Arthur Brown

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About Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown burst out of obscurity in 1968 with "Fire," an energetic and forceful fusion of blues, jazz, psychedelia, and hard rock with Brown's over-the-top vocal invoking the dangers of the dark side. The standout track from his debut album The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was the defining song of his career, but Brown's body of work was impressively diverse. He dabbled in prog rock with Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come (best heard on 1972's Galactic Zoo Dossier), upbeat pop/rock (1974's Dance with Arthur Brown), raucous, full-bodied blues rock (1988's Brown, Black & Blue, with Jimmy Carl Black), electronic pop with poetic accents (1982's Speak No Tech), full-on theatrical rock (2022's Long Long Road), and ominous celebrations of all things spooky (2022's Monster's Ball). The common threads are Brown's big, booming voice, broad vocal theatrics, and a willful eccentricity that boosts the power of his music.

HOMETOWN
Whitby, Yorkshire, England
BORN
24 June 1944
GENRE
Rock

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