No advertising or spamming is permitted. One of his most significant contributions was his insistence that the band start writing original material, rather than relying upon the R&B and rock n roll covers that still dominated their live sets. Jenkins replacement was Tom Evans, born in Liverpool on June 5, 1947. "We went through hundreds and Badfinger Boogie was suggested. Average Age & Life Expectancy We were uncomfortable with the whole thing, but we went along with it.. I will take him with me." After the group disbanded, Molland and Evans set up and joined other bands but in the end, it didn't work out. I had an argument the night before he died; he was talking about getting that money from the cohorts. Apple was facing financial troubles, and as a result, the 1969 release of their album Maybe Tomorrow, which was planned to be put out worldwide, didnt include the United States. It was through his association with Christie that he met and began working with other artists in the New York and Los Angeles entertainment fields. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stan_Polley&oldid=1137844902, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 19:06. From left: Pete Ham, Tommy Evans, Mike Gibbons, Joey Molland. On April 10, 1970, the rock world was shocked to learn that the Beatles had broken up. But I enjoyed it. The rest, he claimed, was being saved and invested. The leader of rock group Badfinger, Pete Ham (3rd from the left), is a member of the 27 Club. To be honest, I almost didnt go to the audition. The label initially thought the album had no hits and Rolling Stone magazine would rate it as one of the best records of the year. Did I have any idea that he would kill himself? In 1967, Dai Jenkins was dismissed from the band after his commitment waned, and he was replaced by Tom Evans. What was the buzz on them? This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. The intense, emotionally volatile musicianthe one Badfinger member who had initially expressed reservations about signing with Stan Polleyhad never really come to terms with Hams suicide, and remained racked by guilt and depression. Like Evans, Molland had seen the Beatles perform in their early days, and had come of age on Liverpools booming beat-group scene. It would drag on through the courts for years, tying up millions of dollars. They were musical geniuses. Father of Lorraine & Blair Burns of Listowel, Glenn & Diane Polley of Pickering, Bryan & Fiona Polley of Brampton, and Dean & Diane Polley of Ajax. Gibbins remembered, As soon as Tom moved in, he was complaining. I wanted to play guitar music with a harder bite to it. But yeah, the Nilsson track became huge. I never thought I was great or anything there were so many brilliant guitarists in England in the '60s. It also inspired some fans, in the wake of the Beatles spring 1970 breakup, to speculate that Badfinger was actually the disbanded Fab Four secretly recording under a pseudonym. Tom Evans worked for awhile as a pipefitter and cab driver in England, while Joey Molland spent a period living in L.A., laying carpet and doing various odd jobs, eventually selling off many of his guitars to make ends meet. Pete Ham told the New Musical Express in 1971, There wasnt much promotion done there suddenly wasnt anyone at Apple to work on it.. The legal morass crippled Badfinger financially;[4] band leader Pete Ham died by suicide on April 24, 1975, leaving behind a note directly blaming Polley for his financial ruin. ). Another inhabitant of Bill Collins house was Dave Duffield, the Kinks road manager. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The story of the British power pop phenomenon is one of hits, Beatles, music industry sharks and tragedy. We needed a bass player, so I called Tommy and asked him what he was up to. Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick started that album as producer. As part of the agreement the band signed with Polley, they established Badfinger Enterprises Inc with business partner Stan Poses as the Vice-President. It was very hard to get over that. Molland said he still finds it difficult to understand why Ham took his life. Tommy had his reasons for it, but they werent our reasons. We wanted to be a better band, as good as we could be.. Hams Apple of My Eye, which reflected his mixed feelings about leaving the labelthe album was a musical and commercial disappointment. John Lennon didnt really notice us. For me, getting into the guitar started when I heard Elvis Presleys Blue Suede Shoes. While Polley had a lot of control over the band, if he was able to negotiate a deal with a different label, he could exert even more control over the group. It wasnt until Come and Get It came out that the perception changed for Badfinger. We went into the studio with Mal Evans and put together the arrangement. Stan Polley has been a part of the Celebrity list. In 1991, Polley pleaded no contest to charges of misappropriating funds and money laundering in Riverside County, California. The group made their way to America, and were in need of proper management stateside. As far as out right stealing from, and cheating The Beatles, "NO"! In 1988, readers of Goldmine voted Straight Up the album theyd most like to see released on Compact Disc. The TV Room David Soref - SorefTV Deep insights into the culture and events surrounding televisions first half-century, and beyond. Badfinger tried again four years later, signing a new deal with Elektra Records and releasing two more albums, 1979s Airwaves and 1981s Say No More, but they wouldnt be enough to sustain their momentum, commercially. Please try again later. I cant get away from it, but I dont really dwell on it. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. But you didnt want to call the band Badfinger. Starring: Sarah Polley, Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin. Who knows what drives people to do such a thing? By the time Badfinger hired Polleywithout having a lawyer look at the contract that he offeredsome of his other clients had already come to suspect that Polley was mishandling their finances. Stan Polley outlived both the band that he helped to destroy and the two men hed driven to suicide. What kind of guitarist were you back in the '60s before you finally hooked up with Badfinger? Desperate and in the throes of depression, Ham hanged himself in his garage in 1975. Evans aired his frustrations to the magazine, Disc & Music Echo, stating, The business definitely seems to be blocking all that Apple are trying to do, and were the ones suffering for it because were the guinea pigs the first group Apple have launched. Although Stan Polley may of done many unethcial things during his tenure as manger, Badfinger never had any release go anywhere near the top-forty globally after 1973. By 1969, the line-up included Swansea members Ham and drummer Mike Gibbins, plus Liverpudlians Molland and Tommy Evans. Oy vey.) You've got to believe in each other," he said. By this point, the Iveys hometown had a sizable scene of Beatles-inspired beat groups. The Iveys had put out some records before Come and Get It that didnt really take off, Molland says. Make sure that the file is a photo. We had a bit of a lowbrow sense of humor. Everyone has their own opinion. In January 1967, Davies took the Iveys into the studio to record demos of three of their original tunes. No jingle-jangle stuff. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. P.S. If there is a contest for the worst band manager ever, Stan Polley probably tops Norman Sheffield. At the time, Evans was also being pursued by original manager Bill Collins and former bandmates Gibbins and Molland, all of them seeking a share of the Apple publishing funds. Mollands first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, the ten-song set shows his writing and performing skills to be as sharp as ever, with such tunes as This Time, Better Tomorrow and Rainy Day Man echoing his best work with Badfinger, with a reflective lyrical edge that compliments their melodic craft. I feel as if things couldve turned out differently. "This ticked Paul McCartney off, who then gave us Come and Get It. Hes an enthusiastic guitarist, but hes nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. For medical advice, always consult your medical doctor. [Laughs] But what was funny was, youd do a couple of takes of the tune, and then Phil would play you back a two-track mix with echoes on it and everything. But most of the funds from their Warner Bros. contracts would never reach the band, thanks to Polleys convoluted machinations. Pete passionately embraced music early in life, learning to play harmonica at the age of four and receiving his first guitar as a Christmas gift when he was 12. I guess he wanted you to know where he was going with it.. A note left next to Ham's body read, "Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. When you go to the meetings, just tell Polley you dont want to sign his contracts and you dont want him to manage you. Just a few years earlier, as members of the British quartet Badfinger, Ham and Evans shared what looked like an unimaginably promising future. Drag images here or select from your computer for CPL Stanley Herbert Stan Polley memorial. Evans wife Marianne later quoted him as saying I want to be where Pete is. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Stanley Polley (72635714)? Molland said he got inspiration from things that happened to him, such as splitting up with his girlfriend. I try to focus on the good things that we did and all the great songs we recorded. Polley may have wrecked Badfingers career, but he couldnt stop their music from living on. Student journalist specializing in the sphere of sport, entertainment and Japanese culture. Todd Rundgren produced half the album, including Baby Blue. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. In their absence, Badfingers music continues to touch the hearts of new generations of listeners. Ive heard this story many times and being a musician as well, I know about struggles and if its too good to be true, it probably isnt. Ham took his life by hanging himself on April 24, 1975, three days prior to his 28th birthday. Although the fallout from the Warner Bros. lawsuit led to his exit from the music industry, Polley apparently never lost his gift for larceny. Try again later. I think they were happy to find me. Already in his 50s, Collins had played piano in dance bands in the 1940s, and more recently had briefly road-managed the Kinks. The love and optimism contained in the songs written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans have outlasted the hopelessness and despair that led the bandmates to prematurely end their lives. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. I dont know if anybody thought it was a hit. Two of the original members, Joey Molland and Tom Evans set up rival Badfinger bands. The deal was awful: any money they got from touring, recording, publishing, and songwriter . Yet despite their success, the group soon discovered they had little to show for it. Nothing. Although initially skeptical of Polley, Collins admired his successful mindset. I dont really know he never really talked to us! However, there's a chilling connection to the singer's tragic end. But such success tends to make naive, inexperienced musicians into inviting targets for unscrupulous industry sharks. So he came over and played bass, and we made some demos. No, we didnt. Asss Tom Evans-devised coverdepicting a jackass gazing longingly at a giant carrot off in the distanceoffered a grim omen of Badfingers future. This was the beginnings of mechandising. And the first band-member to commit suicide, Pete Ham, (age 27, of course), left a note saying, "Stan Polley is a soulless bastard." On the morning of 19 November 1983, after a poor Badfinger come-back attempt, and continued financial problems from Polley, band-member Tom Evans also hung himself. If in doubt, leave it out. USD. By the time of its release in 1974, it would be self-titled by default. He was a businessman. You worked with John Lennon on Imagine, and you played acoustic guitar on George Harrisons All Things Must Pass. Badfinger's manager, Stan Polley, put together a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1972. Throughout his career, Polley defrauded a number of clients and associates, most notably Badfinger. Yes, their manager, Stan Polley, screwed both the band and the record label by absconding with the advance money through a series of schemes and shell companies. With the chaotic Apple organization now on the verge of collapse and one album still remaining on Badfingers Apple contract, Polley negotiated lucrative new recording and publishing arrangements with Warner Bros. Records. The band left Apple in the spring of 1972 and signed with Warner Brothers, a contract that required them to produce a new album every 6 months for 3 years. Also in 1982, Evans, Gibbins and Bob Jackson somehow fell in with John Cass, a shadowy Milwaukee entrepreneur with minimal music-industry experience, who nonetheless promised to relaunch Badfingers career with a lucrative tour and a high-profile record deal. Do you remember what kind of guitar and amp setup you used on that? Lennon tapped Molland and Evans to play two cuts on his Imagine album, and Harrison produced half of the bands 1971 disc, Straight Up (that same year he also enlisted the group to take part in his historic Concert for Bangladesh at New York Citys Madison Square Garden). You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Applebee, and the girls would be screaming, screaming, screaming, but then hed go, Hang on a minute, look to the other side andthere would be crowds around Dai. People say things like the saddest story in rock, and I guess they always will, says Molland, who at 72 continues to tour with a band he calls Joey Mollands Badfinger. We had two people in the band take their own lives thats a tragedy on a human level. Polley's notorious ripping off of Badfinger effectively ended his career as a major music manager, but not as a con. No jingle-jangle stuff. So they said to the people at Apple in the U.K., Can you maybe redo the stuff? They didnt like all the songs, and they hated the sound. I will take him with me." And then he hanged himself. In fact, some referred to the band as, The new Fab Four and they were handpicked by the members of the Beatles themselves. Even though the band was required to do one more album for Apple Records, Polley was already in talks with Warner Brothers to sign a new recording contract. He knew exactly what he wanted as far as rhythm guitar: all straight up-and-down strokes. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, I really miss the great musical groups of the 1960's. There, they shared the overcrowded space with the Mojos, another group that Collins managed which included his son Lewis Collins, later a noted TV actor. After Pete killed himself, the band broke up for a time, but some years later you and Tom got together again. What are you waiting for. Prospective new managers and booking agents were leery of working with the band, due to the restrictive contracts that they had entered into with Polley, and the Warner lawsuit and the Apple publishing dispute that continued to hang over the bands heads. But Pete was firmly committed to rock n roll. ", Concerned, Molland asked Apple to put a 170,000 royalty cheque on hold, saying: "After that, (manager) Stan Polley stopped sending me my wages and cut me off.". The band signed a contract with Warner Brothers in late 1973 and very quickly, problems arose. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 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