Band, 1968-1973 GB, Worthing
Rock and Blues
Steamhammer was a blues-rock band from Worthing, England, whose origins began with the blues. The band was founded in 1968 by Martin Quittenton (guitar) and Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica). The first stable lineup consisted of Quittenton, White, Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass), and Michael Rushton (drums). During the course of several line-up changes on, the band became more progressive and difficult to classify, first when joined by multi-instrumentalist Steve Jolliffe on their second album, and even more so when bassist Louis Cennamo replaced Davy for the final LP, "Speech" - which was more experimental progressive involving extended instrumentals. Pugh and Cennamo later formed Armageddon (6) with Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf and Johnny Winter and Captain Beyond drummer Bobby Caldwell (4) - Cennamo rejoined his Renaissance (4) bandmates in Illusion (24), and Pugh recorded with Hawaii's 7th Order.
![]() | Steve Jolliffe fl *1949 GB |
![]() | Michaël Rushton dr *1950 FR |
![]() | Martin Quittenton g 1945-2015 GB |
![]() | Pete Sears b, key *1948 GB |
![]() | Martin Pugh acg, eg *2001 GB |
![]() | Louis Cennamo b, eb *1946 GB |
![]() | Kieran White voc, h, acg US |
![]() | Steve Davy eb |
![]() | Michael Rushton |
![]() | John Lingwood dr, perc *1951 GB |
![]() | Mick Bradley perc, dr 1947-1972 GB |
![]() | Garth Watt-Roy voc, g GB |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Riding On The L&N - The Anthology - | Steamhammer | 2012 | Compil. |
Steamhammer / Mountains | Steamhammer | 2001 | Compil. |
Junior's Wailing | Steamhammer | 1999 | Compil. |
Junior's Wailing | Steamhammer | 1987 | Single |
This Is... Steamhammer | Steamhammer | 1974 | Compil. |
Speech | Steamhammer | 1972 | Album |
Mountains / I Wouldn't Have Thought | Steamhammer | 1971 | Single |
Junior's Wailing / You'll Never Know | Steamhammer | 1971 | Single |
Mountains | Steamhammer | 1970 | Album |
Walking Down The Road / Levinia | Steamhammer | 1970 | Single |
Steamhammer | Steamhammer | 1969 | Album |
MK II | Steamhammer | 1969 | Album |
Junior's Wailing | Steamhammer | 1969 | Single |
Autumn Song / Blues For Passing People | Steamhammer | 1969 | Single |