Record Mirror, March 16, 1974

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No doubt some of you fickle chart spotters have never heard of them, in fact anyone who has can take ten bonus points and skip the next paragraph or so. To be brief SBQ came together one year ago when Quiver lost their songwriter and gained keysman Peter Wood. It happened to he just when the Sutherlands were getting fed up with life as a duo and as Bruce Thomas the quivering bassman put it" "We each had what the other needed." He likens his career to that of a professional footballer (comes from Middlesborough y'see): "It all seems to have been leading up to this band. We've all done our apprenticeships. We've suffered most of the pitfalls, bad record companies, bad agents, bad managers, bands that break down on the M1, terribly shitty tours of poxy clubs in Germany. Then Quiver was like going from the Fourth division to somewhere in the Second and now were hovering at the top of the Second waiting for promotion at the end of this season. SBQ are the Middlesborough of rock bands at the moment. Which is better than being the Norwich or West Ham. So presumably a hit with Dream Kids will he like winning the cup... or should that be the Test Match? Bruce thinks it has a good chance "It's selling twice as quickly as 'You've Got Me Anyway' did. But were not going to lose any sleep over hit singles. It would he nice to hit but we're not going to force things. We're going to make it just by going on the way we do. We are a good band, we play good stuff. and make good records, so what else can you do? We are not getting into hyping anything. I don't think Iain (Sutherland) would look very nice in a lurex jump suit anyway." Peter Wood says "Dream Kid" is really just a three minute trailer for their album of the same name. And anyway if you're looking for singles success just look at that first one ("You've Got Me Anyway"). It sold 7.000 in Britain but 300.000 in America, reaching number 20 — which is very high by Stateside standards. There was also a hurriedly got together album, so far unreleased here, which made midway in the top 100. Why this big success in the US of A? Well, it is based on their instrumental and songwriting strengths, but Elton John is the X-factor. He took them over on his big tour last year and they played to about 800.000 people. Remaining text and scanner-error corrections to come... << >> Record Mirror, March 16, 1974 Peter Harvey's profile of Sutherland Brothers and Quiver includes a few quotes by Bruce Thomas. Images Clipping. Photo. Cover and clippings.

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