Artists: Chris Thompson

Welcome to the Gonzo UK and European web site.

Your IP address indicates that you are browsing from: United States.

Although you can purchase from here in UK Pounds (£) you may wish to check out our US site with prices in $ at www.gonzomultimedia.com

Share |

Currently Available

Time Line
CD - £9.99

Backtrack 1984-1994
CD - £9.99

One Hot Night In The Cold
DVD - £12.99

Acoustic
CD - £9.99

Night
CD - £7.99

LIVE IN BERLIN
2CD1DVD - £24.99

Gonzo Radio Shows

Chris Thompson: Night

Night was a band that originally came together under the name Filthy McNasty in 1979. The band was a loose aggregation that performed at the Bridge House a live venue in London. The band was originally pulled together by former Manfred Mann’s Earthband vocalist Chris Thompson following his split from the Earthband in 1979 following the recording of the album Angel Station.

Another key member of the band was vocalist Stevie Lange who was an in demand session vocalist and had sang on sessions for the Earthband. Another member of the band was guitarist Robbie McIntosh who had previously been a member of the Foster Brothers a band that released one album for Elton John’s Rocket Records label. The other members of the band were bassist Billy Kristian and keyboardist Derek Austin. At the point of the band becoming Night Nicky Hopkins was probably one of the most famous members having played with The Rolling Stones on many albums not to mention albums from John Lennon and George Harrison amongst many others. He was also a member of the Jeff Beck Group and Quicksilver Messenger Service.

The band was initially a covers band or what would be described as a “Bar Band” in America. The band managed however to secure a recording deal with Planet Records in America the label owned by record producer Richard Perry.

The self titled album was recorded in Los Angeles and the perception of many was that Night was an American Band when in fact the band was almost a “United nations” with Lange coming from South Africa and Thompson, Hopkins and McIntosh being English. This probably arose due to the fact that band were actually based in Los Angeles.

Chris Thompson spoke exclusively to Jon Kirkman in early 2011 about the forthcoming reissue of the two Night albums

Listen Now

Latest news

Chris Thompson gets a close encounter......
Christ Thompson gets a close encounter back stage at the War of the Worlds stage show. Read More

Chris Thompson Live DVD/CD On The Way
Special One-off Concert Due For Release in Late Spring 2011 Read More

Chris Thompson Unplugged!
Chris Thompson releases an unplugged album in late April. Read More

Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson European Tour dates Read More

Video

Mailing List

Sign up to the Chris Thompson mailing list

Products by Chris Thompson can be found in the following genres:

Rock

Chris Thompson Biography

For many people Chris Thompson will perhaps be best remembered as the singer for Manfred Mann’s Earthband. Chris sang on the hits ‘Blinded By The Light’ and ‘Davey’s On The Road Again’, as well as a number of hugely successful albums. From the Earthband, Chris then formed Night, alongside Stevie Lange, Robbie McIntosh and Nicky Hopkins. Night, scored success in America, with two albums for Richard Perry’s Planet record label and two hit singles. Since that time Chris has made a number of solo albums as well as working with some of the biggest names in music such as, Queen and Elton John. He also performed at the 1992 Freddie Mercury tribute concert in Wembley Stadium.

In the mid eighties Chris co-wrote the song, ‘You’re The Voice’, which was a massive worldwide hit for Australian singer John Farnham. Currently he is reprising his role in the live world tour of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds, having sung ‘Thunder Child’ on the original 1978 album release.

Chris currently tours with his own band and occasionally appears with Manfred Mann’s Earthband.