Silverhead were a British

United Kingdom

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 band

Musical ensemble

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, fronted by the singer/actor

Actor

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, Michael Des Barres

Michael Des Barres

Lord Michael Philip Des Barres is a British actor and rock singer. He is known for playing the recurring role of Murdoc on the television show MacGyver and for replacing the late Robert Palmer in the band Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert...

. The other members of the band were: Robbie Blunt (guitar), Rod Rook Davies (guitar, percussion, vocals), Nigel Harrison (bass guitar) and Pete Thompson

Pete Thompson

-Early life:Pete Thompson was born in Essex, England and started his life in Southend-on-Sea. He admits in his biography on his official website that when he was a child he, and quote, "was always tapping and singing and generally driving my teachers and parents mad." He got his first drum kit in...

 (Drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals). They recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 two studio

Recording studio

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 album

Album

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s, Silverhead (1972) and 16 and Savaged (1973), and were a part of the glam rock

Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 music scene of the 1970s.

Despite that they had no real commercial success, Silverhead were serious role models for many sleaze bands in the 80s.
In the UK

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 they played support to bands such as Nazareth

Nazareth (band)

Nazareth is a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968, that had several hits in the UK in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. Perhaps their best-known hit single was a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", in 1975...

 at Finsbury Park and Osibisa

Osibisa

Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.-History:...

 at the Brixton Sundown, and were the lead band in the Dagenham Roundhouse

Dagenham Roundhouse

Dagenham Roundhouse is a pub and music venue in Dagenham, East London, England.It was established in 1969 as the "Village Blues Club", and from then until 1975 was considered to be East London's premier rock music venue....

. Work on a third studio album (working title 'Brutiful') started in 1974, but the group disbanded in July 1974 before it was finished.

Band personnel

Rod Davies - percussion, vocals, guitar

Michael Des Barres

Michael Des Barres

Lord Michael Philip Des Barres is a British actor and rock singer. He is known for playing the recurring role of Murdoc on the television show MacGyver and for replacing the late Robert Palmer in the band Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert...

 - vocals

Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....

 - bass

Pete Thompson

Pete Thompson

-Early life:Pete Thompson was born in Essex, England and started his life in Southend-on-Sea. He admits in his biography on his official website that when he was a child he, and quote, "was always tapping and singing and generally driving my teachers and parents mad." He got his first drum kit in...

 - keyboards, drums

Stevie Forest - guitar, vocals (on Silverhead album)

Robbie Blunt

Robbie Blunt

Robbie Blunt is a rock guitarist who has worked with a variety of bands, most notably Robert Plant's in the 1980s. Since leaving Plant's band in the mid-1980s, Blunt has provided session work for a number of artists, such as Julian Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Clannad.-w/ Robert...

 - guitar, vocals (on 16 and Savaged album)

Des Barres later joined the band Detective and recorded two albums with the band ("Detective" and "It takes one to know one"), and then Power Station

Power Station (band)

Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor and Andy Taylor . Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio side as recording producer. For a short time he also functioned as Power...

, before moving into full-time acting. Harrison later joined Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

, whilst Blunt went on to join up with Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

.

Official releases

• Silverhead (1972)
• 16 and Savaged (1973)
• Live at The Rainbow (1975) (Live album
  Live album
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  , Japan
  Japan
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  only)
• Show Me Everything (2001) (Live album, Japan only)

Unofficial releases

• Rock and Roll Circus (Live album, Japan only)
• Live in Tokyo (Live album, Japan only)