa had said that but he was definitely right about SAHB!
Done a gig in Newton Stewart and mentioned Alex Harvey could not believe no one had heard of him I saw my arse !
I'm just a simple rock head from the Phils. , first heard SahB on a BBC concert shown on tv during my adolescent years back in the 70's , Alex & the band have a hypnotic effect on me with their different unconventional sound . I like him more than a fan can ever explain , if ever I'm lucky enough to have met him , I might have followed him to the world's end to savor the mystery just like the plot of the pirates of Caribbean saga .. Thanx Alex for the music , I'm one of those girls & boys who have discovered your magic !
Great band, brilliant singer making interesting, clever music. Loved them.
One of my FAVORITE songs of all time was "The Faith Healer" It is simply awesome. I bought the album in '73 after hearing on my FM radio.
Awesome documentary! Loved SAHB. UNDER-RATED. Lucky to see them in DC in mid-70s. Zal a one of a kind guitarist.
Not only a great band, but a performing troupe with style and humor.
Correction - the song playing at 21:42 is NOT Tomahawk Kid, it's The Last of the Teenage Idols from the album Next. Tomahawk Kid was on the album The Impossible Dream, the album after Next.
What a great doco - Many Thanks.
Excellent documentary at last, been a fan since first seeing them on the whistle test, saw them many times, got stuck in London after one of the Xmas shows, missed the last train on Christmas eve well worth it, no way I was leaving early, thanks for this
Very cool!
A true testament to the power grace and fire of TSAHB in all their glory loud blazing and heartfelt a moment and magical time now crystallized in our hearts forevermore
They were mental! Absolutely brilliant! Sadly missed,🏴🥃🎸🤟🏻
Pure mental!
When you watched Alex in concert, part of you thought, "This guy's a psycho!"
Another part of you thought, "I fear for this guy - he's not long for this world."
Another part of you thought, "I want to be in HIS gang!"
One way or another, he was absolutely mesmerising and you couldn't take your eyes off him.
He was probably the most charismatic presence I've ever seen in a concert.
Definitely a one-off. Totally unique and irreplaceable.
give my compliments......is timeless......sitting listening after 50(?) years and it's still as clever.....sexy....rocking....and evocative as it was in my teens....just plain magic.
top vid loved every second, nice one
Thanks!
Interesting documentary, sadly hampered by the lack of crystal clear footage of SAHB. One point of contention for me was the way the doc dealt with Alex leaving the band and his subsequent health problems.
Whilst on-stage Alex took a tumble and injured his back, and it never healed properly. He became a victim of pain killers and alcohol, which is likely what caused his heart attack.
There sound was awesome and the music was awesome and the band were amazing!!!! I have a playlist of SAHB and listen to it often, great documentary!!!!!!
Rock on!
One of those bands who put some genuine effort in to entertain their audience and after watching this clearly had an even bigger range than I had realised. Hugh was particularly exceptional and gave the biggest contribution to the musical side of the atmosphere. I always find it a bit of a shame that such talent gets its biggest hit with a cover song but that is a reflection of the biz more than the bands. Oh and there was another heavy Scottish band around at the same time: Nazareth (still active btw). I still love them both. One of the better documentaries out there also.
Nazareth were another great band. I do remember seeing them live with Zal Cleminson in the line up
Saw Alex Harvey at Charlton Football Ground in May 1976, as a 70's rocker in my uni band. What I liked - and still like in music - was the slightly unhinged creativity and theatrical stage presence. SAHB did alot for rougher delivery, telling stories in rock music when most of the top bands were smoothing the whole experience. Thank you Alex.
Was that "The Who put the boot in tour" ?
Yes I saw them at Celtic’s Parkhead football ground with The Who as headliners. They were amazing. Little Feat and especially The Outlaws were good. Had gone there to see SAHB and particularly The Who (with Moon) and both bands were tremendous. Alex had the home crowd in his palm so they pushed The Who all the way. Feel privileged to have been there. Vambo Rools.
What will it take to unearth SAHB from a million tons of cold lava and give them the well earned place in rock history along side the very best.
I’ve seen zep,purple,sabbath all live and nothing compares to seeing SAHB Live twice in the seventies,brilliant.
Love hearing that … I don’t doubt it at all
Bon Scott, told me, more than once, that Alex Harvey was his idol.
The Best band out of Scotland by some margin.
Watched them in 1974 Notts uni absolutely brilliant, funny thing sat with him chatting away and did not realise with his slick back black hair and glasses on love them still got all the Albums Rip ❤
What a great man and true working class Glaswegian Alex was. He grew up in the old Gorbals and life was hard and many poor, whole families living and sleeping in a room with toilet often at the end of the garden.
My sole memory of SAHB in America was the show in Trenton New Jersey. T Rex opened ( true). During the show Marc strolled across the background. Alex caught it and said “ that’s the janitor “.
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Biological/physical not tall, but in almost other things to measure = overrunning ! The whole band is a big part in music history and mean much to me !! Thx for this report, r.i.p forever in Peace A.H and my very best to all members still with us !!! xxx ✌️👍🤝👏🎖🥰🤞❤️🔥🎼☮️♾️
Great overview of the band. I think Rock Drill deserved more coverage, it has some awesome tracks on it that didn't get a mention. What an awesome band
1973. Mate at college says he’s got two tickets going spare for this Scots band at Brum Town Hall, ‘You’re half-Scot, you’ll understand what they’re singing!’ I persuaded a Scouse mate to come along, very sceptical indeed. End of Show comes Anthem and on comes full Pipe Band ensemble. Imagine Scouser shouting even over the band and Pipes - ‘What the F*** is going on?’ Smiles as wide as The Mersey. Utterly brilliant experience. Sheer theatrical extravagance. John Kennedy 🐝 wouldn’t take off my girlfriend’s black white hooped jersey for rest of Term!
They were ahead of their time you either got it or you didnt with todays technology they would be mega you had to see them live to appreciate how good they were
Sensational live band and we lost Alex way before his time.
tragic
I was just becoming a teenager when SAHB came out. They were so wildly original and different with a theatrical quality and no band had ever done what he did. You couldn't take your eyes off him. A great band too who came across better live.
Alex Harvey was a genius xx
,,,,was a genius?.
Is a genius.
R. I. P Ted and Hugh. 😓
Love this Docco ❤
When my hippie older brother moved out of Los Angeles in the late 70's to move to Idaho , he gifted me his record collection . One of then albums were these guys ... none of my friends or I had heard of them .. we were still into the partridge family 😂 .. but when I spun Alex's album , wow,! I thought it was great! I played that thing to death!!
If I had to explain them to someone.. I might say , Tom Waits mixed with AC/DC ...
Far and Beyond UNIQUE. . . and yeah. . . SENSATIONAL. . .
Alex, we miss you and your fantastic Sensationals....more than ever!
For some reason they came back to Preston Guildhall at least a couple of times giving this displaced Glasgow kid the best gigs of his life. I always thought Tomahawk Kid was inspired by Burroughs' Cities Of The Red Night which I read back in those days. Still my favourite band.
Sounds like a good book I'll read it.
I saw the SAHB open for The Tubes in Chicago in 1975. Both bands were MILES over the head of the audience, which was just puzzled by the whole thing.
So cool!
SAHB and The Tubes in one night!! Now that's a visual and sonic overload....... Both, incredible bands.
😂 Can imagine the befudlement ?😕?
I saw them at the DeMonfort Hall, Leicester in the 1970s. Great gig!
That's awesome!
LEGENDS OF MUSIC
I LOVE the Impossible Dream!
That was excellent thank you😉
I am as English as they come.. not a celtic bone in my body. Not an iota of celtic heritage... but as a 13 yr old my favorite band were SAHB ,Nazareth and Thin Lizzy... Go figure... brilliant stuff ..still listening today 40 yrs later
This is best ive seen on A Harvey ! TY !
Vancouver B.C. and they backed up Jethro Tull and smoked em! What a show! Vambo Rooles
Scotland got a real treat in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band..Did Alex ever try A,A,?? treatment was coming of age then?? I know you can lead the horse to water..But you can't make am Drink...Rest in Peace Alex
Nazareth, SAHB......
Thats all you need for a nice Rock'n'Roll evening
I agree, I like No Mean City with Zal Clamenson, that's my favorite Nazareth's album. Very cool.
Two of my favorite songs of all time Weights made of lead and River of love.
I can't believe they got through all that discussion of the song Next without once mentioning that it was actually a cover of "Au Suivant" by Jacques Brel. Makes it sound like Alex Harvey came up with the whole thing all by himself.
Must have been edited because I watched some other clip yesterday where they said it was a Jacques Brel song. That said Jaques Brel doesn’t quite have the charisma or stagecraft .
Will never forget the image of Alex performing and Swinging from the roof rigging at the Reading Festival in 197?
So cool!
I saw them at the Apollo Glasgow. Nothing could ever match SAHB playing at the Apollo to their home crowd!
So cool!
Part of my growing up. truly Sensational.
The fact that Alex chose a low key funeral & kept his final place a secret tells you all about his inner modesty & true humbleness. RIP Alex.
First saw Teargas in 1968 unforgettable...
I hear John Lydon and Madness are massive fans of Harvey. Don't know much about the band but I will by the end of this.
Thanks
Thank you!