The Flying Hat Band
British hard rock band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Flying Hat Band were an early 1970s Birmingham, England rock act that, alongside Judas Priest, ranked as the Midlands' favourites to succeed.[1] Despite not having released an album, the band proved a successful club act and eventually went on to support Deep Purple on one of their European tours.
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The Flying Hat Band | |
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Origin | England |
Genres | Hard rock |
Years active | 1971ā1974 |
Labels | Vertigo |
Past members | Glenn Tipton Trevor Foster Andy Wheeler Pete Hughes Frank Walker Peter "Mars" Cowling Steve Palmer |
The band folded in April 1974 following Glenn Tipton's departure to become co-guitarist in Judas Priest, who at the time had just signed their first record deal with Gull Records. Peter "Mars" Cowling joined Canadian rocker Pat Travers in 1975, and was part of Travers' band for several years. Trevor Foster joined folk rock group The Albion Band and Little Johnny England.