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The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. “Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ‘There’s Jennifer, she’s a lawyer,’ or ‘that’s Michael.

FAMILY – Live (Nov.Tour 1971) “if you’ve never been to a family gig, now’s your chance. this album bleeds the raw power that was the live band!” Family’s Live (Mystic Records UK, MYS CD 176) is an incredible document of the group’s November 1971 tour of Britain to support their new album Fearless, in which the band pushed the envelope to find new vitality and new meaning in both their earlier songs and in selections from their new album. The lineup at the time, as always, was anchored by the three members who remained in Family from start to finish: drummer Rob Townsend, whose precise timekeeping and explosive fills always kept Family rock-steady; guitarist Charlie Whitney, whose biting solos sounded as menacing as his cocky sneer and his double-necked Gibson guitars looked; and lead singer Roger Chapman, who made Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant sound like a crooner with a bleating vibrato voice that was accurately described as the sound of an “electric goat.” Rounding out the group in 1971 were bassist/vocalist John Wetton (yeah, the guy from Asia), who paced Family’s music fluidly, and Poli Palmer, who contributed on the flute, piano, synthesizer, and vibraphone — and excelled at all of them.

Quote: Kiss (styled KISS in capitals) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972.