- For other uses of the name Sweeney, see Sweeney
-Places:*Sweeney Mountains*Sweeney Ranch, Wyoming*Sweeney Ridge, a national Park in California, USA.-Things:*Camp Sweeney, American summer camp.*Clan Sweeney, Irish Clan of originally Scottish Origin.-Stage:...
.
Sweeney Todd is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
glam rockGlam rock is a style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s that was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a campy, theatrical blend of...
band that formed in 1975.
The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist
Nick GilderNick Gilder is a Canadian musician who first came to prominence as frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd, and later as a songwriter-Biography:...
, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth. The single, "Roxy Roller", became a #1 hit in Canada winning a
Juno AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for the band, but Gilder and McCulloch subsequently left the band to pursue solo careers.
- For other uses of the name Sweeney, see Sweeney
-Places:*Sweeney Mountains*Sweeney Ranch, Wyoming*Sweeney Ridge, a national Park in California, USA.-Things:*Camp Sweeney, American summer camp.*Clan Sweeney, Irish Clan of originally Scottish Origin.-Stage:...
.
Sweeney Todd is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
glam rockGlam rock is a style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s that was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a campy, theatrical blend of...
band that formed in 1975.
The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist
Nick GilderNick Gilder is a Canadian musician who first came to prominence as frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd, and later as a songwriter-Biography:...
, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth. The single, "Roxy Roller", became a #1 hit in Canada winning a
Juno AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for the band, but Gilder and McCulloch subsequently left the band to pursue solo careers. Gilder subsequently had hits with "Hot Child in the City", "Here Comes the Night" and "(You Really) Rock Me".
Clark Perry was brought in to replace Gilder on vocals, and Skip Prest replaced McCulloch on guitar. Perry did not work out, however, and was replaced within a few months by then 15 year-old
Bryan AdamsBryan Adams, OC, OBC is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Adams was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media"...
.
The new lineup recorded Sweeney Todd's second album,
If Wishes Were HorsesIf Wishes Were Horses is the second album of the Canadian glam rock band Sweeney Todd. Released in 1977, it is the only Sweeney Todd album on which Bryan Adams appears as lead singer...
. However, that album was unsuccessful, and Adams left the band after less than a year. The band attempted to carry on with Chris Booth on vocals (and Grant Gislason replacing Prest in 1978), but broke up before recording any further albums.
The band re-united in 2000 and began working on
The Sweeney Todd LP. The band followed up the completion of the record with a cross-Canada tour.
In 2007, Sweeney Todd - along with ex-vocalist Nick Gilder - headlined the Golden Spike Days Festival in
Port Moody, British ColumbiaPort Moody is a small, crescent-shaped city in Metro Vancouver, located at the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. Port Moody is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south, and Burnaby on the west...
. In 2008, they performed (again with Gilder) at the Merritt Mountain Musicfest in
Merritt, British ColumbiaMerritt is a city in the Nicola Valley of the south-central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Situated at the confluence of the Nicola and Coldwater rivers, it is the first major community encountered after travelling along Phase One of the Coquihalla Highway and acts as the gateway to all...
.
Discography
- Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is the first album of the Canadian glam rock band Sweeney Todd. Singer Nick Gilder and guitarist Jim McCulloch later went on to solo careers...
(1975-Events:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
)
- If Wishes Were Horses
If Wishes Were Horses is the second album of the Canadian glam rock band Sweeney Todd. Released in 1977, it is the only Sweeney Todd album on which Bryan Adams appears as lead singer...
(1977-Events:Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI.In this year, the St. Magnus Festival was founded in Orkney by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies....
)