Budgie | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Budgie_(band).jpg) Budgie in 1974; left to right: Pete Boot, Tony Bourge, Burke Shelley. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Cardiff, Wales |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1967–1988, 1995–1996, 1999–2010 |
| Labels | |
| Past members | Burke Shelley Steve Williams Craig Goldy Tony Bourge Ray Phillips Pete Boot Rob Kendrick John "Big" Thomas Duncan Mackay Jim Simpson Robert "Congo" Jones Andy Hart Simon Lees Huw Lloyd-Langton |
| Website | budgie |
Budgie were a Welsh heavy metal band from Cardiff. The band formed in 1967, and recorded a demo the following year.
In 1971, their first album was blues-oriented hard rock and produced by Rodger Bain, released by MCA. Later records found Budgie gradually moving into a harder and more aggressive sound. The band, usually a classic power trio with the occasional keyboard player, released ten albums, with MCA, A&M, and RCA, between 1971 and 1982, attracting a fair number of fans and achieving modest commercial success.
Budgie were one of the earliest heavy metal bands, and according to Garry Sharpe-Young they were a seminal influence on many acts of that scene,[3] particularly the new wave of British heavy metal, and later acts such as Metallica.[4] The band have been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day".[1]
- ^ a b Crocker 1993, p. 106 "Still recording into the eighties, Budgie was among the heaviest metal of its day."
- ^ a b "Artist-Budgie". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2007), p. 30
- ^ [1] Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine