"With Tenology, 10cc should finally get their due as the Fab Four of the 70s. But it's not prog, it's not art rock – it's 10cc music," Gouldman says. But that didn't happen, and although Godley and Gouldman remain friends and Creme and Stewart keep in touch (they are brothers-in-law), Godley and Creme's partnership dissolved after 27 years in the late 80s and Stewart and Gouldman's relationship broke down soon after that.A full-scale reunion, then, seems unlikely. They never intended to be pop stars, nor did they have much rock'n'roll in them – apart, Gouldman says, from the odd bit of creative vandalism when Godley and Creme, art-school graduates both, would doodle on paintings in hotel lobbies or lifts.Rather, they were happiest in the studio, endlessly finessing their complex four-minute creations – the "professional wing" of Stewart and Gouldman would do their thing, and Godley and Creme would work their magic while stoned on lethal grass – what Stewart calls "their Benson & Hedges mindfuckers".
Not that there are any hard feelings about Queen having picked up their baton. King had had a dream about a successful band called "10cc". "If you'll forgive the expression, we had quite long candles." It was a flame that burned incredibly brightly, but we could have lasted so much longer." With a musical pedigree like that, it will come as no surprise if you discover a little Eric in your collection. (March 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)"Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae song by 10cc. "We experimented on every song – you'll never hear two that sound alike. 10cc got their name from Jonathan King who released their first records. The reason they have "reconvened" is to discuss Tenology, a five-CD box set focusing on the pioneering pop music they made between 1972 and 1976, when their fast-paced, action-packed hits made them one of the biggest bands in Britain. 10cc come together for the first time in 36 years to explain where it went wrong "We weren't 10cc peaked in the summer of 1975 with a supremely evocative piece of sustained mood music – all six minutes and 12 seconds of it – with a revolutionary soundbed of multitracked vocals and an ambiguous lyric that painted a sombre picture of young love. Kevin Godley And Lol Creme After 10cc: The Things They Did For Love. I'm Not in Love was a production milestone, one that has since won acclaim from Paul McCartney and Axl Rose, as well as 8m radio plays around the world. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. However, popular belief is that they adopted the name because the average male ejaculation is 9cc … ... but the duo’s two big hits after 10cc were to come from Ismism. "Only we're in a box, not a studio.
We had The Noise, not The Look." Songs such as Donna, Rubber Bullets and "We took on the mantle of the Beatles," agrees Eric Stewart, nominally 10cc's guitarist even if, like all the members, he handled other instruments and sang. 10cc - Rubber Bullets (TOTP 1973) - Duration: 3:57. softladification 973,972 views.
The ’80s became a tour fest with Camel in (’83/’84), Elkie Brooks (’85), Joan Armatrading (’86), Alvin Stardust (’87), Gloria Gaynor (’88) and Icicle Works (’89).Fans of 10cc may recognise Iain Hornal from his occasional performances standing in for Mick Wilson in the band, and from Graham Gouldman’s Heart Full Of Songs tour in 2014. "Really, 10cc were less rock stars than part of a Brill Building or Hollywood tunesmith tradition. Art For Art's Sake (1975) Clockwork Creep (1974) Donna (1972) Dreadlock Holiday (1978) I'm Mandy Fly Me (1975) I'm Not In Love (1975) ... Did their name come from a sewing machine?