The Attack UK Tour
October 7th, 2004 by admin
The legendary progressive rock band The Attack will start a tour at The Progeny Festival on November the 20th at London’s Astoria featuring new and original music with classics from The Nice.
The Attack was originally formed by singer/guitarist David O’List in London (1966) featuring a fusion of American Soul and Blues which became part of a new movement called “The Original Style Movement” that included artists such as James Brown, Marvin Gaye and The Who.
After The Attack David O’List was a founding member of The Nice in 1967, one of the British pioneer progressive rockbands ever, featuring Keith Emerson on keyboards. After The Nice’s
split in March 1970 when Keith Emersonformed the legendary trio Emerson Lake and Palmer and during the early 70’s, David O’List worked with other renowed artists such asRoxy Music, Pink Floyd, John Cale and The Velvet Underground.
O’List is also a film director and film writer, having had two films shown at the British Short Film Festival and has also made films for Ericsson Telephones and produced dance videos for BMG Records.
The Attack’s organist Ade Cook -also known as ‘Ace’ - is a master of the Hammond organ and has played with artists such as Steel Pulse, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Moody Blues, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart.
The Attack also features Spy on bass guitar and Sam Kelly on drums (Ben E. King, Billy Ocean, Desmond Dekker, Eddie Floyd, Dr. John, Robert Plant and Ruby Turner).
The Attack’s first single ‘We Don’t Know’ was recently re-released by Universal (U-music) on a compilation Mod Music box-set also featuring James Brown, Marvin Gaye and The Who. ‘We Don’t Know’ became a hit on Japanese Radio through 2003 - 2004, with the box-set selling a jumbo 75,000 copies in Japan alone. The single was followed by a new album titled ‘And We Still Don’t Know’ which makes it the first studio album of the band ever recorded.
THE ATTACK EUROPE TOUR DATES:
6th November- MTV Romania (Europe)
20th November - London Astoria
26th November - The Jimi Hendrix Festival - Rome
4th December - The Jimi Hendrix Festival - Sporthall, Bucharest