Arthur Brown

[Tiki-Tom]

I was reading thru the King Diamond thread and it reminded me of how much King borrowed from Arthur Brown. I think maybe others have as well. Early Alice Cooper has some similarities though they are from about the same time frame. Bruce Dickinson has said that he always loved Brown's music. So much as to have him on Bruce's own stuff. He also helped launch Carl Palmer's career. I tend to think he had a bigger impact on music than most people realize.
Any thoughts?

Crazy World of Arthur Brown live 1968 including an interview.
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[Tiki-Tom]

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
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The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - I Put A Spell On You
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[Mr Badguy]

He was definetely influential on the "rock theatre" side of things, musically not so much.

In fact he`s pretty much a one hit wonder, "Fire" being the only song that anyone outside of his hardcore fanbase would recognize (although it is an excellent song).

Seen an interview with him a few years ago and the guy seems like a real oddball, even in his old age.

[Tiki-Tom]

Oddball for sure. The music and lyrics of his band Kingdom Come(no, not that one) were fuckin' out there.

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[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
He was definetely influential on the "rock theatre" side of things, musically not so much.

Captain Beefheart was ripped off by alot of folks. I remember reading this interview with Fee Waybill, of The Tubes. He said Beefheart was ripped off by everyone from Freddie Mercury to Meatloaf. He went on to say that he helped himself to alot of the schtick as well. There was some other stuff he said about Arthur Brown, Peter Gabriel, and King Diamond...don't remember the specifics, but it was some LOL shit.

Fee Waybill is also on record citing David Lee Roth as the best frontman of all times.

Here's Beefheart.

[SparkieD]

Well, King Diamond was definitely paying attention to Brown. And Bruce Dickinson cites him as a huge influence.

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
... The music and lyrics of his band Kingdom Come(no, not that one) were fuckin' out there.

Right. The other one was Kingdom CUNT.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Kingdom Cunt... I like it.

I suspect that band's hit was the one that really inspired Ozzy Osbourne's Led Clones tune.

Carl Palmer of ELP played on Arthur Brown's Fire. He was 17 at the time. I haven't heard that song in years-thanks.