PETE AGNEW - 50 Years of Nazareth - video interview with Andy Rawll

PETE AGNEW (founder-member of classic rock band 'Nazareth') in conversation with Andy Rawll for Record Collector Magazine

As memorable album titles go ' Tattooed on my brain' will take some beating. Released on 12Oct18) through Frontiers Records, this is the 24th studio album from the Scots rockers Nazareth. It's the first to feature leather-lunged singer Carl Sentance, who replaced the band's original steel-larynxed front-man Dan McCafferty in 2015. The best news is that it's a loud and proud album, full of rampant rock songs that prove that there's plenty of hair left of these Dunfermline dogs.

Andy Rawll (for Record Collector Mag) spoke to bass player, Pete Agnew, to find out more about how the new album came into being as well as his thoughts on the longevity of the band and plans for the future.

Agnew is the sole remaining member of the band that first formed in the early sixties as six-piece covers-band The Shadettes. Graduating to their own material and a harder-edged sound, they slimmed down to the four piece line-up of McCafferty, Agnew, Sweet, Charlton in 1968 and acquired their weighty band name in 1970. Releasing their debut album in 1971, they soon made their mark with their unique brand of rough-hewn classic rock, including brilliant originals like 'Bad bad boy' and 'Broken down angel' and inspired cover versions of songs such as: 'Love hurts' and 'This flight tonight'.

Buoyed by significant commercial success, particularly between 1973's 'Razamanaz' and 1980's 'Malice in wonderland', the band went on to notch up 20 million unit sales worldwide.

In addition to thriving forward with their new album, catalogue curator BMG have just released a razamanazing, limited edition 'Loud and Proud' box-set that includes 32 CDs, featuring all 23 previous studio albums and a vast array of rareties and curios plus a hardback book and bonus 7" and 12" vinyl to boot. For the less committed, there's also a slimline 3CD anthology retrospective release.

OFFICIAL VIDEO - 'Tattooed on my brain'
http://www.nazarethdirect.co.uk/website/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHYHY0YOjw

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INTERVIEW TIMELINE
00:00 - Welcome
00:40 - New album 'Tattooed on my brain' - importance of recording a new album with Carl Sentance (lead singer since 2014) ?
02:14 - Favourite songs on the album ?
03:35 - How did the band approach recording it, being the first album release with Carl as singer ?
05:08 - Has Dan McCafferty (original singer, who left in 2014) heard the album ?
06:14 - How's Dan's health ?
07:04 - Anything special planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary ?
08:03 - Clarification on when the true anniversary falls ? 1968 was when the four founding members came together still under the previous name of 'The Shadettes' and 1970 when the band name changed to Nazareth.
08:56 - How about Manny Charlton ?
10:14 - Forthcoming tour dates (Germany and Switzerland announced and more to follow)
11:09 - Possible UK dates next year
11:45 - Experience of playing Wacken Open Air metal festival last year - enduring popularity of ballads like 'Dream on' (Question from my colleague: Mark Taylor)
13:44 - Cover versions, some great songs picked in the past (e.g. This flight tonight). How did they find those songs and were any new ones considered to record with Carl ?
15:54 - Recording the Bob Dylan song 'The ballad of Hollis Brown'
17:23 - Always wanted to cover an Abba song. An unfinished version of 'SOS' exists (included on box set)
18:27 - 'Loud and Proud' box set round-up (full 32 CD limited edition package with extras and standard release 3CD anthology)
21:06 - What next ? An exciting time to be in the band. Follow-up album (no 25) ? Touring the current album ?
22:32 - Close

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