Alex Harvey

Alex Harvey
Born: Feb 5, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland
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Died: Feb 4, 1982 in Zeebruggen, Belgium
Styles: Glam Rock, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, British Invasion, Comedy Rock, Album Rock
Biography: Alex Harvey was a British journeyman rocker who enjoyed a brief period of widespread popularity in the mid-'70s after decades of struggle. Growing up in Scotland, he turned to music in his late teens and was in a skiffle band by 1955. By 1959, it had evolved into the Alex Harvey Big Soul Band. Harvey ...Read full biography
Next
Released: 1974
Label: Vertigo
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After making an impressive and promising debut with Framed, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band perfected their unique, glam-inspired fusion of hard rock and cabaret styles on Next. It also happens to be ...Read full review
The Impossible Dream
Released: 1974
Label: Vertigo
Critics' Rating:
Whoever thought that the surface obsession of glam rock never met the loopy idealism of the hippie movement -- at least in the musical realm -- has obviously never heard the appropriately titled The Impossible ...Read full review
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