Bad Company
Bad Company are an English hard rock supergroup formed in Westminster, London, in 1973 by two former Free band members—singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke—as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell.Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.
Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run With the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and US. Many of their singles, such as "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", and "Feel Like Makin' Love", remain staples of classic rock radio.
History
Original Paul Rodgers era (1973–1982)
There was a rumour that singer Paul Rodgers was so enamored with the Jeff Bridges film Bad Company that he chose to name his band after it, but Rodgers, in an interview with Spinner.com, explained that the idea came from a book of Victorian morals that showed a picture of an innocent kid looking up at an unsavory character leaning against a lamppost. The caption read "beware of bad company".
BAD Co.
BAD Co. is a British brewery in Dishforth, North Yorkshire.
BAD Co. (short for Brewing and Distilling Company) is a North Yorkshire-based craft brewery, founded in 2014.
BAD Co.'s beers are inspired by the American approach to ale production and current British craft brewing renaissance.
It has four main ales, all of whose names are based on rock songs:
Comfortably Numb won the awards at the 2014 York Beer Festival for 'Overall Winner of the Show' and 'Best Low Gravity Beer under 4%'.
Paul Holden-Ridgway is their Head Brewer.
References
External links
Podcasts:
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by Oxymoron
Bad Co.
by: OxymoronYou´re afraid of all that´s strange
so you call us a disgrace
Is it only cos we shave our heads,
have our tats and favour noise?
Living wild and out of line
we ain´t the boys for whom you pray
fun and booze and angry music,
we wanna live today...
[Chorus:]
It seems like everybody hates us
the problem is that we don´t care
It seems like everybody hates us
...company that you won´t share
And that´s what they say,
It´s just the same old thing:
With us you´ll go astray
... BAD COMPANY
Still sort of public enemies -
or do the cops turn down your raves?
Yet if we meet up someplace
they would call it "chaos days"
So you better keep on giving us a wide berth
and change the road
and tell your kids:
"Just stay away, they´re no company for you!"
Yeah, we wanna shock the majority
with their old hypocrite views
It´s our way of non-conformity
in a world that falsehood rules
Life instead of boring jobs,
it is said we ain´t of use
that´s why everybody hates us