#mick tucker

[inky-forest]

✨ Sweet ✨

A little study of one of their photos I've been meaning to do ever since I found out about them last year (´ω`)

[houseofcatwic]

Superstar '73, July 1973. (The Sweet).

[musickickztoo]

Mick Tucker *July 17, 1947

[burn-on-the-flame]

The Sweet backstage at Olympen in Lund, Sweden, May 1976

Photo by Frank Setteskog

[queendarlings]

it's july 17th, and therefore - happy 78th birthday to michael thomas tucker. ❤️ a man with an incredible voice, songwriting skills and such a unique style of drumming, it made him legendary and immortal. anyone who has followed me on this blog for a while knows i absolutely adore mick's drumming and i will die on the hill forever that MICK SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE APPRECIATED FOR ABSOLUTELY INHUMAN DRUMMING SKILLS. my top drummer forever and always.

have a very beautiful day, mick, most legendary drummer of them all. you deserved the world.

all pics from pinterest!

[bijouxcarys]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀-𝐙 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜

S - The Sweet

♪ Origin: London, England ♪ Genres: Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Power Pop, Pop Rock, Bubblegum ♪ Years active: 1968-1982 (main lineup) ♪ Original members: Brian Connolly (vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, synths), Andy Scott (guitars, vocals, keyboards), Mick Tucker (drums, vocals), Steve Priest (bass, vocals)

♪ Notable Hits "Wig Wam Bam" 1972 [x] "The Ballroom Blitz" 1973 [x] "Blockbuster" 1973 [x] "Fox on the Run" 1975 [x] "Love is Like Oxygen" 1978 [x]

Honourable Mentions for S:

Sex Pistols

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Slade

The Smiths

Spinal Tap

Status Quo

Stereophonics

Supergrass

[anarchic-miscellany]

Words can't properly convey how fucking ahead of the curve Sweet were in the UK, check them out if you can. I was fortunate enough to see them live, and it sounds just as fresh now. From "bubblegum pop" group, to writing their own material which just blew the doors open and essentially was the trailblazer (hellraiser, stargazer... hah) for the glam and glitter rock movements that followed: you can see their DNA in basically every great rock group today. ("Action" is a favourite, and so good that Def Leppard cover it as a show opener God that build up, and when the first chorus drops? Perfection... "Wig Wam Bam" is the best "Peacemaker" song yet to appear on the show, everybody knows "Ballroom Blitz" which is so good that my partner thought it was the Ramones for the longest time, "Fox on the Run" is an all timer, "Hellraiser" just goes hard and was referenced in this post, and "Teenage Rampage" is probably the first I heard and has a special place in my heart) Fucking legendary band

[vancruejovi]

Mick Tucker 🥁