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The Sweet sold over 55million records and Andy Scott continues to tour with his own line-up but discovered in 2009 he was suffering from the disease

Members of KISS, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe all cite Sweet as an influence. Guitarist Andy Scott explains why the 1970s glam-rockers’ music holds up.

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SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Brian Connolly vows not to cover any of his dad's Sweet hits in a bid to make his own mark on the music industry.

CLICK ON PICTURE TO GO HOME THE SWEET, ZZ TOP, OZZY OSSBOURNE, AC/DC, SIPHO HOTSTIX MABUSE, MONTROSE, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, EVOID, CROSBY STILLS & NASH, JOE COCKER, ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, JETHRO TULL, BILLY JOEL, GARY JULES, PINK FLOYD, GERRY RAFFERTY….............. HELL RAISER Download this episode (right click and save) IF THE SHOW DID NOT START WHEN OPENING THIS PAGE USE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS

November 11, 1974, on Germany’s Musikladen

The original Sweet The Sweet are one of the great ‘70s British glam rock bands that, strangely, have not had a single movie or tell-all biography created in their honor. Just one documentary, Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz, from 1990. With their makeup, outrageous stage clothes, and terribly catchy songs, they influenced later bands like Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Poison, Mötley Crüe, and their own contemporaries like KISS. Sweet (they dropped the “The” in late 1973) recorded a slew of hits written…

9th Feb 1997, Brian Connolly singer with the 1970's Glam rock group Sweet died of kidney and liver failure aged 51.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of "Little Willy" on Discogs.

Sweet circa 1974