
A-Trak and AVH are bona fide DJ heroes whose team-ups are fueled by anything-goes samples, an almost childlike sense of fun, and 100% NYC attitude. “Barbra Streisand” continues to perfect the Duck Sauce sound, which joyously mashes classic disco house with forward-thinking dancefloor energy and expert production. “ If 3 million YouTube views of last year’s debut “aNYway” are any indicator, the official release of “Barbra Streisand” will be met with rabid anticipation as fan-recorded bootlegs have fueled blog excitement all summer. The track is in my head and there is no way to get it out there! Australia is getting early dibs on Sept 24 and Germany gets it a little later, Oct 29. Atlantic/Warner Music would later acquire the non-North American rights to the band’s catalogue.Duck Sauce the fabulous duo formed by A-Trak and Armand van Helden! The main release date is Oct 11th (UK, pre-order here) and 12th (North America). (Island Records had until that time been the UK home to both Free and King Crimson, as well as to Mott the Hoople for their first four albums Atlantic, in turn, released King Crimson’s and Mott’s early albums in the US through a licensing agreement with Island). The band signed to Swan Song Records/Atlantic Records in North America, and with Island Records in other countries. The caption read “beware of bad company”.īad Company consisted of four seasoned musicians: two former members of Free, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. They have sold 20 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States and 40 million worldwide.Ĭontrary to speculation that singer Paul Rodgers named the band after the Jeff Bridges film Bad Company, Rodgers stated in an interview with that the idea came from a book of Victorian morals that showed a picture of an innocent kid looking up at an unsavoury character leaning against a lamp post. Many of their singles and songs, such as “Bad Company”, “Can’t Get Enough”, “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, “Ready for Love”, “Shooting Star”, and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”, remain staples of classic rock radio. 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. Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.īad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Bad Company are an English hard rock supergroup formed in England, in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, drummer Simon Kirke and later adding bassist Boz Burrell.
