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'''Max Bacon''' is thean formerEnglish rock singer. He was the lead singer for 1980s [[rock music|rock]] supergroupgroup [[GTR (band)|GTR]], as well as the singer for [[MobyBurn Dickthe (HungarianSky, band)|Moby Dick]], [[Nightwing (band)|Nightwing]], [[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]],<ref>[{{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}}</ref> and [[Bronz]]. He was the vocalist on GTR's the top 40 single, "When the Heart Rules the Mind". and GTR's [[GTR (album)|self-titled debut album]] went gold.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.connollyco.com/discography/gtr/heart7.html |title=When The Heart Rules The Mind<!-|website=Connollyco.com|access-date=15 BotJuly generated title -->]2021}}</ref>

Bacon's 1996 solo album ''The Higher You Climb'' included GTR material,<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/max-bacon-1?cat=entertainment Max Bacon: Information and Much More from Answers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Bacon later sang lead on "Going, Going, Gone" on [[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]]'s 1999 release, ''[[Portraits of Bob Dylan]]''. There is also a CD of a [[Los Angeles]] GTR performance on King Biscuit Flower Hour, and even a bootleg floating around.

Bacon sang lead on [[Mike Oldfield]]'s 1987 album ''[[Islands (Mike Oldfield album)|Islands]]'' which, in the [[United States|U.S.]] version, featured the minor hit "Magic Touch", and was co-produced by GTR-producer [[Geoff Downes]], who produced GTR. In 2002 another solo album, ''From Thethe Banks Ofof Thethe River Irwell'', was released, featuring some material composed by Downes previously performed by [[Asia (band)|Asia]] during [[John Payne (singer)|John Payne]]'s tenure.

Bacon appeared as a contestant on [[ITV Network|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. No mention was made on the show of his previous GTR success.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

Bacon subsequently left the music business and took ownership of a [[Public house|pub]] called The Crown in [[Knaresborough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]].<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.dprp.net/forgotten/gtr/index.html |title=DPRP - Forgotten Sons: GTR<!-|access-date=15 BotJuly generated title -->]2021}}</ref>Max nowHe ownsthen andwent runson ato public house calledrun The Wheatsheaf pub in the small town of [[Egremont, Cumbria|Egremont]] in West Cumbria.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wheatsheaf|url=http://nwb.co/wheatsheafegremont|work=Northwest Bands|publisher=NWB|access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Bacon returned to his former band, Bronz, to play at the Hard Rock Hell festivalFestival in Wales in November 2011.

===Solo Workwork===

* 1987: ''[[Islands (Mike Oldfield album)|Islands]]'' (1987)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Oldfield-Islands/master/44255|title=Mike Oldfield - Islands|website=Discogs|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

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