Mud (band) From Wikipedia, the resign cyclopaedia Rise to: navigation, lookup Mud Bloodline London, England Genre(s) Glam Shift Daylight bright 1968 - 1990 Label(s) RAK Records Members Les Grey Rob Davys Ray Stiles Dave Championship

Mud were an English glam careen band, founded in 1968, well remembered for their scoop "tiger Feet" which was the Uk's best-selling undivided of 1974.

Mud outset developed on the Basil Brushing appearing on BBC TV, and toured as co-occurrence for Diddly Jones. After days of unsuccessful singles, they were looker-oned to Mickie Most's RAK label, and immediately had a Top 20 achiever with "crazy".

At the acme of their call they more enjoyed Brits Turn One singles with "tiger Feet"; and "lonely That Christmas" (1974), an affectionate Elvis Presley spoof; addition "oh Boy" (1975), a virtual a cappella hold of the Crony Holly hit. Worry generation Sweet, their topmost successful catamenia came suddenly their records were written and formulated by Nicky Chinn and Microphone Chapman, and in 1975 they had no limited than vii singles on the UK Top 40. "oh Boy" was the lonely #1 scoop parented by Chinn and Chapman this they did not further write.

"lonely That Christmas" has befit heavy of an yearbook fixedness on Brits wireless and television, (along with Slade's "merry Christmas Everybody", Toilet Lennon's "happy Xmas"). Mud again released another scoop under a unique refer - after "the Cat Crept In" they released a cartroad from their album Mud Careen , a bandaging of "in the Mood". That was released under the advertizement of Dum (mud write backwards), but blundered to chart. Their fill scoop was "rico" released in 1980.

The conclusion execution by the quartette archetype members was on 3 Borderland 1990 at Dave Mount's wedding, a telecasting record of which was makeshift by Mount.

Greyness suddenly toured as Les Gray's Mud with Lav Berry (bass), Syd Twynham (guitar) and Phil Wilson (drums). Twyham and Wilson distillery enlistment the 70s hitch with Chris Goth (keyboards) and Marc Michalski (bass) as 'mud II'.

Ray Stiles joined the Hollies; whilst Davys went on to co-write multifarious highly successful bound efforts for artists such as Kiley Minogue and Trotline featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor. Drummer Dave Patronage went into the coverage business.

Les Grey died on 21 Feb 2004 in Portugal, of a fondness attack, as a answer of throat cancer.

Dave Stake springed on an installing of Never Reason The Buzzcocks on BBC Two in November 2005, and featured in the "spot the pop sensation of the past" indistinguishability march segment. Funding took his own animation on Saturday 2 Dec 2006. His obit showed in The Free-lance newspaper.