ANDY BOWN was a former member of 60's teen sensations THE HERD { a band that was fronted by a young PETER FRAMPTON } Following their demise he recorded a couple of solo LPs before making his first contribution to the GLAM ROCK ERA with the bowiesque single ''NEW YORK SATYRICON ZANY'' in 1974. The following year saw the first broadcast of the UK Pop TV Show SUPERSONIC! and Bown was asked to supply a theme to play over the opening credits
The show was presented by film and music producer MIKE MANSFIELD and lasted for a couple years, capturing many of the classic UK GLAM ROCK acts towards the end of their respective time in the limelight. The high energy GLAM BOOGIE number that Bown composed for the show was a perfect fit. Sounding like ROY WOODS WIZZARD and STATUS QUO having a frantic jam on ''THE TIME WARP'' from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, it had every kid sitting on the edge of their seat in eager anticipation of each weeks show!
very nice chap, When I flew over to Amsterdam from London to do the Dutch version of TOP OF THE POPS, a telly program called "TOP POP" I ended up sitting behind him on the plane, How could you not miss that Andy Bowen haircut haha? In those days you could bring your guitar on the plane, i saw him making sure his axe was ok , me too, As a kid i was a Herd fan liked all the various Bowen off shoot projects, Told him I already had his solo single he was going to Holland to promote " Shipwreck " very memorable for me , He joked i knew more about his musical career then he did !
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