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The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham who in the late 1960s and early 1970s had a cult following but never enjoyed mass commercial success. In addition to being the springboard for Jeff Lynne , the band holds a place of significance in British Midlands' pop-rock history as a link between the Move , Electric Light ...
- 1959–1972
- Birmingham, England
The remaining original Idle Race member Greg Masters was joined by guitarists Dave Caroll and Bob Wilson from the Birmingham group Tea & Symphony along with drummer Bob Lamb who had also played in the group Locomotive.
30. Jan. 2023 · Featured here is the B-side to 'Impostors Of Life's Magazine'.Original Members:Greg Masters (bass... Formed in 1966, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Disbanded 1972.
17. März 2020 · The Idle Race © Amazon Music. Eighteen year old guitarist Jeff Lynne from Shard End was the successful applicant, and their EMI deal having lapsed, the band found themselves putting Jeff Lynne front and centre as neither rhythm guitarist Dave Pritchard or bassist Greg Masters wanted to be front man and it wasn’t feasible for ...
Zu dieser Zeit ersetzten Gitarrist Roy Wood und Bassist Greg Masters Cope und Johnson. Als der kommerzielle Erfolg weiterhin ausblieb, verließ Wood die Band und gründete 1965 seine eigene Band The Move.
- 1972
- Pop
- 1966
27. Sept. 2017 · In 1967, Idle Race were the first major signing by the new British arm of Liberty Records. Interesting, only their first single (not issued in the UK) and their first album got released in the US on Liberty. (Liberty would later merge with United Artists.)
24. Sept. 2017 · In Febuary 1972, when Greg Masters eventually quit and was replaced by Bob Griffin, then later Trevor Burton, the band finally dropped the name, Idle Race, to become the well respected and long running Steve Gibbons Band.
