Artist: Bob Sege Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band Year: 1980
Tracks: 10
Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow Michigan garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the grade of the '70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder's Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American heavy. While he never attained the decisive regard of his present-day Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following various years of missed chances and bemused opportunities, Seger at long last achieved a national interview in 1976 with the back-to-back freeing of
Live Bullet and
Night Moves. After the atomic number 78 success of those albums, Seger maintained his popularity for the next deuce decades, releasing seven-spot Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row.
Seger began playing music in 1961 as the drawing card of the Detroit-based ternary the Decibels; his future managing director, Eddie "Punch" Andrews was as well a member of the band. Moving to Ann Arbor, he played with the Town Criers before he became the keyboardist and vocaliser for Doug Brown & the Omens. Billing themselves as the Beach Bums, the band released "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret," a takeoff of the Sgt. Barry Sadler song "The Ballad of the Green Beret." The single was withdrawn in short after its freeing after Sadler threatened a lawsuit. In 1966, Seger released his number 1 solo single, "East Side Story," which became a regional strike. Several other local hit singles followed on Cameo Records, including "Persecution Smith" and "Heavy Music," before his label folded. In 1968, he formed the Bob Seger System and sign-language with Capitol Records, releasing his debut album,
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, in the spring of that year. The title track became a national strike, mounting to number 17, simply the group's followup,
Noah, stiffed and Seger distinct to quit the music business at the end of 1969 to go to college.
By the last of the summer, Seger had returned to rock & roll with a new mount banding, releasing
Mongrel at the last of the class. For 1971's
Brand New Morning, he disbanded his group and recorded a singer/songwriter elbow grease. Following its release, he began playacting with the duette Dave Teegarden and Skip "Van Winkle" Knape, and the yoke provided backing on 1972's
Smokin' O.P.'s, which was the showtime outlet on Palladium Records, a pronounce he formed with Andrews. The album failed to sell, as did
Back in '72 (1973) and
Seven (1974), and he affected back to Capitol Records for 1975's
Beautiful Loser. For the recording of
Beautiful Loser, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band, which consisted of guitarist Drew Abbott, bassist Chris Campbell, keyboardist Robyn Robbins, saxophonist Alto Reed, and drummer Charlie Allen Martin. Seger supported
Beautiful Loser with an extensive duty tour with the Silver Bullet Band, and while it didn't build the album a strike, it provided a widespread grassroots following across the country. The touring gainful off in 1976, when
Live Bullet, a double album recorded in Detroit, became a murder, disbursal over three years on the U.S. charts and going gold; the album would eventually go quadruple pt.
The groundswell slow
Live Bullet sent Seger's future studio album,
Night Moves (1976), into the Top Ten early in 1977.
Nighttime Moves became a blockbuster, generating the stumble singles "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets."
Stranger in Town, released in the summer 1978, was just as successful, featuring the hits "Soundless the Same," "Hollywood Nights," "We've Got Tonite," and "Onetime Time Rock & Roll."
Stranger in Town positive his status as ane America's about popular bikers. Seger's future album, 1980's
Against the Wind, became his showtime number ane album and all of its big hits -- "Fire Lake," "Against the Wind," "You'll Accomp'ny Me" -- were ballads. The live album
Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, merchandising three gazillion copies and peaking at number tierce.
Seger returned with
The Distance in 1982.
The Distance was the showtime album since
Seven to be recorded with the plus of session musicians, which caused guitar player Abbott to depart the band in thwarting. Over the class of the next 10, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. While
The Distance featured "Attaint on the Moon," his biggest murder single to escort, its gross revenue plateaued at a gazillion copies, suggesting that his popularity was beginning to layer turned. Seger likewise began to drastically reduce his transcription and touring schedules -- he just released unitary other record album, 1986's
Like a Rock, during the '80s.
Like a Rock and its supporting spell were both successes, pavement the way of life for "Shakedown," a sung dynasty taken from the soundtrack to
Beverly Hills Cop II, to suit Seger's lone number one hit in 1987. Four age after its sacking, he returned with
The Fire Inside. Although the album went atomic number 78 and reached the Top Ten, it only appealed to Seger's devoted next, as did 1995's
It's a Mystery, which became his first album since
Live Bullet to fail to go atomic number 78, demolishing off at gold status. In 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released
Face the Promise.
