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Three Man Army was a forgettable British hard rock band of the early '70s, playing period guitar-slanted music that sounded like warm-up fodder for bigger stadium acts. The constants in the lineup were
Adrian Gurvitz and
Paul Gurvitz, both of whom had been in Gun. After Gun expired,
Adrian went to America to play with
Buddy Miles, while
Paul formed Parrish & Gurvitz. The pair reunited, however, to record the debut
Three Man Army album, A Third of a Lifetime, using several different drummers (including
Miles,
Carmine Appice from
Vanilla Fudge, and Mike Kellie from
Spooky Tooth). Tony Newman, formerly of Sounds Incorporated and
the Rod Stewart Group, joined for the next (and final) two
Three Man Army albums. While there were rehearsals for a fourth LP, it was never started, as Newman left to join
David Bowie's band and the
Gurvitz brothers teamed up with
Ginger Baker to record three albums as
the Baker Gurvitz Army. ~ Richie Unterberger