Humble Pie was one of the first supergroups, formed at the tail end
of the 1960s with members from Small Faces (Steve Marriott), The Herd
(Peter Frampton) and Spooky Tooth (Greg Ridley). Their first album, As Safe As Yesterday Is (1969) earned the distinction of being the first album described by Rolling Stone magazine as "heavy metal”.
The
album peaked at No.16 in the UK charts and, buoyed by the success of
their debut, a second album was released in quick succession. However,
it faile
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AKRITAS formed in the late moments of 1972, being made of vocalist, guitarist and bassist Stavros Logaridis, former member of POLL, drummer Giorgos Tsoupakis and keyboardist Aris Tasoulis, former member of BOURBOULIA. Their praised effort came later in 1973, crediting a collaboration with guitarist Dimos Papachristou, and also benefiting of greek magic lyrics from Kostas Ferris. After that, the magic vanished.
The impressions that do exist, regarding influence
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