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51: 672:. The album spun off the singles: "If You Needed Somebody" (#16), the title track "Holy Water" (#89) and "Walk Through Fire" (#28). "Holy Water" also hit No. 1 for 2 weeks on the AOR charts with "If You Needed Somebody" reaching No. 2. The album received significant radio airplay (five songs made the AOR charts in all) and spawned several video hits. Felix Krish played bass on the CD while Paul Cullen was recruited for live shows. 938:) and bassist Lynn Sorenson. According to Paul Rodgers, they did this gig to "protect the legacy they have built and cement the rights to the trademark Bad Company for touring." The live performance was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and CD on 9 February 2010 and the tracks include 17 Bad Company hits. Rodgers dedicated "Gone, Gone, Gone" to original bassist Boz Burrell, who died in 2006. 526:, Bad Company disbanded. Mick Ralphs said, "Paul wanted a break and truthfully we all needed to stop. Bad Company had become bigger than us all and to continue would have destroyed someone or something. From a business standpoint, it was the wrong thing to do, but Paul's instinct was absolutely right". 803:
In November 1998, Rodgers and Kirke were discussing the release of an extensive compilation album with a biography and picture. Rodgers decided the album should include four new songs. He finally reunited with the other three original members in the studio to record these four new tracks. The reunion
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in August 1982. This would be the sixth and final LP in the group's original incarnation until four new songs were recorded in 1998. The album was the worst-selling Bad Company album of those featuring Paul Rodgers as the front man. The album peaked at No. 15 in the UK and No. 26 in the US.
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in Los Angeles. The shows drew well, but after that, Ralphs announced he was retiring from live performing, and Burrell left again as well bringing the reunion to an end. The Greek Theater concert turned out to be the last show of the original four members. In 2014 on Bad Company's 40th Anniversary
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and Brian Howe. Hart performed with Bad Company, including in the USA and Canada. In July 1994 a contract was drawn up by Alliance Artists and Legend Management and signed by the then Bad Company line-up, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke, Hart, Dave Colwell and Rick Wills giving Hart the right to perform,
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Howe left the band in 1994. Regarding his departure from the band, Howe stated: "Leaving Bad Company was not a difficult decision. It had got to the point where nobody was contributing anything to songwriting and quite frankly, the band was getting very very sloppy live. I quite simply, along with
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was laden with keyboards, unlike previous Bad Company albums, but was only modestly successful. The single "This Love" managed to reach No. 85 on the Singles charts but was not the success the band hoped for. In 1987 Dechert was dropped from the line-up as the group decided not to play up the
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Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke (again joined by Leese and Sorenson) performed together again during the summer of 2009, playing 10 shows throughout the United States. The band then played shows in the UK during April 2010 before embarking on tours through North America and Japan that
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in other countries. (Island Records had until that time been the UK home to both Free and King Crimson, as well as to Mott the Hoople for their first four albums; Atlantic, in turn, released King Crimson's and Mott's early albums in the US through a licensing agreement with Island).
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For their 1996 tour, the Bad Company line-up was: Kirke, Hart, Rick Wills, and Dave "Bucket" Colwell. Ralphs sat out this tour due to health issues, which he had also done frequently during the Brian Howe era.
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for The Macmillan Cancer Trust. Performing as Rock and Roll Fantasy, they offered a show of Bad Company songs for an audience of a few hundred. They were joined by Mick Ralphs. Chris Grainger was the drummer.
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that the idea came from a book of Victorian morals that showed a picture of an innocent child looking up at an unsavoury character leaning against a lamp post. The caption read "beware of bad company".
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Despite being famous for their live shows packing the largest stadiums for almost a decade, Bad Company did not release an official live album of performances from this period until they recorded
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was released that reviewed Bad Company on stage, on film, and on record. It also interviews Simon Kirke and had some live recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. This was an unauthorised release.
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DVD documentary, Kirke elaborates further on the end of the 1999 reunion, stating that he and Rodgers did not wish to continue on since he and Rodgers were sober and the other two were not.
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was short-lived, but it produced a Top 20 AOR hit with "Hey Hey" (No. 15). The second new song "Hammer of Love" peaked at No. 23. The new tracks appeared on the compilation album,
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of Bad Company's live performances from this period were also available, including "Boblingen Live" (1974), "Live in Japan" (1975) and "Shooting Star Live at the L.A. Forum" (1975).
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lasted from July to October. Mick Ralphs was forced to pull out of the Japan dates, as he was undergoing hip replacement surgery. Leese handled lead guitar for the Japanese tour.
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album, even though he didn't play on it. But just before the supporting tour, he left once again (Steve Price then returned) to play with a jazz outfit called The Tam White Band.
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announced a joint 40th Anniversary Tour commemorating the 40th anniversary of Skynyrd's first album release and Bad Company's formation. On 10 June 2013,Bad Company appeared on
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was released, compiled from recordings made by Mick Ralphs, who regularly taped the group's shows during the Rodgers era and used the tapes to critique the band's performances.
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also embellished the group's sound with synthesisers and strings. It had two charting singles: "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" at No. 13 and "Gone Gone Gone" at No. 56.
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In June 2012, Todd Ronning, from Rodgers' solo band, took over bass, playing alongside second guitarist Howard Leese, who was celebrating his fourth year with the band.
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as the opening act, the reunited original foursome went out in the spring and summer of 1999 for a 32-date reunion tour in the US, which began on 15 May 1999 at
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tour, the band was augmented by Larry Oakes (keyboards, guitar), who had also played with Foreigner. Price and Oakes both left at the conclusion of the tour.
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era. The album was released in November 1993 and featured live versions of hits from both the Paul Rodgers era and the Brian Howe era. In 2006, the album
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In 2008, "Mick Ralphs' Bad Company" toured in the following formation: Robert Hart, Mick Ralphs, Dave "Bucket" Colwell, Jaz Lochrie, Gary "Harry" James.
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died on 25 September 1980. In the words of Simon Kirke, "Peter was definitely the glue which held us all together and in his absence we came apart".
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and producer Thomas guested on rhythm guitar and keyboards. Ralphs returned later on during the tour (in April 1991) and Whitehorn went on to join
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as special guests. Dave Colwell and Rick Wills took over for the departed Ralphs and Burrell. The tour did decent business then moved to the UK.
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tour, although he did perform on the album. Beginning in June 1990, Ralphs was replaced on the road and in the videos by ex-Crawler guitarist
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was approached by Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke and asked if he would like to join them as the third lead vocalist for Bad Company, following
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In March 2012, it was announced that Bad Company would be performing a short run of European festival dates beginning 9 June at the
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Bad Company's 2019 tour dates look to be their final ones as a band since Kirke stated in an interview on 30 November 2023 on the
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and featured 10 selections, peaking at No. 84 on the chart. This became the first Bad Company album to chart in 12 years.
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tour. The album, released in November 1993, featured live versions of hits from both the Rodgers and Howe eras of the band.
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tour in 2002 once again featured Kirke and Rodgers as the only original members left. Colwell again took lead guitar and
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Paul Rodgers again rejoined Kirke in 2001 for a tour that kicked off in the US and included co-headlining dates with
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By the end of the 1970s, however, the band grew increasingly disenchanted with playing large stadiums. In addition,
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Terry Thomas, got tired of doing all the work and then getting nothing but resentment for it from Mick and Simon."
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On 2 July 2008, it was announced that the original remaining line-up of Bad Company would do a one-off gig at the
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In 2017, Bad Company resumed touring with Rodgers, Kirke, Todd Ronning on bass and Howard Leese on lead guitar.
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The band secured some dates on the West Coast of the US in January 2002 to record a new live album and DVD,
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and Colwell, a protΓ©gΓ© of Ralphs, was now a full-time member. The band toured with several acts, including
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In 1985, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, having just worked together the previous year on Ralphs' solo album
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fared the poorest of their first four records, reaching No. 15 in the US and No. 17 in the UK.
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fame. After the 2002 tour, Bad Company went inactive once again as Rodgers returned to his solo career.
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that "Bad Company's days are pretty much over", citing Rodgers' recent health problems as a factor.
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would be standing in for him. In June 2016, the group announced a UK arena tour with special guests
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On 6 May 2007, Robert Hart, Dave "Bucket" Colwell and Jaz Lochrie performed in a small pub in
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Bad Company biography by Jason Ankeny, discography and album reviews, credits & releases
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In 2006, a limited edition CD of 24 carat gold was released of the first Bad Company album (
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in Hollywood, Florida on 8 August 2008. For this show, the surviving three were joined by
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was issued, taken from the band's UK tour in 2010. The CD debuted at No. 139 on the
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Boz Burrell died of a heart attack on 21 September 2006, aged 60, at his home in Spain.
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Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the
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Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums,
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fared better than its predecessor, spawning several MTV videos and the AOR hits "
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lost interest in the group and management in general after Led Zeppelin drummer
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in December 1991, with whom he played up till their 2022 dissolution after
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would later acquire the non-North American rights to the band's catalogue.
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Contrary to speculation that singer Paul Rodgers named the band after the
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In 1995, a self-produced Bad Company album was released with Hart,
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keyboards in their sound as much. They toured that year supporting
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Left to right: Boz Burrell, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs
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Bad Company once again teamed with Lynyrd Skynyrd for Skynyrd's
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A three-year hiatus from the studio ended with the release of
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as the second guitarist. Their subsequent tour, supported by
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What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company Live
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Return of Paul Rodgers, touring and inactivity (1998–2008)
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Former lead singer Brian Howe died 6 May 2020, aged 66.
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that remastered the songs for the best possible sound.
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What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company
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was the band's first album on the Atlantic subsidiary
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What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company
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Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy: The Very Best of Bad Company
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Index

Bad Company (band)
Bad Company (disambiguation)
The original Bad Company line-up in 1976. Left to right: Boz Burrell, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs
London
Hard rock
blues rock
Island
Swan Song
Atlantic
Atco
The Firm
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Free
King Crimson
Mott the Hoople
List of Bad Company band members
badcompany.com
rock
supergroup
London
Paul Rodgers
Simon Kirke
Free
Mick Ralphs
Mott the Hoople
Boz Burrell
King Crimson
Peter Grant
Led Zeppelin
Bad Company

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