Tag Archives: Climax Blues Band

Archival Concert By CLIMAX BLUES BAND To Be Out

February 21, 2025

From 1973’s onwards, every new CLIMAX BLUES BAND‘s concert recordings – not that there were too many contemporary releases – provided their fanbase with an impressive illustration of the British ensemble’s arresting blend of delicious roughness and radio-friendliness. Almost all … Continue reading

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CLIMAX BLUES BAND Mark Their Jubilee With A New Album

January 15, 2019

It’s been almost 50 years since CLIMAX BLUES BAND released their and more than a decade since the British ensemble issued their last one. The veterans – half of whom joined the ranks in the ’80s to carry on the … Continue reading

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CLIMAX BLUES – Broke Heart Blues

March 7, 2015

Angel Air 2015 Definitive climax planned to be called “Cruel” – from Pete Haycock’s final supergroup. One may argue if it was a good idea to launch CLIMAX BLUES into parallel existence with the current CLIMAX BLUES BAND where no … Continue reading

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CLIMAX BLUES – debut and finale

November 11, 2014

It was a year ago that the CLIMAX BLUES BAND’s founder guitarist, Pete Haycock, passed away. By that time, though, the veteran had wrapped up the work on his old group’s latest incarnation, as opposed to their current line-up that … Continue reading

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Pete Haycock, R.I.P. – The flight is over

November 1, 2013

Another hero passed away… One of the greatest British blues guitarist, Pete Haycock was a blistering force of CLIMAX BLUES BAND for two decades, from 1968 to 1988, and without him there would be no such classics as “Flight” or “Couldn’t … Continue reading

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