Midnight Flyer - Rock 'N' Roll Party

Name: Midnight Flyer
Album: Rock 'N' Roll Party
Year: 1981
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Similar Bands: Sheer Mag, Cold Blood, 10 Wheel Drive, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Foghat
"One-Word" Review: If TX Discovered Metal
Based Out Of: UK
Label: Swan Song ATCO, Atlantic

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Rock 'N' Roll Party (1981)

1. Rock 'N' Roll Party 3:50
2. Waiting For You 3:13 / (single)
3. French Kisses 3:59
4. Sweet Loving Woman 3:27
5. Rough Trade 4:01 (Single)

Album Rating (1-10): 6.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Mick Ralphs - Producer (Bad Company, Mott the Hoople)
• Maggie Bell - Vox (Stone the Crows, Kinning Park Ramblers, Locarno, Palais Band, Power, BA Robertson, British Blues Quintet, Chris Farlowe, Manfreds, Hamburg Blues Band, Frankie & Johnny, Jon Lord Blues Project, John Baldry, Deavid Allen, Rod Stewart, Ellis, London Symph Orch, Eric Burdon, Raven Ohtani, Rick Wakeman, Tony Coe, Eddie Hardin, Ronnie Wood, Pete Brown, Dave Kelly, Clem Clempson, Michael Kamen, Eddie Hardin)
• Dave Dowle - Drums (Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Runner, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Francis Monkman, Kevin Lamb, David Coverdale, Adrian Snell, Renaissance, Steve Hyams, Moody Marsden, Annie Haslam, Canterbury Glass, Bernardo Lanzetti)
• Antony Glynne - Guitars (Razar, Roger Chapman, Rick Wakeman, The Divorce, Mike Oldfield, The Fabulos Singlettes, Asia, Soft Cotton County)
• Tony Stevens - Bass (Foghat, Nobody's Business, Savoy Brown, Shortlist, Joe Jammer, Roger Chapman, Julio Finn Blues Band, Jimmy Dawkins, Kazimierz Lux, Tommy soundtrack, Rock Follies, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julie Covington, Andy Mackay, Billy Nicholls, Dana Gillespie)
• Chris Parren - Keys (Forever Amber, High Society, Hudson-Ford, JJ Jackson's Dilemma, Locust, Rocky Horror Band, Strawbs, Brother Jack McDuff, Albert Hammond, Ray Russell, Wilding / Bonus, Ian Gomm, Jim Capaldi, Andy Mackay, Julie Tzuke, John Mizarolli, Great Dames of RnR, Dave Davies, Zen Attack, George Michael, Jim Diamond, Trevor Walters, Jack-E McAuley, The Monks, Cliff Bennett)
• John Cook - Keys (Kestrel, Mungo jerry, Octopus, Slack Alice, Stars, The Mixed Bag, The Joseph Consortium, Kirby, Stretch, Danny Kirwan, Noel Janus, Kit Hain, Ozzy Ozbourne, Graham Bonnet, Cozy Powell, John Parr, Jackie Lynton, Bernie Marsden, Fay Hallam)
• Peter Grant - Exec Producer (Led Zeppelin Mgr)
• Niall Connoly - Photo

Unknown-ness: Never heard of them. Their name is a quite generic pub rock style name, and their look spans the gamut of hippie, 70's AOR rock, 80's metal facade, and two air plane pilots...maybe the flyer part of their name? This is an EP, with only 5 songs, but i'm going to guess its just female fronted pub rock.

Album Review: The singer has some range to her voice, and on the opening track, it reminds me a lot of Sheer Mag (and it is an obvious borrowed lyrics and melody from ZZ Top's "Tush"). The album blends honky tonk pub with power guitars and a rangefully powerful & slightly raspy vocal. The members in the band were a supergroup of sorts, with members of Whitesnake, Foghat, and Bell at the helm. Both Bell and Stevens were also part of various early Tommy recorded performances.

Stand Out Track: Rock 'N' Roll Party

Links:
Wiki - Maggie Bell

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