![]() ![]() Mechanix was re-issued in 2009 with enhanced album packaging, including photos by Ross Halfin and illustrations by David Juniper. Lights Out (Live) Lyrics: Wind blows back and the batons charging / It winds all the way / Right to the butt of my gun / Maybe now your time has come / From the back streets theres a rumblin. The band is tight and Phil Mogg just shows off that typical front man swagger which the big names in the 70s perfected. A slightly-reconstituted UFO released one more record ( Making Contact) in 1983 and then split to pursue other opportunities, getting back together at various times, in various configurations over the past 25+ years to record and tour. The band toured, with original bassist Pete Way leaving immediately thereafter. ![]() Off to the thud, of my gun Maybe now your time has. UFO is an English Hard Rock band that was formed in London in 1968. Fifth Angel - Lights Out (UFO cover) Lyrics : Windo blows back on the battens chargin Runs all the way. A family later reported that they had non-human visitors in their backyard. In the US, it rose to #82 on the Billboard album charts, with “Back Into My Life” getting some airplay. Left to right: Phil Mogg, Michael Schenker, Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Andy Parker. Las Vegas Metro Police released body camera footage showing a mysterious object in the sky. That three of the songs on here are among the four that close UFO’s live shows even today tells you all you need to know about not only the quality of, but also the staying power of the album. ![]() The album met with a fair amount of success in the UK, hitting #8 on the album charts, driven by the popularity of three singles – “Back Into My Life”, “The Writer” and “Let It Rain”. Lights Out (Chrysalis, 1977) The killerdiller studio album. It is in reality, their fourth release respectively. When I saw this story, I knew that it would have to be one that would have to be featured on our site as it focuses on, at least for your friend The Curator (that’s me!), two important main characters:ġ) The rock band UFO – an under-appreciated (at least, here in the U.S.) ensemble that created some of the best-loved tunes of my early adulthood (Phil Mogg certainly knew how to write songs with a catchy chorus, and I’m certain that I wore through more than one copy of Lights Out in my college dorm room), andĢ) The graphic designer John Pasche – a talented UK-based graphic artist, one of the principals in the ongoing saga of “just who really did design the Lips and Tongue logo for the Rolling Stones” and, for me as a writer, one of the first people kind enough to work with me on an interview about album cover art. Force It is the first UFO album to totally abandon the psychedelic space rock of past albums. ![]()
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