Matchbox est un groupe de musique britannique fondé en 1971 et toujours actif. Dans la vague du Rockabilly de la fin des années 1970 qui déferle sur la Grande Bretagne, le groupe leader aux côtés des Gallois de Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm rockers est Matchbox.
La formation de 1978 est une des plus intéressante réunit deux pointures de l'époque : le guitariste Steve Bloomfield (ex The Count Four) et le chanteur Graham Fenton (le premier chanteur, Wiffle Smith, quitta le groupe en 1977) . On leur doit 3 albums : "Rider in the sky" (réunissant des reprises de classiques rockabilly méconnus à l'époque), "Settin' the wood in fire" et "Rockabilly rebel" qui contient leur plus grand succès du même nom.
On peut les voir en live dans le film "Blue suede shoes" aux côtés des autres artistes du genre comme Crazy Cavan, Flying saucers et Freddy finger's Lee.

Discographie

• Riders In The Sky (1976)
  
• Settin' The Woods On Fire (1978)
  
• Matchbox (1979)
  
• Midnight Dynamos (1980)
  
• Flying Colours (1981)
  
• Crossed Line (1982)
  
• Coming Home (1998)
  
• Four Greatest Hits (2001)
  
• 26 Original Hits (2003)
  
• The Platinum Collection (2006)
  

Source

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_%28groupe%29

Graham Fenton - Lead Vocalist Steve Bloomfield - Lead Guitar / vocals Gordon Scott - Rhythm Guitar / vocals Fred Poke - Bass / vocals Jimmy Redhead - Drums / vocals

Matchbox Official Discography
Singles
	Record		UK
Title	Label	Year	Chart
Rock 'n' Roll Band / Born To Rock 'n' Roll	Dawn (UK)	1975
Please Don't Touch / All The Boys	Rockhouse (NL)	1976
Rock Rollin' Boogie / Troublesome Bay	Raw (UK)	1978
Black Slacks / Mad Rush	Magnet (UK)	1979
Rockabilly Rebel / I Don't Wanna Boogie Alone	Magnet (UK)	1979	15
Buzz Buzz A Diddle It/ Everybody Needs A Little Love	Magnet (UK)	1979	20
Palisades Park* / Crazy Haze	Magnet (UK)	1979
Midnite Dynamos / Love Is Going Out Of Fashion	Magnet (UK)	1980	12
When You Ask About Love / You've Made A Fool Of Me	Magnet (UK)	1980	4
Over The Rainbow-You Belong To Me / Don't Break Up The Party-Stay Cool	Magnet (UK)	1980	12
I'm A Lover Man** / When You Ask About Love	JPS (Japan)	1981
Little Lonely Girl / Rockabilly Rebel	JPS (Japan)	1981
Babe's In The Wood / Tokyo Joe	Magnet (UK)	1981	30
Love's Made A Fool Of You / Springheel Jack	Magnet (UK)	1981	30
Angels On Sunday / City Women	Magnet (UK)	1981
24 Hours / Arabella's On Her Way	Magnet (Germany)	1981
One More Saturday Night / Rollin' On	Magnet (UK)	1982
Ridin' In The Night / Mad Bad & Dangerous	Magnet (UK)	1982
I Want Out*** / Heaven Can Wait	Magnet (UK)	1983

* Recorded under 'Cyclone' ** Recorded in Japan ***With Kirsty MacColl



Albums

Albums: Select here for full track listings... Riders In The Sky Settin' The Woods On Fire Matchbox Midnite Dynamos Flying Colours Crossed Line Coming Home (CD) Four Greatest Hits (maxi single CD) 26 Original Hits (CD) The Platinum Collection (CD)

Riders In The Sky Settin' The Woods On Fire Matchbox Midnight Dynamos Flying Colours Crossed Line Coming Home (CD) Four Greatest Hits (maxi single CD) 26 Original Hits (CD) The Platinum Collection (CD) Source http://www.rockabillyrebel.co.uk/

Rockhouse (NL) Chiswick (UK) Magnet (UK) Magnet (UK) Magnet (UK) Magnet (UK) Matchbox (UK) Matchbox (UK) Matchbox (UK) Warner Music (UK)

1976 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1998 2001 2003 2006

Matchbox - Rockabilly rebel




Some of the best ever rockabilly recordings from Matchbox.

1.Drivin' wheel 2.It's all over now 3.Rockabilly rebel 4.Wash machine boogie 5.Piggy back Sue 6.Blue Skies 7.Radar Love

Matchbox - Comin' home



Matchbox from 1999 with British rockabilly

1. I'm comin' home 2.Johnny come lately 3.Hurricane 4.Rockin' at The Ritz 5.Why get up 6.Baby I don't care 7.Put the blame on me 8.Oh, lonesome me 9.Sure-fire way 10.Settin' the woods on fire 11.Medley - Old Black Joe/Whole lotta shakin' goin' on/Little Queenie/Tulane/Bird dog/Bird dog/Carol/Ain't got a thing/Old Black Joe

1. Rockabilly Rebel 2. Buzz Buzz A Diddle It 3. Midnite Dynamos 4. When You Asked About Love 5. Babes In The Wood 6. Love's Made A Fool Of You 7. One More Saturday Night 8. Shocked 'n' Shattered 9. Marie Marie 10. Everybody Needs A Little Love 11. Rockin' At The Ritz 12. Love Is Going Out of Fashion 13. Black Slacks 14. Heartaches By The Number 15. Hurricane 16. Rollin' On 17. Riding The Night 18. Hot Loving

Riders In The Sky (Rockhouse,1976)	Settin' The Woods On Fire (Chiswick, 1978)	Matchbox (Magnet,1979)
Midnight Dynamos (Magnet,1980)	Flying Colours (Magnet, 1981)	Crossed Line (Magnet,1982)
Coming Home (Matchbox,1998)

Matchbox - Rockabilly Rebel

j adore!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matchbox - Midnite dynamos - 28.12.07

Matchbox - Buzz Buzz A Diddle it

La pochette originale du LP Rockhouse de 1976...
Graham Fenton ne faisait pas encore partie du groupe.

Très bon video de Great Yermouth (UK) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-lKwM-d-NY&feature=channel_page

Document de 1980 http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1980/06/15/157.html

j'adore, à part flying colours, que je trouve un poil " bizarre" à mon gout...

Matchbox à Disney Village (décembre 2007)

salut a tous !je recherche des fotos de Graham Fenton accompagné par les Shakers ( groupe francais ) est ce que quelqu'un etait a Bourges ( saint germain du puy plus exactement ) la date doit etre vers 1983/84 /86 ???

steff