Fludd (band)
Canadian rock band prominent in the 1970s
Fludd was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s. They placed six singles in the Canadian top 40 between 1971 and 1975, including "Turned 21" (1971), "Get Up, Get Out & Move On" (1971), "Cousin Mary" (1973) and "What An Animal" (1975). Members of Fludd went on to form the successful Canadian chart groups Goddo and Saga.
History
Early years and first album (1960s–1971)
Fludd had its roots in a band called The Pretty Ones, formed by Ed Pilling and Greg Godovitz (not to be confused with the American band of the same name which eventually became Lynyrd Skynyrd). The band was briefly part of Toronto's Yorkville scene in the 1960s, but broke up before achieving much commercial success. Pilling and his brother Brian then moved to Birmingham, England, where they formed a band called Wages of Sin and made numerous appearances at major venues, eventually spending 1968 touring with Cat Stevens. When Stevens had to stop touring due to illness, the Pilling brothers returned to Toronto. Inspired by the then-emerging psychedelic blues rock sound of British acts such as Small Faces, they reunited with Godovitz, and recruited drummer John Andersen and guitarist Mick Walsh to create Fludd.
The band released its self-titled debut album in 1971, and had a modest chart hit, "Turned 21". Walsh left the band and was briefly replaced by Wages of Sin guitarist Mick Hopkins.
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