The Metal Voice recently spoke to Sweet Guitarist Andy Scott and the new album and his legacy in Sweet.
In the chat Scott spoke about working with first Iron Maiden singer Paul Mario Day
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When asked why Sweet did not continue with first Iron Maiden Paul Mario Day as the lead singer "We would have, it's just that in Australia on our second tour he met a lady and when we were in downtime he kept going back to Australia. Then there was a series of dates towards the end of the 80s where he said is there any way we could do this without me. And we had another singer in the band, who was a lead singer who played bass, a guy called Mal McNulty and he took over. Then we got another guy in to play the bass on a TV show and a gig in Holland. And we still had the keyboard player Phil Lanzon who's now with Uriah Heep. We had him in the band so I thought well we got to give it a go and um it went really well. Then I I said to Paul (Mario Day) well we have some other stuff coming up and it was at this point where he said Andy I would like to stay in Australia and I said well good luck mate. Good luck I take my hat off to you. You know true love you know never runs smoothly. I said you get on with it. Then I heard a few years later that he had a split and he'd moved to Newcastle which is just North of Sydney but we've kept in touch all this time and every time we go back to Australia he comes to one of the gigs and gets up and sings maybe Set Me Free you know one of the the hard rock songs. I agree with you uh he he was a good very good choice at the time."
Paul Mario Day (born 19 April 1956) is an English singer who was the original lead vocalist of heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976
Paul Mario Day with Sweet
Years later he claimed co-authorship of the Iron Maiden song "Strange World". Wikipedia
SWEET are a rock music phenomena that has taken the world by storm for more than six decades. Over the years, SWEET sold more than 55 million records and earned 34 #1 chart positions worldwide.
The golden thread that links the past through to the present and into the future is SWEET founding member Andy Scott, with all his determination to maintain high standards with the band's musical legacy, recording, and touring.
The band today still has an illustrious pedigree recreating "live" the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the SWEET sound that is the band's trademark.
SWEET began writing songs for the Full Circle album in 2019 pre-pandemic. The project was shelved, and the band released Isolation Boulevard instead. This involved remote recording sessions which put a new spin on the material. The album was well received, and the single "Set Me Free" appeared in many Heritage Rock charts.
With the Covid period of isolation behind us, SWEET started the sessions for Full Circle in earnest. The band’s touring schedule split the sessions, but by the spring of 2024, the recordings were done. The band’s performance is outstanding, and producers Andy and Tom Cory are very proud of the result.
Full Circle will be SWEET's final studio album ever.
CORRECT tracklisting
1. Circus
2. Don't Bring Me Water
3. Burning Like A Falling Star
4. Changes
5. Everything
6. Destination Hannover
7. Rising Up
8. Fire In My Heart
9. Defender
10. Coming Home
11. Full Circle
MUSICIANS
Paul Manzi - lead vocals
Lee Small - bass guitar / vocals
Tom Cory - guitars / keys / vocals
Adam Booth - drums / percussion
Andy Scott - guitars / vocals
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