Collection: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
After a very successful period in the 1960's with the pop group named [bManfred Mann[/b after him and a much less successful intermezzo in Jazz with [bManfred Mann Chapter Three[/b, the South-African born keyboardist Manfred Mann (real name [bManfred Lubowitz[/b) turned towards rock music.
In 1971 he formed [bManfred Mann's Earth Band[/b (MMEB). Mann's use of the Moog synthesizer was key to the sound of this band. MMEB had a very successful area during the mid 1970's and early 1980's but was disbanded by Mann in 1987 after being fed up with trying to produce hit records. He started a project which was based mostly on the music of Native American Indians named [bManfred Mann's Plain Music[/b and which released one album. After this Mann reformed the MMEB in 1991 and was starting again to release records with them occasionally but also to be a regular live band with extensive tours mostly in Europe until today.
[bCurrent members:[/b
● Manfred Mann (2) – keyboards and vocals (1971–present)
● Mick Rogers – guitar and vocals (1971–1975, 1983–present)
● John Lingwood – drums (1979–1987, 2016–present)
● Steve Kinch – bass guitar (1986, 1991–present)
● Robert Hart – vocals (2011–present)
[bFormer members:[/b
● Chris Slade – drums (1971–1979)
● Colin Pattenden – bass (1971–1977)
● Chris Thompson – vocals and guitar (1975–1986, 1996–1999)
● Dave Flett – guitar (1975–1979)
● Pat King – bass (1977–1981; band lighting designer, 1991–2013; died 2022)
● Steve Waller – guitar and vocals (1979–1983; died 2000)
● Geoff Britton – drums (1979)
● Trevor Rabin – guitar, producer (1980–1981, 1984)
● Matt Irving – bass (1982–1983; died 2015)
● Shona Laing – vocals (1983)
● Noel McCalla – vocals (1991–2009, 2010)
● Clive Bunker – drums (1991–1996)
● John Trotter (2) – drums (1996–2000)
● Richard Marcangelo – drums (2000–2002)
● Pete May – drums (2002)
● Geoff Dunn – drums (2002–2007)
● Jimmy Copley – drums and percussion (2007–2015; died 2017)
● Peter Cox – vocals (2009–2011)
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