Martin Pugh

Martin Pugh is a British guitarist who came to prominence after joining blues-rock band Steamhammer in 1968, staying with that band through 5 years and 4 albums. The debut Steamhammer album, also known as Steamhammer, was released in 1969 and yielded a minor hit record in Europe, "Junior's Wailing".^[1] Pugh also played on the first Rod Stewart solo album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (aka The Rod Stewart Album).^[2]

Following the dissolution of Steamhammer in 1973, Pugh and Steamhammer bassist Louis Cennamo joined up with former Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf^[3] (who had played with Cennamo in Renaissance and had helped produce the final Steamhammer LP^[4]) and drummer Bobby Caldwell to form Armageddon in 1975. According to liner notes of a CD re-release of their only album on the Repertoire Records label in 1999, drug problems^[5] interfered with the band's work ethic - although the record had received favorable reviews and significant radio airplay upon its release.^[6] Their demise was finalized after the untimely death of Relf in May 1976.^[7]

While he appears to have retired from music after 1975, he did emerge to play guitar (alongside Geoff Thorpe of Vicious Rumors) on studio sessions in Seattle with Hawaii-based rock & roll band, 7th Order^[8] on their debut CD, "The Lake of Memory" - released on the Big Island Sounds^[9] label in 2007.^[10]

References

1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6uQnH6AR_o
2. ↑ The Rod Stewart Album
3. ↑ Keith Relf & Armageddon
4. ↑ http://keithrelf.com/index1.html
5. ↑ Louis Cennamo - "The Interview".
6. ↑ http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/article.php?article_id=1218
7. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-relf-strange-rock-deaths/
8. ↑ Martin Pugh - "About Us".
9. ↑ http://bigisland.hawaii-networks.com/
10. ↑ 7th Order - "The Lake of Memory".

External links

• http://www.keithrelf.com/
• http://www.7thorder.com/