The Sweet

I was over at The Hostages where someone posted this video:


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to much derision. Now, I confess, I like Sweet or The Sweet. They cleaned up in that video compared to...say...Ballroom Blitz:



They finally ditched the glam look in 1978:



And yeah, Brian Connolley (lead singer) was hot. Was as he died in 1997 due to alcohol-related liver failure at the age of 51. Drummer Mick Tucker died in 2002 of leukemia at age 54. There you have it. A brief look at one of the 70s most interesting groups.