When I started listening to some more lesser known 70's bands deemed glam recently I discovered the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. They're not particularly glam but a mixture of styles which surprised me.

Oddly I never heard of these guys before but after hearing several things I think they could of been pretty influential. The way Alex Harvey sings and his lyrics remind me of Bon Scott of AC/DC at times. I did some reading and found- Bon turned Angry Anderson on to Scottish rock singer Alex Harvey and encouraged the Rose Tattoo singer to consider himself as a "rock poet." Not much else written online, but it confirmed to me who one of Bon's obvious idols was.

The guitarist Zal Cleminson is a very good musician. The gibson sg he plays has a similar tone to Angus Young. Did that white-face pierrot make-up influence Kiss at all? It just seems odd that this band was around right as Kiss were still figuring out what they wanted to do. They toured the US several times without making much of an impact aside from Cleveland from what I understand. They opened for Slade on tour and what I've read totally upstaged them.

Is anyone on here fans of these guys at all?

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I ran across them because Nick Cave does a Hammer Song cover. Heard it a couple years back and dabble with their music here and there.

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yes I had heard of that but never listened to it until now. I was told Harvey influenced Cave and the Birthday Party.

I'm only familiar with them due to bass player Chris Glen and drummer Ted McKenna - they were both in the Michael Schenker Group in the 80's.

give them a shot, I've never seen another band quite like them. Alex Harvey is an interesting guy.

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Alarming similarity to Bon Scott on this song especially.

check out the song "Gang Bang" posted above I totally thought of AC/DC sleaze like "Big Balls" when I first heard that. Both Harvey and Scott were Scottish, heavy drinkers and were in multiple bands. It would of been interesting to see some sort of collaboration between those two.

I am from Cleveland. So of course.

Yeah, uncanny resemblance -- both in vocals and lyrics as you noted. I'll have to track down some LP's of the SAHB.

Seems so random why they'd have a following in Cleveland - from Wikipedia:

Also, he passed away at a young age (same month as Bon, but two years later):

One of those bands you've heard about for decades but never had the chance to check out. The clips have me intrigued.

I've just got into Alex Harvey too. I was listening to Eddie and The Hot Rods on spotify and it recommended Alex Harvey. Robert Smith from The Cure and Greg Macainsh from Skyhooks (another scott perhaps judging from his name) also are big fans.