Steve is (was 😢) my Uncle, my Dad's little brother. After my Dad died, Steve was always there for me, the next best thing ❤ Thank you for all your kind words and memories. I'm sure now The Sweet is back together rockin' above us! 🎶🎵❤🎵🎶

@mcfcguvnors

4 жыл бұрын

influenced a generation ,myself included,grabbed the old strat off the wall this morning for some hellraiser :) xox

@mel1nda12ax7

4 жыл бұрын

That's really super cool! So, did you get to know the members of The Sweet?

@goopah

4 жыл бұрын

Condolences, Sue. Steve was an entertainer and performer through and through. Great bass lines on all those songs. He was a great songwriter as well. "Priest's Precious Poems" comes to mind.

@sheilabanks7240

4 жыл бұрын

I HOPE SO LUV, I'M 70. WANT TO "HELLRAISE" WITH THEM WHEN I GET THERE. SHOW THEM ANGELS A THING OR TWO.😉😉😉😉

@rockstuffrecords2016

4 жыл бұрын

Love, condolences and blessings to you and family, Sue. I was very upset to hear of Steve’s passing. His music has been a big part of my life since 1975, when I saw Sweet live. I was in touch with your uncle quite a bit after he published his book and he was so kind, funny and just such a great guy. Rest in Peace, Stevie…. the Sweet music lives forever!

The most underrated band ever. RIP Steve

I met steve in birmingham, he wasn't the slightest bit interested in my interest of his band, just wanted to know what i was playing, what i was listening to, how i was getting on. A great fella. R.I.P

@peterpervert7464

4 жыл бұрын

Which venue was this ....i met Steve at Brian Connely memorial 1999 had few drinks with him

@TWHISPERER

4 жыл бұрын

Great Fella - he once dressed as Hitler for a concert.

@wernerrotten4662

4 жыл бұрын

@@TWHISPERER that was on Top of the pops with Block buster to shock the parents . He was styled as a Gay Leutnant with a Hitler mustache...😅 r.i.p Steve😢🎸♠️✨

@micheleangelique423

4 жыл бұрын

@@TWHISPERER He was having a go at the Nazis...was meant as a piss take, not in FAVOR of them. But I'm sure you knew that.

Steve Priest was a really great talent.... and he was a focal point on stage.

@AlesAndBluesGuy

4 жыл бұрын

sad

@celiahouse9255

2 жыл бұрын

I saw sweet in concert in u3 when blockbuster was noo 1 brilliant and brilliant b sides I liked spotlight and got early cds very underrated r I p Brian and mick and the hilarious Steve take care Andy Scott ❤️ 😍 celiaxxxxx

"You ready, Steve?" "Uh, huh!"... "Alright, fellas- LET'S GOOOOO!!!!"

@catwoman2329

4 жыл бұрын

And the man in the back said "every one attack" and it turned into a ballroom blitz. ❤❤❤

@hughwalker5628

4 жыл бұрын

That made me smile. Memories of being 15 and obsessed with the girl who sat behind me in German.

@beverleyr2625

4 жыл бұрын

Awww so sorry to hear Steve Priest has passed away - I loved Sweet growing up in the 70's. My favourite Sweet song was and always will be Coco. RIP Steve, Mick and Brian!

@whiteribbonman1

3 жыл бұрын

+L. Salisbury I LOVE that song! I first heard it in a night club in Stuttgart, West Germany back in 1982. I LOVED the way the German women danced to it. They knew how to have fun.

Oh man, no way!! R.I.P Steve Priest 😭😭 The Sweet, the most underated rock bank of the 70's... Desolation boulevard, epic album in it's time and still put a dent in any modern rock albums... Thank You, Steve Priest... ♥️♥️♥️

"So you think you'll take a piece of me to satisfy your intellectual needs. Do you want action?" I remember when all of their songs came out. Listening to AM top 40 stations in the 70's, The Sweet was different and edgy for their time. Truly ahead of their time as glam rock originals. RIP Steve Priest. Thank you!

@silverfishimperetrix4818

4 жыл бұрын

@Ian Dunbar Steve Stevens does a fine cover of it on his "Atomic Playboys" album. He knows where the good stuff came from.

@jhondoe5147

4 жыл бұрын

@@silverfishimperetrix4818 Steve Stevens is the shirt I WANTED WHEN WE GOT TO THE COUNTER. She calls it my guitar nerd shit......lol.....But she knows.

@silverfishimperetrix4818

4 жыл бұрын

@@jhondoe5147 You have impeccable taste in guitarists. STEVE STEVENS ROCKS!

I was very fortunate to have gotten to see him & his version of Sweet about a year and a half ago. Got to meet him after the show and take a picture with him. I'm so glad that I had that opportunity. RIP Steve.

@isabelEsq

4 жыл бұрын

You were so lucky! I wish I were you

Man, that's too bad about Steve. He used to wear the craziest outfits when they performed. What a band they were. And those harmonies... RIP

@mel1nda12ax7

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, some of the outfits he wore were really cool!

@marceclavijo1985

4 жыл бұрын

He Did teach David Bowie how to be the coolest man in the world!

@snakejones3847

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the harmony sounds are a Sweet Trademark sound!! R.I.P Steve

SWEET was ONE OF THE BEST 70's British Groups! Massive all over the World & caught FIRE in America '75-80 with Albums like DESOLATION BLVD, & iconic Anthems like FOX ON THE RUN, ACTION, BALLROOM BLITZ, LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN, SWEET FA, SET ME FREE.... covered by DEF LEPPARD, MOTLEY CRUE's Vince Neil, PAT BENATAR, BILLY IDOL-STEVE STEVENS, JOAN JETT & countless more! A HUGE INFLUENCE on MOTLEY, CHEAP TRICK, BON JOVI, G 'n R, CINDERELLA, RUNAWAYS, POISON, DEF LEPPARD, & massive more! R.I.P. Steve Priest, Mick Tucker & Brian Connolly; - To: Andy Scott ROCK ON!

@2112res

4 жыл бұрын

Krokus!

I couldn’t hold back the tears when I found out he’d died. Sending my sincere condolences to his family. 😓

@debbiescott6732

3 жыл бұрын

I never got to meet Steve and even though I was 64 when he passed away I was still hoping to get a chance to meet him in person after this Covid19 crisis was over. But sadly it was never meant to be. I cried too which is strange because I've never cried for someone I didn't know. But I guess I felt like I knew him a little even if it was just his performing side. He will be greatly missed. 💔🥺

Me and friends saw Sweet in Perth, Australia in 1975 and we went along thinking oh they should be ok.They were way more than ok.Damn brilliant R&R show.They are truly an underrated band no doubt !!

@2112res

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, that's cool as hell!

I first heard of them back in the 70's with songs like "Little Willie" and "Blockbuster". Then my friend got the Desolation Blvd. album and sent me a copy on 8-track tape playing dj in between songs and making up his own silly commercials. Later I got the "Level Headed" album which had "Love is Like Oxygen" Loved the art work on the album cover. And then back in the late 80's or early 90's i bought the Hits album on vinyl. "Are you ready Steve?" RIP and thanks for the great music.😥

saw them twice in late seventies. love all their albums, they were absolutely one of the most rockin bands ever.

@rayoflight9709

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky man saw to them twice . Just once would have been great for me.

@mcfcguvnors

4 жыл бұрын

live they kicked ass deffo

@anarosacandianavarro3018

2 жыл бұрын

Estoy todavía en proceso de seguir conociendo esta DULCE banda, dame los nombres de todos los albumes que hicieron con Brian. (Ya sin Brian no es lo mismo)Y las mejores canciones de esos Dulces álbumes !

Especially back in the day, he was ahead of his time, bass wise, vocally and style wise. Like the whole band at the time, Steve was sadly underrated as a top class musician and awesome bass player. He loved life to the full and had a great lifetime gig. Bass hero never to be forgotten. Immortal bass.

You will not be forgotten Steve Priest. Love is Like oxygen, Fox on the Run and Ballroom Blitz are my favorite songs . It kills me they are so underrated. They deserve more respect 🤘🏿

Feeling truly devastated to lose Steve as he had been recovering from an illness for some Months and all was looking good recently with the Sweet fan community around the world praying for him, so very sad he did not recover. Steve was my first love rock icon, a beautiful and incredibly talented man with the cheekiest face ever, very naughty in his antics and a real charismatic showman. He joins Brian and Mick in Rock 'n' Roll Heaven. I sadly never met Steve but got all excited at the beginning of 2020 when he announced he might come back to the UK for some gigs, many of us hoping he would get together with Andy, but then he fell ill. I have seen Andy's AS Sweet many times and met him and even lived a few doors down from one of his band members. I am due to see Andy's Sweet again in the UK in December. I saw Brian's BC Sweet in the early 90's and met him actually spending several hours in his company, when I realised Brian was a truly beautiful person not just to look at but he had a real soft soul. I loved Sweet from Funny Funny days as I was a child back then and those songs appealed to me when I was 8 but I soon discovered the Rocky B sides and loved those songs more and progressed with the Sweet as they became a rock outfit and metal on the likes of 'set me free which is pre NWOBH. It pains me that Sweet have never really received the credit they deserve in music history being so influential to so many top bands, so many covering their songs.

Sweet fanny Adams and desolation boulevard are two of the greatest hard rock albums ever and Steve priest was a phenomenal bass player. You were the greatest Steve. RIP

School days dominated by glam rock - and Sweet were the best. R.I.P. Steve.

@mel1nda12ax7

4 жыл бұрын

We really need to have glam rock once again!!

I'm a lifelong Sweet fan. Grew up in middle America. Desolation Boulevard was the first album I bought when I was a kid and I still listen to it to this day. And your right, extremely underrated band and album. Sadly I never got to see them play. This is such sad news. Sounds like he was a terrific person as well as musician. Hard to find in the rock music business. RIP Steve and thank you for the music. 😪

RIP Steve Priest...thank you for giving the world incredible music and your beautiful voice....loved you since the beginning of Sweet....miss you always ❤️🎶

John you forgot one their most underrated tunes . .... Blockbuster! RIP Steve

The sweet were friends of mine. I was a song writer for the group The Raspberries, Summer of 70 , Chinn and Chapmen came to the Raspberries camp, they received around 160 songs from me, later Eric Carmen arraigned for me to work for the sweet. Steve later came to visit me in Pinellas Park Florida, wanted to know my connection. He hung out with me and meet a few of my friends. Steve was a great dude, good friend.

@fluentialtv8762

4 жыл бұрын

I recall The Raspberries were touring early in their career and my family had the opportunity to book them in our club. It was a Concert-Club called "The Garage" in New York state (located near Buffalo and Erie PA. )

@mcfcguvnors

4 жыл бұрын

lovin all these memories

@guywilliams3108

4 жыл бұрын

@@tieukhavu8832 I can't read your be comments, txt me on Facebook, in the 60 throughout 70 s I was a lyrics writer, Paul Simmon, Ricky Nelso, The Raspberries, The Archies, looking glass, Nick Lowe, The knack, Tom petty, Dr Hook, The Carpenter's, many more.

Bad news, but thanks for this news. God's speed and RIP Steve!

I finally saw Sweet at The Rose in Pasadena a couple years ago. Steve was sitting on a chair that looked more like a throne. He was ailing, but he was still rocking! The band played all my favorites. Thank you, Steve for the wonderful memories.

@crusheverything4449

4 жыл бұрын

What you saw was not Sweet. Sorry.

Took my nephew Jayson to see the sweet for his 16th birthday.(1993?) It was his 1st concert, and I was able to get the bands autograph on desolation Blvd. Cassette sleeve.. it was a great performance in a very intimate setting.. thanks for memorys

A really sad loss and condolencies to his family. From when there was lots of fun in pop music - glad I lived through those times.

Wow..I remember as a kid having that 45 .. FOX ON THE RUN... looking out the window playing it over and over... No sound like it... great memories.....

@Pisti846

4 жыл бұрын

I still play it in the car on the CD player!

@neonskyline1

4 жыл бұрын

there is, it's a cross between "Silver machine" and "Urban Guerilla" by Hawkwind, i've played it in a cover band, great music though

@richieroo4844

4 жыл бұрын

One of the first records I ever bought at age 12 first trip o`seas in Aussie, got home and played it so many times , great days.

I have never been as obsessed with any band since. Even today I feel my adrenaline rising whenever I listen. So underrated. Such amazing band, composition and especially arrangement. I never got to see Steve - only Andy's iteration years later. I was just too young when they were still together.

So sad all the singer's from our youth are passing on. It's true what you said about ball room blitz. When I first heard it, I did stop & stare at the radio cassette player speakers in total ecstatic shock, biggest grin on my face. Never forget that moment, 13 years old, boarding school. Thankyou for sharing, cheers from Queensland, Australia. 👌🏻👍🏻👋 🇦🇺

Nice piece John, I grew up in the 70’s as a teenager and was into the massive glam rock era. My fave band were Slade but followed closely by The Sweet. You’re spot on with Desolation Boulevard it’s a great rock album. Stay safe love from the UK 🇬🇧

So sorry to hear about this. May Steve Priest rest in peace.

I was Steve’s son in law. He was a great guy very very sad 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@ianmac9289

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss Elliot. watched the video of Steve and Brian at your wedding today and it brought tears to my eyes. RIP Guvnor!!

@PlasticGirl65

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you are OK Elliott 🙏

@nicolajones7202

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss but you'll have some good memories l'm sure take care

@deandemarest4438

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianmac9289 I recently saw the wedding video as well. A heartwarming moment. Hope to see them in the R&R Hall of Fame one day.

That sucks... My mother passed at 72 in 2008... I am now 63... and 72 isnt that far away. I always loved fox on the run.. and even little willy.. ballroom blitz took time to grow on me.. but yes the album desolation row does still kick ass.. Personally.. I loved love is like oxygen...

Used to love Sweet back in the day. Fast approaching sixty now and still love listening to them. Their music is timeless. Thanks Sweet for all that you gave to us. RIP Steve Priest.

The Sweet, one of the best and most underrated band ever. R.I.P. Steve. You've gone at the right time mate. The world is going to hell.

@crusheverything4449

4 жыл бұрын

Messed up comment!

@nicolajones7202

4 жыл бұрын

I think we're already there Paul

@bobbys4327

4 жыл бұрын

you are on the money there Paul!

@2112res

4 жыл бұрын

@@crusheverything4449 Don't kill the messenger.....whose fault is it when the truth hurts?!

God bless Steve...

My antenna has been up forever waiting for any member to come through Ontario but it never happened. Got my 45 of " Little Willy". The bside" Man from Mecca" is worth a listen. RIP boys you meant something to Rock and Roll and will always be part of my rock and roll memories.

@micheleangelique423

4 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, I am so sorry you missed them as they were in Thunder Bay, London and a couple of other stops in Ontario several times over the past 12 years.

The first band i got into when i was 14 , i'm 58. Funny, i'm watching this with my Genesis t-shirt.

Thanks for the music and memories, RIP Steve priest..🎸

Amazing band, But You forgot the best album: ”Sweet Fanny Adams” from 1974. Steves vocals are unbelievable, when he sings the harmonies over Brian’s Lead vocals. Don’t forget Off The Record 1977 and Level Headed 1978 (with Love is like oxygen and is not an 80’s track). RIP Steve 🙏🏻🌟💐❤️

Never heard of them!! I was into prog rock , but I also knew at least of the other music that was out there in the early 70’s. Can’t believe I never ever heard of this band. Now I’m interested ....

Aweeee mannnnn. I got to meet them in BC over five years ago. Andy and Steve. They literally made a point to take time out of their day to sit and talk music with me. They helped me get to where I’m at today working with music. I’m only 29 and their music has been around my life since I was a baby and I’m honoured I got to meet them ❤️

thx for taking the time to give this great musician credit , even if sweet was under-rated for the mainstream rockers who loved some stereotypical musicians speed and technical, they were damn tight, with great melodies that most musicians loves and always original looking and fun to see, they are the stars of the 70´s for me

Thank you for honoring Steve and Sweet. May Brian, Mick, Steve, and Andy rock on forever. ❤

I had their 45's starting from the early 70's. I've come full circle to enjoy them all over again! I'm sorry for your loss Sue Priest.

Always remember the music rip Steve xxxxxx

One of my favorite bands from the 70s for sure I’ve always enjoyed there music sad to hear he has passed away I guess that means we are all getting older and we just can’t live forever a friend and I got to see them play a couple years ago and I had my desolation Boulevard album signed by them what a great bunch of guys and they put on a hell Of a show glad I got to see them it was a blast for sure

Steve was always my favorite member of Sweet. He never took himself too seriously, and was always goofing it up on camera, in spite of his amazing talent. I especially loved his appearance on TOTP in 1973 where he was decked out as "gay Hitler", complete with a kaiser helmet and a giant "FUCK YOU" stenciled on the back of his bass, which he would flash at the cameras. It was that irreverent attitude combined with his musical abilities that made him special. I'll really miss his presence. RIP

Soooo sad to hear another music legend is gone. Sweet was one of my all time favorites. Rest in peace Steve. You're sadly missed. 😪

Another one of my childhood heroes gone forever. I loved watching him on Top Of The Pops, I thought he was brilliantly over the top with his performances. A great rocker, he made us remember him.

The Sweet was my soundtrack of teenage years. My first single i bought was Hellraiser in ´73.They are underrated indeed.Everything is so catchy and my favorite to come (Queen) must have listened to their harmony singing. R.I.P Steve Priest

That's just sad , thx for the info it's like a part of your youth is taken from you when those musicians who you have loved and followed die

Saw them in June of 1979 in San Antonio, TX with Cheap Trick at the Sunken Gardens amphitheater. One of my favorite concerts to this day and I have seen almost everyone. RIP Steve Priest...

I was lucky to sit in a strategic position at an outdoor concert with Sweet opening for Rush in 1978? The live quality of the band the harmonies were spectacular.

I did meet Steve Priest. I met him last April (2019) in Las Vegas, with his band. They were all kind and friendly. Steve signed autographs. Although he didn't say much, he still played bass like a dream, sang and had the same mischievous twinkle in his eye you see in every picture of him. RIP Steve. I'll cherish my pictures, albums and autograph.

Stevie was such a cool guy, fantastic bassist and singer. I witnessed Sweet live, in '75, here in New Zealand. First concert I went to and it blew my mind ~ so powerful and amazing! I still have Mick Tucker’s drum stick, which I managed to catch in the air when he threw it, after his phenomenal drum solo, “The Man With The Golden Arm". Sweet didn't get anywhere near the recognition they should have as musicians, but these days they seem to be getting a lot more praise. Great to hear and see the comments here. Rest in Peace, Brian, Mick and now, Steve. Sweet Forever!

I saw them around 78 in Mississippi. It was Alice Cooper, Sweet, Eddie Money, and Louisiana's Lerou Great show! I always liked Sweet! RIP

John, I saw Sweet open for KISS in the summer of '79 during their Dynasty tour. Sweet was phenomenal, constantly poking fun @ Kiss, occasionally changing lyrics & Andy smashing his guitar onstage (I suppose to imitate Paul Stanley's routine)... Great show. They were obviously having fun & still played spot on. RIP Steve Priest.

Alot of their "B" sides could have been singles as well. So long Steve.

@alleykeosheyan4779

4 жыл бұрын

OMG glad to know I'm not the only one who felt that way! I loved "Burn On the Flame" (B-side to "Fox On The Run") and "Medusa" (B to "Piece of The Action")

@cosmicman621

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Glover ...man from Mecca ..is mine...back-masking guitar solo

@hakikarajcic3392

4 жыл бұрын

Like : New York Connection, Burn On Flame, Take Up Your Own Yourself, Cocroach etc.

@hakikarajcic3392

4 жыл бұрын

@@alleykeosheyan4779: In EX Yugoslavia i did buy single of Sweet in 1974 : The Six Teens. On B side was "Burn On The Flame. Great song and A side also.

The Sweet was always one of my favorite bands in the 70's and still today. Desolation Blvd and Give us a Wink are both great albums. I am really heartbroken to just be finding out about this more than a week later. I still follow both Steve and Andy on social media but hadn't been on in a few weeks. My condolences to Steve's family. Think I'll go listen to Desolation Blvd now. RIP Steve.

I saw the original lineup in Toronto at Rock'n'Roll Heaven. It was a dream come true!!! Thank you Steve.....RIP.

@intercommerce

4 жыл бұрын

I used to go to Rock and Roll Heaven on Bloor never knew they played there

Rest in peace my dear Steve. I will alway admire his music and of course, the whole band. Such a pity 💔💔

Fortunate to see them as an opener for Bob Seger back in the late 70s - I think it was the same tour Brian flipped out on in Atlanta. One of the best live performances I've ever seen. My friends that saw the same show and I still talk about it to this day. Absolutely way underrated. RIP Steve.

Terribly sad....I was just watching their videos the other day on KZread. His talent and their music will live on! xoxo

@kateoloughlin8774

4 жыл бұрын

Scarlett O Hara I just was told of his passing. My heart is broken with sorrow. Steve had such a powerful vocal range and stage presence. Kate in Ireland.

Bad news. I saw Andy Scott's sweet last year over here in the u.k. they rocked! R.i.p steve, thanks for some of the great music from when I was a kid growing up in Wolverhampton England.

I saw Steve Priest and Andy Scott at Brian Connolly's funeral but Mick Tucker was still in The Hospital but his wife Janet Tucker came to the funeral. R.I.P Steve. Gone but nor forgotten..

Thank you Steve for all the awesome music..!!! Sweet and Slade was my first reel musical heros..!!! RIP..!!

Such sad news. I saw them at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1973 at the age of 12. My first, live concert!!

@stevesalthouse6127

4 жыл бұрын

I was at that show. Also saw Marc Bolan and Roxy Music that year. Bring back the 70's. RIP Steve

I saw Steve Priests Sweet about 6 or 7 years ago, the only version of the band I saw, Steve was a Neighbor of a colleague I worked with for years. I’m going to try to reach out to him and see what he knows.

I seen them in Scandinavium my first concert after came their songs in my mind whole week People shouted also we want sweet must say Bravissimo ☆☆☆☆☆

I am a guy form germany and i am very, very sad. I like Scorpions, Queen, Deep Purple Led Zeppelin and so on. But the only Band i love are The Sweet. Like no other band arround they puted entertainment, fun and remarkable musical craftmenship in their hits in 3:30. Not to forget their LPs, Fanny Adams, Desolation Boulevard, Give us a Wink, Off the Record and the great flipsides of their hit-records. Now I am 61 and I still enjoy listening to their endless musical masterpieces. Rest in peace, Stevie ...

Saw them in the 70's on the "give us a wink "tour! They simply blew me away!

Absolutely one of the most underrated bands in history I'm 63 and I swear I listen to Sweet utube video's every other month especially while drinking a couple of pints! RIP Boet

Like you I enjoyed listening to Sweet I grew up in the 70s they were one of my favourite bands rest in peace Steve priest Perry from Seaforth Ontario Canada your music lives on forever and you be playing with your buddies up in the heavens keep Rockin and Rollin buddy

A Canadian fan here. I saw Sweet at Stetson U. in DeLand Florida in Feb. 1976. It is still one of my favourite concerts despite having a sunburn

Thank You for the music Steve, A life well lived.

wow we lost another great guitar player rip Steve priest

@mel1nda12ax7

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the bass player, though a great one to be sure! And, to be sure, we are losing entirely too many of the greatest rockers.

@hits_from_the_bong

4 жыл бұрын

Bass player

@darrylmoore2543

4 жыл бұрын

@@mel1nda12ax7 So Glad U know that.He is a bass player Unsung Heros of bands ...

Growing up in the seventies Sweet was one of my all time favs! Just loved Desolation Boulevard and still listen to it today. I think the first time I ever made out with a girl I was listening to Fox On The Run! Haha. Great band and great players all. RIP Steve, thanks for all the great music!

That is sad

@malekotao3410

4 жыл бұрын

Geez isn't everything these days 😕 That's it! I'm growing my HAIR long to Remember back when things were SWEET

RIP Steve Priest

@AdamLB

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

RIP and thank you for really good music 😥🎵

I did not get to meet them. However, I did have the fortune to see them back in 1978 at Baltimore Civic Center. I thought they were fantastic. RIP my bassist friend.

I've met all 4 members, I was so lucky and grateful and photos me and them together! Fantastic band and such sad news 😥🖤

I loved there music. It's very sad we lost another one R.I.P Steve Priest..

I've loved "Love Is Like Oxygen" since I was 7 years old and still never get tired of hearing it. I saw them in 1994 and I think Andy Scott was the only original member that night but they still kicked ass!!! R.I.P. Steve Priest😞

March 10, 1976 Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium La Crosse, Wisconsin. I was there. I took my little brother for his birthday. STILL one of the best shows I've ever seen. The part that still stands out for me is when they did "Ballroom Blitz" and Steve's part "She'll kill you with a wink of her eye" was "She'll kill you with a wink, of her twat." I loved their humor. RIP Stout Fellow!

RIP Steve Priestley. Love Sweet so much. So many brilliant songs.

Loved them since I was a kid never got to see them all together but I did get a chance to see Brian Connelly's sweet in oxford theatre! Met them in the pub round the corner before the show having a few beers . Brian was shaking then bug still putting on a fantastic show and performance. Top boys top band never dead in my eyes! Respect

Good tribut to Steve , thanks a lot !

I had some correspondence with him during the 90's and early 2000's (I live in the Netherlands). Very nice man. His autobiogaphy Are You Ready Steve? Is a must read. Rest in Peace Steve and thanks for the music.

Damn it only Andy Scott left so many good seventies bands losing members now rip steve

@crusheverything4449

4 жыл бұрын

Punctuation must be dying with them!

@kerrybleakley6483

4 жыл бұрын

It is a shame that andy and Steve didn't get together try to resolve the past and do some music together.

Awww, RIP, Steve, Brian and Mick.

RIP Steve ,thanks for the music.

Saw them with my Girlfriend, now wife of 40yrs at London's Hammersmith Odean in Feb 1978 ( I think it was) Steve had a curly perm hair do that was the fashion .Great gig and so good to see my favourite glam band of the era. Such sad news that Andy Scott announced via Face Book today.

First let me say rest in peace Steve Priest. I'm 55 , a drummer, although I'm disabled and haven't played in quite some time. Once a violin player always a violin player. I remember as a kid hearing " Little Willy Willy " on the radio constantly when it came out. I remember my older brother and cousin listening to and air drumming to " Ballroom Blitz " when it was popular. I never got into them . I wasn't into the whole glam thing and more rock, , heavy metal . Although I love all kinds of music that I'm sure most people would find weird. However, a year or two ago, I realized that I had Ballroom Blitz stuck in the song list of my mind forever. I thought, I have a computer in front of me let's listen to Ballroom Blitz. Let me tell you, I got stuck in the Sweet wormhole, and was blown away. I can't believe that I never listened to these guys . Sure they have those really teeny bopper cutesy wutesy songs , but, they also have some REALLY heavy music in their catalog. Steve Tucker is playing double bass drums unlike anyone else was at the time. More like you would hear today and has some really good chops . I know there were others, but they sound more primitive. Anyway, I fell in love with The Sweet. They were an awesome band . It's unfortunate the way band politics sometimes go , and we all know that if you live fast you go fast . That being said , I believe The Sweet are a very important and influential band to the world of rock .

Thank you for giving tribute to a fine man and a great rocker. He was still keeping it going. God bless you Steve.

Saw them at the Tower Theatre in philadelphia 1976! Freakin amazing show!! Mick with the video screen playing back and forth!🥁👍❤️

Sincere condolences to your friends and family. One of the first records I ever bought. Hell Raiser /Block buster. Thank you so much for the music.

The no 1 band of my childhood,awesome,still listening now ,😢