Max Bacon
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Max Bacon is an English rock singer. He was the lead singer for 1980s rock group GTR, as well as for Burn the Sky, Moby Dick, Nightwing, Phenomena,{{Cite web|url=http://www.projectphenomena.com/|title=Welcome to Phenomena|date=2 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502012652/http://www.projectphenomena.com/|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=2010-05-02}} and Bronz. He was the vocalist on GTR's top 40 single, "When the Heart Rules the Mind" and GTR's self-titled debut album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.connollyco.com/discography/gtr/heart7.html|title=When The Heart Rules The Mind|website=Connollyco.com|access-date=15 July 2021}}
Bacon's 1996 solo album The Higher You Climb included GTR material, and Bacon later sang lead on "Going, Going, Gone" on Steve Howe's 1999 release, Portraits of Bob Dylan.
Bacon sang lead on Mike Oldfield's 1987 album Islands which, in the U.S. version, featured the minor hit "Magic Touch", and was co-produced by Geoff Downes, who produced GTR. In 2002 another solo album, From the Banks of the River Irwell, was released, featuring some material composed by Downes previously performed by Asia during John Payne's tenure.
Bacon appeared as a contestant on ITV's talent show New Faces, hosted by Marti Caine with featured judges Chris Tarrant and Nina Myskow. Bacon reached the 1988 final and performed a version of "The Hunter" from GTR's debut album, but did not win.
Bacon subsequently left the music business and took ownership of a pub called The Crown in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dprp.net/forgotten/gtr/index.html|title=DPRP - Forgotten Sons: GTR|access-date=15 July 2021}} He then went on to run The Wheatsheaf pub in the small town of Egremont in West Cumbria.{{cite web|title=The Wheatsheaf|url=http://nwb.co/wheatsheafegremont|work=Northwest Bands|publisher=NWB|access-date=8 April 2014}}{{cite web|title=Wheatsheaf|url=http://whatpub.com/pubs/CUM/524/wheatsheaf-egremont|work=What Pub|publisher=Campaign for Real Ale|access-date=8 April 2014}}
Bacon returned to his former band, Bronz, to play at the Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales in November 2011.
For the last few years, he has lived in Spain and still performs occasionally.
He is featured on disc 3 of Steve Howe's second compilation album, Groups and Collaborations which was published in 2017, he is singing on five songs with Yes's guitarist.
Discography
=Moby Dick=
- 1982: "Can't Have My Body Tonight" (single, Ebony Records) {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Moby-Dick-Nothing-To-Fear-Cant-Have-My-Body-Tonight/release/5973178|title=Moby Dick – Nothing To Fear / Can't Have My Body Tonight (1982, Vinyl)|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
=Solo work=
- 1995: The Higher You Climb (1995) {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Max-Bacon-The-Higher-You-Climb/release/1246997|title=Max Bacon – The Higher You Climb (1995, CD)|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}} With Geoff Downes, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Scott Gorham etc.
- 2002: From the Banks of the River Irwell {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Max-Bacon-From-The-Banks-Of-The-River-Irwell/release/1248113|title=Max Bacon – From The Banks Of The River Irwell (2002, CD)|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}} - With Geoff Downes, Scott Gorham, Mike Oldfield, Phil Spalding, Mike Sturgis, etc.
=[[Nightwing (band)|Nightwing]]=
- 1983 Stand Up and Be Counted {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nightwing-Stand-Up-And-Be-Counted/master/274549|title=Nightwing - Stand Up And Be Counted|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
- 1984 My Kingdom Come {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nightwing-My-Kingdom-Come/master/565817|title=Nightwing - My Kingdom Come|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
=[[Bronz]]=
=[[GTR (band)|GTR]]=
- 1986: GTR {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/GTR-GTR/master/36341|title=GTR (2) - GTR|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
- 1997: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents GTR (Live){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/GTR-King-Biscuit-Flower-Hour-Presents-GTR/master/519233|title=GTR (2) - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents GTR|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
=[[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]]=
=[[Mike Oldfield]]=
- 1987: Islands {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Oldfield-Islands/master/44255|title=Mike Oldfield - Islands|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
- 1989: Earth Moving {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Oldfield-Earth-Moving/master/11966|title=Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
=[[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]]=
- 1999: Portraits of Bob Dylan {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Howe-Portraits-Of-Bob-Dylan/master/398565|title=Steve Howe - Portraits Of Bob Dylan|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}
- 2017: Groups and Collaborations : Max Bacon vocals on Running In The Human Race, Hot touch, Runway, Forever and Tell the Story.
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