Who is squeeze

In support of a recent compilation album, a new Squeeze lineup planned to embark on a U. The reception, needless to say, was spectacular. Reformed, touring, and with a PRS for Music award under their belt, Squeeze enjoyed marvelous success in the following years.

Difford and Tilbrook sure had plenty of songwriting oomph still in them, and so came to be 's Cradle To The Grave, the first new Squeeze material in nearly twenty years. The Knowledge followed up that stunning effort in , keeping hungry ears happy. Since reforming, Squeeze has been touring tenaciously, hardly ever being anywhere but the road. What's marvelous, however, is that there is probably little difference between seeing a Squeeze show in and seeing a Squeeze show in The lads play and write, for that matter with the same vibrance as before, and something about the feeling encapsulated in a Squeeze tune transcends decades.

You'll find your head bopping along with your heart beating when Squeeze is on, and chances are they'll never leave your heart. Sweetshop boys It was just a 50 pence investment that started Squeeze off. They've returned Such musical magnetism couldn't stay apart for long, however. Going solo? Related Posts. Remembering Neil Peart of Rush. Artist Profile: The Tilbrook answered an advertisement Difford had placed in a store window, and the pair began writing songs. By the spring of , the duo had recruited pianist Jools Holland b.

Julian Holland , January 24, and drummer Paul Gunn , and had named themselves Squeeze , after the disowned Velvet Underground album that featured none of the group's original members. Squeeze began playing the thriving pub rock circuit, although their songs were quirkier and more pop-oriented than many of their peers.

June 27, , a former tour manager and drummer for Chuck Berry. They had also signed a contract with Miles Copeland's burgeoning BTM record label and management company. Squeeze had already recorded several tracks for RCA, including two cuts with Muff Winwood , that the label rejected. The band entered the studio with producer Cale later that year to work on their debut album, provisionally titled Gay Guys by the group's producer. Cale had the group throw out most of their standard material, forcing them to write new material; consequently, the record wasn't necessarily a good representation of the band's early sound.

In America, the band and album had to change their name to UK Squeeze in order to avoid confusion with an American band called Tight Squeeze; by the end of the year, they had reverted back to Squeeze in the U.

Preceded by the hit single "Take Me I'm Yours," the album became a moderate success, but the group's true British breakthrough arrived in , when they released their second album, Cool for Cats.

More representative of the band's sound than their debut, Cool for Cats generated two number two singles in the title track and "Up the Junction. Squeeze tried for a seasonal hit that year with "Christmas Day," but the single failed to chart. Kakoulli was fired from the band after the release of Cool for Cats and was replaced by John Bentley.

Released in the spring of , Argybargy received the strongest reviews of any Squeeze album to date, and produced moderate U. Jools Holland , whose fascination with boogie-woogie piano was beginning to sit uncomfortably with Difford and Tilbrook 's increasingly sophisticated compositions, left the band in late to form the Millionaires ; he was replaced by Paul Carrack , formerly of the pub rock band Ace.

Following Argybargy , critics in both the U. Pepper's with 's East Side Story. Initially, the album was to be produced by Dave Edmunds , but the group scrapped those sessions to work with Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian.

Upon its summer release, East Side Story was hailed with excellent reviews, but it didn't become a huge hit as expected. Nevertheless, it found an audience, peaking at number 19 in the U. The soulful, Carrack -sung "Tempted" failed to reach the U. Top 40, but it did become the group's first charting U. The country-tinged "Labeled with Love" became the group's third, and last, British Top Ten hit that fall. Carrack left at the end of to join Carlene Carter 's backing band; he was replaced with Don Snow , a classically trained pianist who formerly played with the Sinceros.

Ever since the release of their debut, Squeeze had been touring and recording without break, and signs of weariness were evident on Sweets from a Stranger. Though it was the group's highest-charting U. In the U. Nevertheless, the band had earned a considerable fan base, and were able to play Madison Square Garden that summer. Tired of touring and its frustrating commercial fortunes, Difford and Tilbrook decided to disband Squeeze late in , releasing the compilation Singles 45's and Under , shortly after its announcement.

As teenagers on the South London scene, Squeeze — setting out their stall early on by facetiously naming themselves after a poorly-received Velvet Underground album, and at the time also comprised of Jools Holland on keys, Harry Kakouli on bass and Paul Gunn on drums — became a fixture of the burgeoning New Wave movement.

By Squeeze had disbanded. Difford meanwhile spends many hours working with recovering addicts and alcoholics in prisons and rehab centers, with musical workshops, performances, and by telling his own inspirational life story.