Andy Scott is not a founding member of Sweet. He should also stop to try taking all the credit for Sweet's music. They were a fantastic band up til and including 1978's "Level Headed", but it was a collective effort with the help of Chin & Chapman, starting with "Wig-Wam-Bam" when Nicky and Mike finally started writing some more heavy rock oriented songs. You can clearly hear the progression through the latter, "Blockbuster" and "Hell Raiser". Hell Raiser being a rip-roaring heavy song with a finger-licking B-side in "Burning". Sweet is one of those bands that got caught between a rock and a hard place; their early image through bubblegum pop-rock and what they were trying to achieve: becoming a hard rock band. Nothing against Andy Scott. He was an integral part of Sweet and his contributions should never be under-estimated. But ever since Connolly was out of the band, the inspiration was gone and the music the band wrote was uninspiring. I recently bought the "Full Circle" album which I saw in a record shop, to my surprise and amazement. I have yet to listen to it, though.
You don’t seem to know that Andy was their main songwriter for their own tracks and some he even did completely on his own. Even if the records state all four (often in alphabetical order) Andy was the main inspirator and designer of those songs with a few exceptions. He always collected the original ideas and did the demos. He was their musical director so to say and also their producer from GUAW onwards. To say the inspiration went out the band when Brian left is simply wrong. Brian had the least to do with the songwriting. And they still did a few great albums as a 3piece band until Steve left as well. He certainly wasn’t a founding member and he would never claim to it often is a mistake made by others. But he‘s been with Sweet since 1970 and that certainly is worth mentioning as well as all his accomplishments.
@@dumpling49 Yes, when Brian left, they still produced albums, but without Brian's voice and without his stage presence, they were unsuccessful, because Brian was an artist who was second to none.
Great interview. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Andy Scott is not a founding member of Sweet. He should also stop to try taking all the credit for Sweet's music. They were a fantastic band up til and including 1978's "Level Headed", but it was a collective effort with the help of Chin & Chapman, starting with "Wig-Wam-Bam" when Nicky and Mike finally started writing some more heavy rock oriented songs. You can clearly hear the progression through the latter, "Blockbuster" and "Hell Raiser". Hell Raiser being a rip-roaring heavy song with a finger-licking B-side in "Burning". Sweet is one of those bands that got caught between a rock and a hard place; their early image through bubblegum pop-rock and what they were trying to achieve: becoming a hard rock band. Nothing against Andy Scott. He was an integral part of Sweet and his contributions should never be under-estimated. But ever since Connolly was out of the band, the inspiration was gone and the music the band wrote was uninspiring. I recently bought the "Full Circle" album which I saw in a record shop, to my surprise and amazement. I have yet to listen to it, though.
You don’t seem to know that Andy was their main songwriter for their own tracks and some he even did completely on his own. Even if the records state all four (often in alphabetical order) Andy was the main inspirator and designer of those songs with a few exceptions. He always collected the original ideas and did the demos. He was their musical director so to say and also their producer from GUAW onwards. To say the inspiration went out the band when Brian left is simply wrong. Brian had the least to do with the songwriting. And they still did a few great albums as a 3piece band until Steve left as well.
He certainly wasn’t a founding member and he would never claim to it often is a mistake made by others. But he‘s been with Sweet since 1970 and that certainly is worth mentioning as well as all his accomplishments.
Totally agree
Fully agree got all their records from Brian
@@dumpling49 Yes, when Brian left, they still produced albums, but without Brian's voice and without his stage presence, they were unsuccessful, because Brian was an artist who was second to none.
SWEET...agroup from 1970 till 1979.
Love my glam god andy Scott great interview, see you December rock city nottingham keep that music going you are awesome 👌