Record Album Vinyl LP Hard Stuff Bulletproof rare import
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Hard Stuff were an English group which included and , formerly of . Also in the line-up were vocalist Harry Shaw, formerly of Curiosity Shoppe and latterly Export, and , formerly of .
Du Cann and Hammond had left Atomic Rooster due to disagreements with over the increasingly bluesy, soulful direction in which he wanted to take that band. Consequently, compared with Atomic Rooster's more leanings, Hard Stuff were based more heavily on aggressive guitar.
Originally, Du Cann, Hammond and Shaw had formed a band provisionally entitled Daemon, with the intention of eventually touring and recording under the name Atomic Rooster. Gustafson was invited to join them on that basis, but after finding out that Crane retained the rights to the Atomic Rooster name, the quartet decided to continue anyway, but under the name Bullet instead.
As Bullet, the band released one single, "Hobo", the first on 's label. Following that release, however, they were prompted to change their name yet again, this time to Hard Stuff, due to a legal threat from a US band also called .
Hard Stuff toured across Europe, particularly in Germany and Italy, often as support to Deep Purple and . Their career was curtailed by a car crash in which Du Cann and Hammond were badly injured. Although the release of a second album went ahead, the band were soon to fold.
Hard Stuff's first album featured Shaw, but he had left the band by the time of its release and was uncredited.
Bulletproof is the first album by the 1970s British rock band . It was released on , the -related record label.
It also featured vocalist Harry Shaw, formerly of Curiosity Shoppe (who recorded one single on Deram), but he had left the band by the time of its release and was uncredited. The record sleeve was re-designed to remove Shaw's image (originally shown on the bottom right hand side).