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2022 - Surviving the Law
2018 - Tattooed on My Brain
2014 - Rock 'n' Roll Telephone
2011 - Big Dogz
2008 - The Newz
2001 - The Very Best Of
2001 - The Best of Nazareth
1998 - Boogaloo
1996 - Greatest Hits
1996 - Greatest Hits
1994 - Move Me
1991 - No Jive
1989 - Snakes 'n' Ladders
1986 - Cinema
1984 - The Catch
1983 - Sound Elixir
1982 - 2 X S
1981 - The Fool Circle
1980 - Malice in Wonderland
1978 - No Mean City
1977 - Expect No Mercy
1976 - Play 'n' the Game
1976 - Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
1975 - Hair of the Dog
1975 - Holy Roller / Railroad Boy
1974 - Loud 'n' Proud
1974 - Rampant
1974 - Love Hurts / Down
1973 - Razamanaz
1972 - Exercises
1971 - Nazareth
view 2022 - Surviving the Law 2018 - Tattooed on My Brain 2014 - Rock 'n' Roll Telephone 2011 - Big Dogz 2008 - The Newz 2001 - The Very Best Of 2001 - The Best of Nazareth 1998 - Boogaloo 1996 - Greatest Hits 1996 - Greatest Hits 1994 - Move Me 1991 - No Jive 1989 - Snakes 'n' Ladders 1986 - Cinema 1984 - The Catch 1983 - Sound Elixir 1982 - 2 X S 1981 - The Fool Circle 1980 - Malice in Wonderland 1978 - No Mean City 1977 - Expect No Mercy 1976 - Play 'n' the Game 1976 - Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll 1975 - Hair of the Dog 1975 - Holy Roller / Railroad Boy 1974 - Loud 'n' Proud 1974 - Rampant 1974 - Love Hurts / Down 1973 - Razamanaz 1972 - Exercises 1971 - NazarethMembers
4 Male
Origin
Dunfermline, Scotland, UK
Genre
Hard Rock
Style
Rock/Pop
Mood
Gritty
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4 MaleOrigin
Dunfermline, Scotland, UKGenre
Hard RockStyle
Rock/PopMood
GrittyBorn
1968
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Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968, that had several hits in the United Kingdom 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. As of 2012, the band continue to record and tour.
Nazareth formed in December 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland, from the remaining members of semi-professional local group The Shadettes (formed in 1961) by vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton (ex Mark V and The Red Hawks), bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. They took their name from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, which is cited in the first line of The Band's classic song "The Weight" ("I pulled into Nazareth / Was feelin' about half past dead..."). Nazareth's cover version of "Java Blues" by The Band's bassist/singer Rick Danko and Emmett Grogan is on their 1981 live album Snaz.
The band moved to London, England in 1970, and released their eponymous debut album in 1971. After getting some attention with their second album Exercises, released in 1972, Nazareth supported Deep Purple on tour, and issued the Roger Glover-produced Razamanaz, in early 1973. This collection spawned two UK Top Ten hits, "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy". This was followed by Loud 'N' Proud in late 1973, which contained another hit single with a cover of Joni Mitchell's song "This Flight Tonight". Then came another album Rampant, in 1974, that was equally successful although its only single, "Shanghai'ed in Shanghai", narrowly missed the British Top 40. A non-album song, again a cover version, this time of Tomorrow's "My White Bicycle", was a UK Top 20 entry in 1975.
Hair of the Dog was released in April 1975. The title track of that album (popularly, though incorrectly, known as "Son Of A Bitch" due to its hook lyric) became a staple of 1970s rock radio. The American version of the album included a song originally recorded by The Everly Brothers, and also covered by Roy Orbison, the melodic ballad "Love Hurts", that was released as a hit single in the UK and in the US, where it went platinum. The track became the band's only US Top Ten hit. and was also a top 10 hit in nine other countries, reaching number 1 in six of them. The song spent a record-shattering 60 weeks on the Norwegian chart.
In 1979, second guitarist Zal Cleminson was added to the line-up, remaining for two albums, No Mean City and Malice in Wonderland, and contributing numerous compositions. Malice in Wonderland contained the single "Holiday". In 1981, they contributed the song "Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)" to the soundtrack to the film, Heavy Metal.
Various Nazareth line-ups continued to make studio albums and tour throughout the 1980s and 1990s, although their popularity had declined such that some albums no longer received either a UK or a US release. They remained popular in Europe, particularly Germany, where "Dream On" became a hit single. Billy Rankin returned for a second spell in the ranks in 1991 for the No Jive album, replacing Manny Charlton who pursued a solo career.
A tribute came in 1993 when Guns N' Roses covered Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" on "The Spaghetti Incident?", consolation after they turned down Axl Rose's request for the group to play at his wedding. Rankin departed again in 1994, but with Jimmy Murrison and keyboard player Ronnie Leahy, Nazareth maintained a live following in Europe and the US.
In 1999, while touring the US, original drummer Darrell Sweet died at age 51 of a heart attack. He was replaced by bassist Pete Agnew's son Lee for later editions of the band.
In February 2008, The Newz was released on the Hamburg-based label, Edel Entertainment. The release of the album coincided with Nazareth's fortieth anniversary tour, which started on 25 January in Sweden and visited most of Europe, finished on 4 November 2008 in Norway. A follow up album, Big Dogz, was released on 15 April 2011.
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