Zips
Zips c 1973 - 76 Rock band
Line up: Featuring Rog and Pip ex Sorrows members.
Pip Whitcher (vocals, guitar),
Roger Lomas (guitar, bass, vocals).
Both ex- The Sorrows. Paul Hooper - Drums (Ex Indian Summer)
Single: A: Bye Bye Love B: Evil Hearted Woman ( RAK ) 1975
Released: 1975
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock Garage Rock, Glam, Psychedelic Rock
Memories from Tim James
"I must say that I remember Zips as being after The Dodgers, but who am I to argue. Zips was specifically formed to record the Everly Bros song "Bye Bye Love" and promised the payola to guarantee "hyping" as needed. I believe that they got everything they were promised, but the record sunk without trace. A shame, because I remember it as being a good single, but that's the pop charts for you."
Paul Hooper "A band I was part of with Roger Lomas and Pip Whitcher of Sorrows fame.. Recorded in mid 70s produced by Mickey Most using his 'let's cover a pop classic but beef it up' template which he employed to good effect with bands like Mud etc. It was released as you'd expect on his RAK label.. It was all geared up to be a hit..he told us to get toggled up for Top Of The Pops.. But then it turned out it wasn't.. Roger And Pip wrote the B side... We did another one covering a Beach Boys classic.. But that came to nowt as well.. Rog and I moved onto The Dodgers before Rog became a Producer for Two Tone acts and more, and I ended up in The Fortunes for several decades... Funny old business."
"When we had a pre-release meeting with Mickie Most (owner of RAK Records) he asked me what did I hope to achieve in the music industry? My answer.... I want your job. Fast forward 5 years, I was No.3 in the top 10 Record Producers charts & Mickie was No.7.... job done!!"
Bye Bye Love - The Zips 1975
Evil Hearted Woman The Zips
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