This is truly atmospheric, hypnotic, mesmerising & scary all rolled into sheer genius from the forgotten man & band that never received anything like the recognition they deserved. RIP Alex you really were as talented as it gets IMO
@@timothywalker1388 Haha, I clicked on this out of curiosity and after a few seconds I thought it could really be something but sadly it turned out to be one of those endless intro things were no actual song ever starts, quite disappointing. I'm reluctant to imagine the rest if this is the best song, thanks for the warning!
There is another underrated talent , Lynden Williams with his bands Jerusalem , Zorbonauts , Deckchair Poets - which are projects from a real unknown supergroup. There is a great tribute to the faith healer too , listen to Zorbonauts - Faith Healer 👍
Absolutely HYPNOTIC!!! One of my favorite songs of all time!!! Alex Harvey and his gang look like straight from the movie 'The Warriors' - Mesmerizing!!!!! 👏👏👏💯
Saw them in W.Germany 1974 they were the support band for Deep Purple in Halle Munsterland. Blew me away, first live band I ever saw. Then DP came on😱. Never been the same again.😀
Saw them at Slough Assembly Halls in mid 70s. One of the great nights of my youth. When I hear this I can still smell the waft if stale beer coming up through the worn parquet flooring.
I saw SAHB many times at The Roxy Theatre back in the late 70's. I was a teen then and I'm 66 today. I look back at their shows with such great memories. One of the all time great live bands.
Yup. I'm 64. I long ago lost count of the number of acts that I've seen live. That has included singers with superb voices such as Ian Gillan and Annie Haslam. It has included singers with bags of charisma and stage presence such as Mick Jagger, Noddy Holder and George Melly. But I've never seen anyone who could just *own* a stage and spellbind an audience to the extent that Alex Harvey could. He is much missed.
First heard when I was spending an evening sitting at home with my reel to reel snagging stuff off the FM radio and captured "Faith Healer" on tape. Maybe that same night they played "Fresh Garbage" by Spirti too. FM Radio pre-takeover by the mega stations was the best. Glad that I had that recorder it was worth every penny!
@@carolwolf9614 Unfortunately, those tapes only exist in my memory and I am surprised I even recall that much detail. It was fun taping music on the radio, a lot of people taped their LPs and then could listen to just the recordings and save their LP collection as new, I never did that myself I played my LPs.
I was going to name my first born Alex. I decided not to bring children into this world. I had an Alexandrian parakeet and I named him Alex. Great minds.
I met Zal a few years ago when Alex was honored at the peoples palace in Glasgow. Had a few drinks with him along with Chris Glen, Ted Mckenna and Alex Harvey jnr in the Clutha bar, Glasgow, not long before the terrible helicopter crash! Zal was telling me he hasn't picked up a guitar in years, I couldn't believe my ears!! Was a fantastic day, I will never forget it. Really nice bloke he was, very down to earth.
This band blew my mind the first time I saw them. Way ahead of their time. It's no easy feat to capture the attention of the audience without a a flashy stage show, but they did it. All these musicians are under rated. You can see the influence in todays music. Long live Vambo!
Great memories ,lived a few doors down from the group when they rented a house in Hornsey London n8 in the early 70,s. Knocked on the door and actually had a chat with Chris glenn and even got him to sign something for me !!!!....
Beat you both, I'm 75+ & also listen to Edgar Broughton Band plus load's of other great band's. BABE RUTH & FANNY two more Great band's that I'm lucky to enjoy.
@@charliekane135 But arn't we lucky to have LIVED THROUGH THESE TIMES ? Youngster's missed all that excitement & inovation as each new band came on the scene. Age has a LOT to do with that.
Yes age has a lot to do with *that* however that wasn't the subject of the comments. They were about still listening to bands like this when you're in your 60's and 70's like it's some sort of oddity. That puzzles me, why wouldn't we? Should I start listening to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran because I'm 60? 😆
I think he was the most charismatic performer I ever saw. The audience was in awe of him. If he'd said let's invade Russia , we be there (though it's a bad idea). Alex, you give people the strength to face the world and say no!
Saw these guys half a dozen times in the 1970's (even supporting the Who at Charlton Athletic). The best live stage show bar none and I have seen all the greats. Thank you for this.
I want to thank ITunes for allowing me, while searching for something else, to stumble along and find this SENSATIONAL band. This band is fantastic. A movie should be made. The album “Hot City” is a masterpiece. Come on Hollywood, a sensational movie is just around the Vambo..
Haha, yeah. Saw them twice. Zal Cleminson's "psycho clown/guitar hero" was mesmerising and terrifying at the same time, while Alex Harvey was your favourite uncle/hardest guy in town. You loved him but knew he could kick your sorry ass if you got out of line. 😁
This was my favorite Foetus song. Clint Ruin is still a genius for covering it, but these guys were waaaay out there and ahead of their times. I guess the internet isn't all shite.
I remember being in a record shop in Scotland ( early 70's ) thumbing thru albums and hearing this over the shops radio, so I asked about it. Long story short I bought the album and enjoyed it for many years. My only regret is that I never saw them live.
In 1973 a lad from Sheffield who was only 16 yrs old went to see Slade at Sheffield City Hall. The opening act was SAHB. He saw SAHB five times and Slade only once.
midnight rambler show on wqut out of johnson city, bristol and kingsport tenn. is where i first heard this. around 74 or 75. ordered the lp and still have it.
I saw SAHB supporting Slade June 1973 at Leeds University.I was 13 and left with my mouth open! I bought all their albums over the next few weeks (pocket money allowing!) I remember getting into trouble for playing 'Next" too loudly and my Mum getting annoyed at the lyrics!
Thanks for the upload! I have been following this band for 40 years purchase every album i could on cd about 10 years ago (from Japan) this is the first time I have seen this clip and I love this song!
Looking and listening now, many years after this, I am struck with some of the attitude, face, intonation that Bon Scott has with Alex. That's a good thing.
God, I love The SAHB. Thanks for posting the videos. Thanks also to WMMS, a once upon a time, great radio station, for turning me on to them back in the mid-70s. Saw them live only once. Even so, they rank as one of my favorite live bands of all time, encompassing nearly fifty years of concert-going.
I saw SAHB in the 70s at Exeter University where my mate Sarah and I had managed to inveigle ourselves into the audience by carrying a couple of boxes of singles in for the DJ. The band were truly sensational. Zal was brilliant on the guitar and I still remember number which i recall being called "Rio". Fantastic. Menacing and brilliant.
In my youth I went and wstch him in concert and loved every minute, especially when he Lee the stage up with a Canon st the end gosh I miss them amazing bands
Alex asked me to play flute for him on a Recording made at a London Studio in the early 70s. The Band was so loud I had to play isolated in something that resembled a Telephone Box, as the Band would have been picked up on the Mike I was using. I have the Track on an MC. It is very low in loudness. Maybe I''ll get a copy made from the MC sometime and see how it sounds with the volume raised.
SAHB was more like a cross between a vaudeville act & an Olde English Troupe with the theater thrown in for free. They were as different as night & day compared to other acts of the time. Exceptionally good LIVE! I can't stress just how spectacular they were. He used to act quite giddy about introducing his band, he'd do it over & over as part of the act. When he stuffed the stockings in his mouth & started his 'I've been FRAMED' routine, we about fell over. Up till then, bands that incorporated a crazy stage act the entire show were & stayed EXTREMELY rare. The Faith Healer was very much an act about faith healing, strange in itself.
On one famous [ infamous?] tour, they were the opening band for Slade, then kings of the Glam Rock scene, playing to huge, sold out venues. Those audiences hadn't come to see THIS, they hated Alex, & his band, & let him know it. At the same time, Alex KNEW that they hated him, & loved it, and just goaded them more.
Saw SAHB at the Roxy in Hollywood in the early 70's....they were banned after the performance as Alex spray painted 'Vambo Rules' on the curtains....what a show...
Scotlands best ever rock singer ever and this man is never mentioned ever any were and it's criminal that he isn't.
Alex Harvey and Thin Lizzy were trailblazers for Celtic rock in the late 60s and early 1970s, and rock n' roll in general...
Completely, he was one of a kind that for sure
Are we forgetting Dan McCafferty? Better than Harvey, in my opinion anyway.
I spray canned sahb everywhere I could in the late 70’s
Unbelievable
I became obsessed with this band when I was 14 in the 70's.
Unique, wonderful, Scotland's best ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is truly atmospheric, hypnotic, mesmerising & scary all rolled into sheer genius from the forgotten man & band that never received anything like the recognition they deserved. RIP Alex you really were as talented as it gets IMO
I saw them. This was their best song by an absolute mile. Mediocre beyond that.
@@timothywalker1388
Haha, I clicked on this out of curiosity and after a few seconds I thought it could really be something but sadly it turned out to be one of those endless intro things were no actual song ever starts, quite disappointing.
I'm reluctant to imagine the rest if this is the best song, thanks for the warning!
There is another underrated talent , Lynden Williams with his bands Jerusalem , Zorbonauts , Deckchair Poets - which are projects from a real unknown supergroup. There is a great tribute to the faith healer too , listen to Zorbonauts - Faith Healer 👍
@@DerEchteBold Not even close to his best. Try listening to the album titled Framed
One of the best live acts I saw, along with Be Bop Deluxe. I saw SAAB at Stoke City football ground in 1975. They were supporting Yes.
That choppin' guitar, squealing saxophone & frantic industrial tempo transports us to the whaling slips & ships.
ANOTHER ONE OF SCOTLANDS FINEST RIP ALEX.
Sensational indeed. Scotland's finest.
And NAZARETH 👌👌
@@charliemckeever3192 Bay City Rollers.
So wild, so trippy, so original, so hauntingly chilling, so mesmerizing, so amazing, so great!
What a fantastic description of the almost indescribable phenomenon that was the SAHB.
Trippy? More like a bad trip..
AGREED
Shame that this is only the shortened 3 minute 'single version'. The full album version is much better.
@@robertwrightson6455 - What's your idea of a great rock group - I guess the Monkees?
Awesome, My Dad loved this when we were kids 💖
Your dad had great taste, I hope you have inherited the luv for SAHB
punk before punk was invented, A great band. 😃
Absolutely HYPNOTIC!!! One of my favorite songs of all time!!! Alex Harvey and his gang look like straight from the movie 'The Warriors' - Mesmerizing!!!!! 👏👏👏💯
The Warriors look like something straight from the Alex Harvey Band..
Saw them in W.Germany 1974 they were the support band for Deep Purple in Halle Munsterland. Blew me away, first live band I ever saw. Then DP came on😱. Never been the same again.😀
One of the best live acts I’ve ever seen. Such stage presence.
Не сомневаюсь!
Wonderfully eccentric, creepy, mad, & theatrical all rolled into one band. How I wish I had been old enough to see this great band back in the day. 🖤
Ahhhhh, I was that lucky. Saw them live at the Whiskey a Go Go on Sunset Blvd. Sensational show
Saw them in Birmingham UK in 1976 (or 1977 - not sure which). Epic concert.
saw them in our home town Glasgow in 1971 and they were brilliant👍👍
Saw them at Slough Assembly Halls in mid 70s. One of the great nights of my youth. When I hear this I can still smell the waft if stale beer coming up through the worn parquet flooring.
@@mavjimboможно только позавидовать белой завистью!
Шотландцы! Молодцы! Уникальные люди! Музыка эта только очередной раз это доказала! Браво!
I saw SAHB many times at The Roxy Theatre back in the late 70's. I was a teen then and I'm 66 today. I look back at their shows with such great memories. One of the all time great live bands.
Best stage act I ever saw, and i'm 61 now so i've seen a few. Where have all the rock bands gone..?
For a young rock band check out Wolf Alice
Yup. I'm 64. I long ago lost count of the number of acts that I've seen live. That has included singers with superb voices such as Ian Gillan and Annie Haslam. It has included singers with bags of charisma and stage presence such as Mick Jagger, Noddy Holder and George Melly. But I've never seen anyone who could just *own* a stage and spellbind an audience to the extent that Alex Harvey could. He is much missed.
Yoir era was unique in rock music
So true
All the rock bands left when you decided nobody could possibly be any good any more
This isn’t just music it’s art. I wish i’d been alive in that time to see them
What a band!!!!. I love them since i discover their music, back in 1996. Greetings from Madrid my dear scottish brothers and sisters!!!!!
First heard when I was spending an evening sitting at home with my reel to reel snagging stuff off the FM radio and captured "Faith Healer" on tape. Maybe that same night they played "Fresh Garbage" by Spirti too.
FM Radio pre-takeover by the mega stations was the best. Glad that I had that recorder it was worth every penny!
Spirit yes :)
@@carolwolf9614 Unfortunately, those tapes only exist in my memory and I am surprised I even recall that much detail.
It was fun taping music on the radio, a lot of people taped their LPs and then could listen to just the recordings and save their LP collection as new, I never did that myself I played my LPs.
Was lucky enough to see them live ,will never forget that concert was absolutely mind blowing. Even called my daughter Alex !
That's cool af does she play gtr or sing
I was going to name my first born Alex. I decided not to bring children into this world. I had an Alexandrian parakeet and I named him Alex.
Great minds.
A good friend named his son Alexander Harvey L.....! Young lad is an awesome guitar player and has travelled the world a true free spirit!
was she conceived after the show ?
Zal Cleminson, the MOST underated guitarist ever!
I met Zal a few years ago when Alex was honored at the peoples palace in Glasgow. Had a few drinks with him along with Chris Glen, Ted Mckenna and Alex Harvey jnr in the Clutha bar, Glasgow, not long before the terrible helicopter crash! Zal was telling me he hasn't picked up a guitar in years, I couldn't believe my ears!! Was a fantastic day, I will never forget it. Really nice bloke he was, very down to earth.
Sad to hear
Zal was certainly well rated by anyone who knew what a good guitar player sounded like
That tone!
Zal had a group called Sin Digs
This band blew my mind the first time I saw them.
Way ahead of their time.
It's no easy feat to capture the attention of the audience without a a flashy stage show, but they did it.
All these musicians are under rated.
You can see the influence in todays music.
Long live Vambo!
Vambo rools
Saw them in Sheffield City hall 74 or 75 curtain came back and all there was a brick wall until Alex's fist came thru.
I was there too. Saw them open for Slade the year before. Never saw Slade again but SAHB another four times.
50 years strong-
Still an absolute banger.
I play the band all the time in my car. Even my wife likes them now. ( It took a while though 'cos she likes Cliff Richard.)
Great memories ,lived a few doors down from the group when they rented a house in Hornsey London n8 in the early 70,s. Knocked on the door and actually had a chat with Chris glenn and even got him to sign something for me !!!!....
One of the top 5 rock bands ever, And no1 live
67 still listen to Alex a brilliant band indeed
Snap. Lucky enough to see them live a couple of times. They ruled Reading.
Beat you both, I'm 75+ & also listen to Edgar Broughton Band plus load's of other great band's. BABE RUTH & FANNY two more Great band's that I'm lucky to enjoy.
What has age got to do with it?
We listen to the music of our youth, that doesn't just stop when you hit 60 😆
@@charliekane135 But arn't we lucky to have LIVED THROUGH THESE TIMES ? Youngster's missed all that excitement & inovation as each new band came on the scene. Age has a LOT to do with that.
Yes age has a lot to do with *that* however that wasn't the subject of the comments.
They were about still listening to bands like this when you're in your 60's and 70's like it's some sort of oddity. That puzzles me, why wouldn't we?
Should I start listening to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran because I'm 60? 😆
I think he was the most charismatic performer I ever saw. The audience was in awe of him. If he'd said let's invade Russia , we be there (though it's a bad idea). Alex, you give people the strength to face the world and say no!
I love this band !!!! What a great bunch they were...... way ahead of the game.......
The guitar player is giving me a real kiss vibe
@@wxsuperman38
Where do you think they got the idea? KISS: fucking posers
You love really easy other men
Alex Harvey was an incredible character.
My music in my life ty alex and band
Saw these guys half a dozen times in the 1970's (even supporting the Who at Charlton Athletic). The best live stage show bar none and I have seen all the greats. Thank you for this.
Once in a blue moon the stars align perfectly, this time it happened it was caught on film.
Amazing spellbinding performance.
Incredibly great band - and Alex himself, what a creative genius!
Got to know them in late 80s.
What cool music - what a time it was!
Best wishes from Germany
Couldn't agree more, the best.
My opinion. Scot’s music.!! Is special. This group was up with everyone. Totally unique ❤️❤️❤️👍🏽👍🏽💡🕊💪🏽💡
I want to thank ITunes for allowing me, while searching for something else, to stumble along and find this SENSATIONAL band.
This band is fantastic.
A movie should be made.
The album “Hot City” is a masterpiece.
Come on Hollywood, a sensational movie is just around the Vambo..
That`not only music, this is a kind of Art like Bowie or something else like this. Great
Alex shared a flat with Bowie in London for a while. I guess Bowie learned some tricks.
Loved the 70's and loved the Alex Harvey Band...bring it on!!!!
Bring it all back and get it on!
What a legend❤
Bunch of Clowns
It is hard to imagine that he would now be 86 years old.
i remember my band supporting Alex and the band in Stirling oh dear absolutely Awesome
I bought the album in 1976 when i was a 16 still love it!
Heard this on Radio Caroline last week with a long into.
Super glad this popped up,a very fine band,i remember them well.
SAHB the perfect mix. They are musical, menacing and theatrical......marvellous
Haha, yeah. Saw them twice. Zal Cleminson's "psycho clown/guitar hero" was mesmerising and terrifying at the same time, while Alex Harvey was your favourite uncle/hardest guy in town. You loved him but knew he could kick your sorry ass if you got out of line. 😁
The only problem with this is that it's the "single edit". The album version goes gloriously on for ages. ❤❤❤
Kissey Kissey fish Kissey
and thank heaven it does.....I"ll take the original long cut thank you.
Thanks for that inside information
Out of this world SAHB were amazing and we're su underrated made great albums and were dynamite live 🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
Yes - UNDERRATED!!!
This was my favorite Foetus song. Clint Ruin is still a genius for covering it, but these guys were waaaay out there and ahead of their times. I guess the internet isn't all shite.
To watch this surely was a trip on its own
Doood wtf I’ve never heard this!!! This is incredible! You can tell these guys influence a lot of groups!
You can see the seeds of Killing Joke in this.
very true. good ear.
And Kiss and elements of new wave and indie.
Interesting and astute. I see what you mean.
Saw Alex and the boys in Detroit in 1977 and have been a fan ever since,
Just cleaned and played my vinyl album containing this song - and noticed it's 51 years old! Stunning record, stunning band.
I was lucky enough to see them live - seven times
I remember being in a record shop in Scotland ( early 70's ) thumbing thru albums and hearing this over the shops radio, so I asked about it. Long story short I bought the album and enjoyed it for many years. My only regret is that I never saw them live.
In 1973 a lad from Sheffield who was only 16 yrs old went to see Slade at Sheffield City Hall. The opening act was SAHB. He saw SAHB five times and Slade only once.
Saw that same show at The Victoria Hall in Stoke 1973 and a few weeks later 'The Spiders from Mars' fer a quid ! Happy days eh !
What a band - what a performance. Love it, from south Wales.
Oi Oi Sheep shager. Neath.
gotta love them McKennas
I’m glad I got to see Ted right before he passed, playing with Gerry McAvoy and the Band of Friends…
midnight rambler show on wqut out of johnson city, bristol and kingsport tenn. is where i first heard this. around 74 or 75. ordered the lp and still have it.
Saw them at Central London Poly back in the day.
Love him so much. Still great after all these years
Saw them a few times live, a long time ago, Faith Healer was totally amazing. Loved all there songs. Many thanks Alex x
❤❤❤ Ich liebe diese Band über alles !!! 😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉
I saw SAHB supporting Slade June 1973 at Leeds University.I was 13 and left with my mouth open! I bought all their albums over the next few weeks (pocket money allowing!) I remember getting into trouble for playing 'Next" too loudly and my Mum getting annoyed at the lyrics!
Rest in peace Ted McKenna. Damn.
Had no idea he passed. Loved him with Rory Gallagher too. R.I.P.
So geil. Leider lange tot. RIP.
Ja, war richtig geil!
Egal ob Isobel Gaudi oder hammer Song. Alles Weltklasse!
My dad knew Alex and grew up Glasgow same place I've followed his career since a kid ..
Thanks for the upload! I have been following this band for 40 years purchase every album i could on cd about 10 years ago (from Japan) this is the first time I have seen this clip and I love this song!
Good song. Psych rock and early hard rock rolled into one
I like this kind of music and it helps me especially when I do ordering of my stamps collections. Thanks, Brian !
I remember this.
Im a true fan of 70s glam, that mime is crazy! I hear so many bands in his music. Just got into Alex Harvey and i dig it!
RIP Ted McKenna
Seen these a few times always outstanding.
Looking and listening now, many years after this, I am struck with some of the attitude, face, intonation that Bon Scott has with Alex. That's a good thing.
So so glad to have lived through this era, being in Belfast then I only saw a few but thanks Rory, and Wilco for coming over. You were the best.
God, I love The SAHB. Thanks for posting the videos. Thanks also to WMMS, a once upon a time, great radio station, for turning me on to them back in the mid-70s. Saw them live only once. Even so, they rank as one of my favorite live bands of all time, encompassing nearly fifty years of concert-going.
WMMS turned me on to SAHB along with Funkadelic at 2am Sunday morning! What a great time.
This is how I found out about them. Classic band.
WMMS was an awesome station. WONE in Akron was a close 2nd
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta gotta gotta gotta GET DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND......Greatest of times
Superstitious nonsense
I saw SAHB in the 70s at Exeter University where my mate Sarah and I had managed to inveigle ourselves into the audience by carrying a couple of boxes of singles in for the DJ. The band were truly sensational. Zal was brilliant on the guitar and I still remember number which i recall being called "Rio". Fantastic. Menacing and brilliant.
Amazing genius, only wish I could have had the good fortune to see them live
the greatest sottish singer ever total legend I loved this guy he was a big influence on my self !
Wattie from the Exploited!
Brilliant, one day I will be in a band that wants to play this.
Thank you.
Best band from scotland totally underrated
In my youth I went and wstch him in concert and loved every minute, especially when he Lee the stage up with a Canon st the end gosh I miss them amazing bands
RIP Malcolm Bigley- drummer and superman- RIP year 2 please hug my mom, & Jake & Rusty- xxx
it's been almost a year since you have been gone Malcolm-xo
SORRY TO HEAR
Absolutely awesome!!! Goose bump music !! Gotta love it!!
Love these guys. Zal Cleminson kicks ass. Found them on European CDs and I listen to them a LOT.
I remember him well and the program put out by the BBC when he died.
Saw them 3 times,,,they were awesome,,,, what a band,,,,
I have loved this track since the 70's I also enjoy some of the covers of it done by other bands
Alex asked me to play flute for him on a Recording made at a London Studio in the early 70s.
The Band was so loud I had to play isolated in something that resembled a Telephone Box, as the Band would have been picked up on the Mike I was using.
I have the Track on an MC. It is very low in loudness. Maybe I''ll get a copy made from the MC sometime and see how it sounds with the volume raised.
I did not see them but some of my biker mates did. Apparently the SAHB put on a great show. The sort that left them grinning from ear to ear.
SAHB was more like a cross between a vaudeville act & an Olde English Troupe with the theater thrown in for free. They were as different as night & day compared to other acts of the time. Exceptionally good LIVE! I can't stress just how spectacular they were. He used to act quite giddy about introducing his band, he'd do it over & over as part of the act. When he stuffed the stockings in his mouth & started his 'I've been FRAMED' routine, we about fell over. Up till then, bands that incorporated a crazy stage act the entire show were & stayed EXTREMELY rare. The Faith Healer was very much an act about faith healing, strange in itself.
On one famous [ infamous?] tour, they were the opening band for Slade, then kings of the Glam Rock scene, playing to huge, sold out venues.
Those audiences hadn't come to see THIS, they hated Alex, & his band, & let him know it. At the same time, Alex KNEW that they hated him, & loved it, and just goaded them more.
one of the most UNDERrated Bands ( FRONTMEN) EVER EVER EVER
He/They were amazing x.
Saw SAHB at the Roxy in Hollywood in the early 70's....they were banned after the performance as Alex spray painted 'Vambo Rules' on the curtains....what a show...
Lucky you:) Loved em but closest I got was a Cleveland tribute called Vambo Rools; couple sets were OK but I didn't hang till the end.
This is so awesome