‎– Death Walks Behind You Label:  ‎– CAS-1026 Format: , LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve 
Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist  A1Death Walks Behind You Written-By – *, * A2Vug Written-By – * A3Tomorrow Night Written-By – * A47 Streets Written-By – * B1Sleeping For Years Written-By – * B2I Can't Take No More Written-By – * B3Nobody Else Written-By – * B4Gershatzer Written-By – * Companies, etc. Printed By –  Made By –  Published By –  Published By –  Pressed By –  Credits Arranged By –  Drums, Percussion –  Graphics –  Guitar, Lead Vocals – *  Organ [Hammond], Piano, Vocals, Bass –  Producer, Design [Sleeve] –  Notes Bass lines played through a combination of strong left hand and foot pedal techniques, coupled with special sound reproduction devices fitted in the Hammond. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Label Side A [Printed on side B]): CAS.1026 A Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): CAS.1026 B Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [Stamped]): CAS 1026 A-1U Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Stamped]): CAS 1026 B-1U

Atomic Rooster are an English  band, originally formed by members of , organist and drummer . Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member, and wrote the majority of their material. Their history is defined by two periods: the early-mid-1970s and the early 1980s. The band went through radical style changes, but they are best known for the hard, progressive rock sound of their hit singles, "" (UK No. 11) and "Devil's Answer" (UK No. 4), both in 1971.

In 2016, Atomic Rooster reformed with permission from Crane's widow, with the new line-up featuring two members from the various 1970s incarnations of the band.

History[] Original period (1969–1975)[]

In summer 1969, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown had to cease touring in the middle of their second U.S. tour because of keyboardist Vincent Crane's . When he recovered, he and drummer  took the step to leave Arthur Brown and return to England, the return date being Friday, 13 June 1969, which was the year of the rooster in the , and arranged a meeting with  to discuss a collaboration. After Jones's death, they adopted the name Atomic Rooster (with influence from the US band ), and soon recruited  on bass and vocals. They followed with what had been The Crazy World of Arthur Brown arrangement of vocals, organ, bass, and drums.

They soon undertook live dates around London; at their first headlining gig at  on Friday, 29 August 1969, the opening act was . They eventually struck a deal with  and began recording their debut album in December 1969. Their first LP, , was released in February 1970, along with a single, "Friday the 13th." By March, Crane felt it was best that they add a guitarist, and recruited  from acid-progressive rock band . However, just as Du Cann joined, bassist-vocalist Graham left. Du Cann (who played guitar and sang for Andromeda) took over vocal duties, whilst Crane overdubbed the bass lines on his with a combination of left hand and foot pedals. Atomic Rooster resumed gigging until the end of June 1970, when Carl Palmer announced his departure to join .  filled the drum spot until August, when the young  was recruited from Farm to the drum spot. They then recorded their second album, , released in September 1970. Originally. it was not commercially successful, as with the first album, but by February 1971, the single "Tomorrow Night" reached No. 11 in the , with the album reaching No. 12 in the . Atomic Rooster made an appearance on the , and toured to support the album.

In June 1971, just before they began configuring their line-up once again, the single "Devil's Answer" hit No. 4 in the UK. Atomic Rooster began recording  ( No. 18). Crane felt the band needed a singer who could "project" to an audience, and asked Leaf Hound vocalist Pete French to audition for the band. Not long after French came into the studio, Crane promptly sacked Du Cann, and Paul Hammond followed him to form Bullet, later renamed . French recorded all the vocals on the album (save for "Black Snake," sung by Crane), and the album was released in August 1971.

The Atomic Rooster lineup featuring Pete French on vocals, Steve Bolton on guitar, Ric Parnell on drums, and Crane on keyboards toured Italy, then across America and Canada. This lineup ended their international tour to appear at a benefit gig in September 1971 at the Oval cricket ground, appearing in front of some 65,000 people, supporting and . After this concert, French moved on to sign with Atlantic records and joined the American rock band . In February 1972, Crane recruited vocalist , at that time with , to take the place of French. They went on tour and recorded their first album together in spring 1972. They released the album  along with the single "," on . They were more into  at this point, and the progressive and heavy rock leanings from the other releases had receded. The single did not chart and the album just barely caught any attention, but touring followed through.

Guitarist Steve Bolton left at the end of 1972, and was replaced by , appearing under the name Johnny Mandala. They released the album  in 1973, along with the single "Save Me," a re-working of "Friday the 13th." This time, it was in a complete  style. After nearly two years without any hits, Dawn Records dropped the group and Atomic Rooster began to split. After a tour, Farlowe, Mandala and Parnell left. The single "Tell Your Story, Sing Your Song" was released in March 1974 as "Vincent Crane's Atomic Rooster" on . All subsequent gigs were played by Crane along with members of the blues band . A final concert was played in February 1975, a benefit gig for the RSPCA. Afterwards, Crane disbanded Atomic Rooster.