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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nSometimes I drift off to this place in my mind where it\u2019s the summer of 1973 and I\u2019m not six years old, but sixteen, and alongside a few hundred other lucky people I\u2019m crammed in to a venue watching three of my favourite UK cult bands from that same era; Hollywood Brats, Heavy Metal Kids and Silverhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That gig of course is the stuff of dreams, pretty much like this soon to be released 6 CD box set from my dream gig headliners Silverhead felt like back in the days when a CD copy of the band\u2019s much sought after \u2018Show Me Everything\u2019 album (which is included here) would have cost you more than this box set does right now on pre-order. See dreams do come true after all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silverhead, for those of you who might not be aware, were a glam tinged hard rock band from the UK fronted by actor turned singer Michael Des Barres, and featuring soon to be Blondie bassist Nigel Harrison along with soon to be Robin Trower drummer Pete Thompson and soon to be Robert Plant guitarist Robbie Blunt, the latter joining the band for their seminal second album \u201916 And Savaged\u2019, a song from which, this box set takes its name. The rest of band being made up of guitarist Rod \u2018Rook\u2019 Davies (who had played with The Riot Squad alongside David Bowie prior to Silverhead) and for the band\u2019s self-titled debut album guitarist Stevie Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Signing to Purple Records in the early 1970s to release said debut album they toured with the likes of their label bosses, Kiss, Nazareth, Uriah Heep and perhaps somewhat bizarrely highlifers Osibisa along the way to what they hoped would be the road to stardom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On paper at least, whilst their touring partners may seem to have been akin to some random lottery pairing, when you get to hear the band and in particular their (Martin Birch produced) self-titled debut record from 1972 it all makes much more sense. So, whilst the likes of album opener \u2018Long Legged Lisa\u2019 and \u2018Sold Me Down A River\u2019 both doff a top hat to Marc Bolan it\u2019s the more bluesy based boogie rock of their second single \u2018Rolling With My Baby\u2019 that the band seemed to become more renowned for producing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n