The Young & Moody Band was a UK Blues Rock band from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, headed by Status Quo co-writer Bob Young and Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody.
The band started under the name "Young & Moody", releasing a self-titled album on Magnet Records in 1977. Later they changed their name to "The Young & Moody Band". Their 1981 single "Don't Do That" also featured Lemmy from Motörhead, Cozy Powell and The Nolans. Arguably their most famous piece was the track 'These Eyes' which was used in a U.K. jeans commercial (Circa 1981). Graham Bonnet (ex Rainbow (band) did the vocals (but not on the single) and the lyrics 'these eyes' were replaced with the word 'Levis'. Ed Hamilton ('Night Games') wrote it. Both tracks were available as singles on the 'Bronze' label and featured on the compilation album 'A Quiet Night In'.
Famous quotes containing the words young, moody and/or band:
“I never feel so conscious of my race as I do when I stand before a class of twenty-five young men and women eager to learn about what it is to be black in America.”
—Claire Oberon Garcia, African American college professor. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. B3 (July 27, 1994)
“Without, the frost, the blinding snow,
The storm-wind’s moody madness—
Within, the firelight’s ruddy glow,
And childhood’s nest of gladness.
The magic words shall hold thee fast:
Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)