Broken Glass | ar

There are at least three artists with this name:

1) In the early Seventies with the British Blues scene a little stale, Stan Webb took time out from his band Chicken Shack to form a brilliant band entitled Broken Glass featuring such great players as Miller Anderson, Robbie Blunt, Mac Poole and Rob Rawlinson. The three pronged guitar attack of Webb, Anderson and Blunt soon had venues rocking and EMI put the money up for the band's debut album. The album hit the streets to great reviews and Broken Glass seemed on their way to fame and fortune. The quality of the Webb, Anderson, Bunt compositions was exceptional but as often beset bands in the Seventies, problems with management ensued and the project collapsed.

2) Originally a breakdance crew, two of its members, Kermit and Fiddz, hooked up with Manchester radio DJ Greg Wilson and his musician friends Martin Jackson (Magazine) and Andy Connell (A Certain Ratio) to record an electro track 'Style of the Street'.

Morgan Khan, owner of the Street Sounds compilation label, was impressed by their work and persuaded them to put together more tracks for a UK Electro compilation.

To give the impression of a thriving hip-hop scene in the UK, Morgan then proceeded to invent bogus artist and writer credits to use on this compilation. The resulting album is all the work of this group apart from one track by The Rapologists

3) Broken Glass was a heavy metal band that recorded one album "A Fast, Mean Game", in 1990. Not to be confused with the Broken Glass that recorded a vinyl LP for Capitol in 1975, this Broken Glass recorded for Chrysalis 15 years later. The two bands do have one thing in common: neither were well known by any means. A Fast, Mean Game, the only album this band recorded for Chrysalis, favors a groove-oriented, bluesy approach to hard rock and arena rock. Broken Glass wasn't the most distinctive or original band in the world, and most of the tunes on this predictable album are mediocre, contrived and less than memorable. Still, the CD has its moments. "Worst of You Yet" and "Long Way Home" are kind of catchy, and the rowdy "Mexico" has a nice bar band appeal. But all things considered, A Fast, Mean Game isn't worth the price of admission .