History Music / Badfinger

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their debut single, "Maybe Tomorrow", was not only credited to The Iveys rather than Badfinger, but is a soft, orchestrated acoustic ballad, rather than PowerPop. Magic Christian Music in general is a lot more reminiscent of a later Beatles album with No Dice really solidifying their sound.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their debut single, "Maybe Tomorrow", was not only credited to The Iveys rather than Badfinger, but is a soft, orchestrated acoustic ballad, rather than PowerPop.

Two unofficial continuation groups exist - one fronted by Joey Molland, and another fronted by later member Bob Jackson.

After this, a string of hit singles (among them "No Matter What", "Day After Day", and "Baby Blue"), followed on Apple before the label folded and the band moved to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Unfortunately, due to the antics of their business manager Stan Polley, the band earned little money from their troubles. They eventually realised this and turned on him, but it was too late. The band became mired in lawsuits, failed to get their earnings, and lost their commercial standing and income. The resulting mess led Pete Ham to commit suicide in 1975, and the band broke up. They reformed three years later, tried to recover, and released two more albums. But Tom Evans never got over Ham's death, and he eventually took his own life in 1983. Badfinger are generally better known today for their tragic history than their music, although they are still one of the more famous PowerPop acts of the early '70s.

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Pete Ham, Tom Evans, Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland.]]

Badfinger were a (mostly) Welsh PowerPop band that originated in TheSixties. The main line-up was Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Joey Molland (vocals, guitar), Tom Evans (vocals, bass) and Mike Gibbins (drums). Founded in Swansea and originally known as The Iveys, Badfinger rose to prominence after being signed to Music/TheBeatles' label Apple Records. After releasing an album as The Iveys, the group renamed to Badfinger and recorded songs for ''Film/TheMagicChristian''. From this film came a chart-topping single, "Come and Get It", written by Music/PaulMcCartney.

Badfinger were a (mostly) Welsh PowerPop band that originated in TheSixties. The main line-up was Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Joey Molland (vocals, guitar), Tom Evans (vocals, bass) and Mike Gibbins (drums). Founded in Swansea and originally known as The Iveys, Badfinger rose to prominence after being signed to Music/TheBeatles' label Apple Records. After releasing an album as The Iveys, the group renamed to Badfinger and recorded songs for ''Film/TheMagicChristian''. From this film came a chart-topping single, "Come And Get It", written by Music/PaulMcCartney.

After this, a string of hit singles followed on Apple before the label folded and the band moved to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Unfortunately, due to the antics of their business manager Stan Polley, the band earned little money from their troubles. They eventually realised this and turned on him, but it was too late. The band became mired in lawsuits, failed to get their earnings and lost their commercial standing and income. The resulting mess led Pete Ham to commit suicide in 1975 and the band broke up. They reformed three years later, tried to recover and released two more albums. But Tom Evans never got over Ham's death, and he eventually took his own life in 1983. Badfinger are generally known today for their tragic history, rather than their music.

* RecordProducer: The band employed some famous ones, including ''two'' Beatles (Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/GeorgeHarrison) and other Fab Four associates; Mal Evans was part of the Beatles' entourage, while Geoff Emerick and Chris Thomas both engineered Beatles sessions before becoming big-name producers. Tony Visconti (best known for his work with Music/DavidBowie and Music/MarcBolan) and Music/ToddRundgren also worked with Badfinger.

After this, a string of hit singles followed on Apple before the label folded and the band moved to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Unfortunately, due to the antics of their business manager Stan Polley, the band earned little money from their troubles. They eventually realised this and turned on him, but it was too late. The band became mired in lawsuits, failed to get their earnings and lost their commercial standing and income.
The resulting mess led Pete Ham to commit suicide in 1975 and the band broke up. They reformed three years later, tried to recover and released two more albums. But Tom Evans never got over Ham's death, and he eventually took his own life in 1983. Badfinger are generally known today for their tragic history, rather than their music.

After this, a string of hit singles followed on Apple before the label folded and the band moved to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Unfortunately, due to the antics of their business manager Stan Polley, the band earned little money from their troubles. They eventually realised this and turned on him, but it was too late. The band became mired in lawsuits, failed to get their earnings and lost their commercial standing and income. Pete Ham committed suicide in 1975 and the band broke up. They reformed three years later, tried to recover and released two more albums. But Tom Evans never got over Ham's death, and he eventually took his own life in 1983. Badfinger are generally known today for their tragic history, rather than their music.

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