Active until 1971 | Genre Rock | |
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Albums Hard Meat / Through a Window, Through a Window, Hard Meat Record labels Warner Bros. Records, Progressive Line Similar The Human Instinct, Principal Edwards Magic Th, Little Free Rock, Sam Apple Pie, Fat Mattress | ||
Hard Meat was a British progressive rock group active between 1969 and 1971. It was formed by the Birmingham-born brothers Michael Dolan (1947 - 2 August 2014) (guitar, lead vocals) and Steve Dolan (1948 - 22 May 2000) (bass, vocals), with drummer Mick (variously Mike) Carless.
The trio's debut single was a cover of the Beatles' "Rain" b/w "Burning Up Years" on the Island label in 1969. This was followed by two albums released by Warner Bros in 1970: Hard Meat and Through a Window. Their second single (culled from the latter album) was "The Ballad of Marmalade Emma and Teddy Grimes," based on the life of two well-known Colchester tramps. Despite tours of Europe and the USA neither album saw chart success, and the group disbanded shortly afterwards.
New Zealand band The Human Instinct covered "Burning Up Years" on their 1969 debut album of the same name.
Songs
Smile as You Go UnderThrough a Window · 1970
Run Shaker LifeHard Meat · 1969
The Ballad of Marmalade Emma and Teddy GrimesThrough a Window · 1970