Max Bacon is an English rock singer. He was the lead singer for 1980s rock group GTR, as well as for Burn the Sky, Moby Dick,

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, and

Bronz Bronz are an English hard rock band, formed in Bath in the mid-1970s. The band played mainly around the UK and at the 'free festivals' of the time. These included performances at Stonehenge and Glastonbury in 1978. Career After an early t ...

. He was the vocalist on GTR's top 40 single, "When the Heart Rules the Mind" and GTR's self-titled debut album. Bacon's 1996 solo album ''The Higher You Climb'' included GTR material, and Bacon later sang lead on "Going, Going, Gone" on

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's 1999 release, '' Portraits of Bob Dylan''. Bacon sang lead on

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's 1987 album ''

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'' which, in the

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version, featured the minor hit "Magic Touch", and was co-produced by

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, who produced GTR. In 2002 another solo album, ''From the Banks of the River Irwell'', was released, featuring some material composed by Downes previously performed by

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during John Payne's tenure. Bacon appeared as a contestant on

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's talent show ''

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'', hosted by

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with featured judges

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and

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. Bacon reached the 1988 final and performed a version of " The Hunter", but did not win. Bacon subsequently left the music business and took ownership of a

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called The Crown in

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, England. He now owns and runs The Wheatsheaf pub in the small town of Egremont in West Cumbria. Bacon returned to his former band, Bronz, to play at the Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales in November 2011. He is featured on disc 3 of Steve Howe's second compilation album, ''Groups and Collaborations'' which was published in 2017, he is singing on five songs with Yes's guitarist.

Discography

Moby Dick

* 1982: "Can't Have My Body Tonight" (single, Ebony Records)

Solo work

* 1995: ''The Higher You Climb'' (1995) With

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etc. * 2002: ''From the Banks of the River Irwell'' - With Geoff Downes, Scott Gorham,

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, etc.

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* 1983 ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' * 1984 ''My Kingdom Come''

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* 1984: ''Taken by Storm''

GTR

* 1986: '' GTR'' * 1997: ''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents GTR'' (Live)

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* 1987: ''Dream Runner''

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* 1987: ''

'' * 1989: ''

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* 1999: '' Portraits of Bob Dylan'' * 2017: ''

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'' : Max Bacon vocals on ''Running In The Human Race'', ''Hot touch'', ''Runway'', ''Forever'' and ''Tell the Story''.

References

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