Legendary Boogie merchants formed in London during 1970. Although British in origin, and purveyors of Blues based Boogie Rock liberally sprinkled with revamped workouts of Blues standards by favourites such as MUDDY WATERS and WILLIE DIXON, FOGHAT landed cult status in America through intensive touring but found little reward in their home country. The USA would reward their efforts with three platinum and eight gold records. The group comprised of ex-SAVOY BROWN members 'Lonesome' Dave Peverett, who had earlier journeyed through CROSS TIES BAND and Swiss act LES QUESTIONS, Tony Stevens and Roger Earl, the latter having started his musical career as a member of the TRAMPS and having once auditioned for JIMI HENDRIX.

The band had previously worked together whilst still members of SAVOY BROWN under the alias of WARREN PHILLIPS & THE ROCKETS. Apparently whilst in a studio jam session the engineer recorded what was being laid down and the tapes were subsequently released complete with a spurious PR yarn about the non existent Warren Phillips. The album resurfaced later when FOGHAT had made significant progress in 1979 as 'Before Foghat Days' in Europe and as 'Focked Out', on Parrot Records in America.

Upon leaving SAVOY BROWN the band, adding former BLACK CAT BONES and DYNA FLOW guitarist Rod Price, signed to American label Bearsville. At this stage the quartet went into recording their debut album still nameless. After considering HOOTCH and BRANDY WINE TRACK the made up word FOGHAT was decided upon. There was even pressure for one of the members to adopt the stage name of Luther Foghat!

1972 saw the release of the Dave Edmunds produced eponymously titled debut 'Foghat' album. That same year the quartet found a ready audience in America, in particular the south, and indeed concentrated solely on America for most of their career, succeeding in scoring an early American radio hit with their cover of the WILLIE DIXON tune 'I Just Want To Make Love To You' lifted from their debut album.

Bassist Stevens quit in mid 1974 to join MIDNIGHT FLYER and his place was taken by American born Nick Jameson and the band relocated to New York in 1975.

By their next album, 1976's 'Fool For The City', Jameson was out in favour of Californian Craig McGregor. 'Fool For The City' marked the turning point in the band's career as increased roadwork pushed the album past the platinum sales mark. This was surpassed though by the live album simply titled 'Foghat Live' which broke the double platinum barrier.

Follow up albums 'Stone Blue', produced by legendary Rock producer Eddie Kramer, and 'Boogie Motel' both scored Gold sales status but the 'Tight Shoes' album found FOGHAT veering off into an almost New Wave path leaving many of their fans unimpressed.

Sadly, a decline in popularity towards the end of the decade led to the departure of Rod Price in 1981 and he was replaced by Eric Cartwright. FOGHAT undertook a lengthy round of US touring between September and mid November of 1981 across North America as guests to BLUE OYSTER CULT. The band relaunched with the 1982 'In The Mood For Something Rude', a record comprising entirely of cover versions.

FOGHAT split in 1985 but resurrected itself for a club tour in 1990. Confusion reigned though as now there were two FOGHAT's on the road. Roger Earl and Eric Cartwright had assembled a band originally titled the KNEETREMBLERS but soon adopted the handle ROGER EARL'S FOGHAT. Joining them in this new act were Dave Crigger and Billy Davis.

Meantime McGregor formed the 1990 band SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING with VIRGIN STEELE singer David DeFeis and BURNING STARR guitarist Jack Starr.

Peverett and Price were in back action with his LONESOME DAVE'S FOGHAT touring with ex MOLLY HATCHET bassist Riff West, drummer Eddie Zyne and ex-WILD CHERRY man Bryan Bassett.

By 1993 Earl and Peverett had patched up their differences refounding FOGHAT proper with Tony Stevens back in the fold.

Price would be reunited with Dave Peverett in more recent years, the pair having contributed to the tribute album to FLEETWOOD MAC's legendary guitarist Peter Green on the 1995 album 'Peter Green Songbook'. In 1996 Peverett put in a showing on RIFF WEST's solo animal welfare album 'Animal Magneitism'. FOGHAT themselves got back to touring the same year and recordings from a Portland, Oregon show- along with the band's very final studio recordings- would later surface as 'Roadcases'.

1999's version of FOGHAT had Peverett, Earl, Stevens in union once more with Bassett, who had been touring with MOLLY HATCHET in the interim. However, by 2000 the group installed the former VICTORY and TED NUGENT credited vocalist Charlie Huhn as their new frontman.

Sadly Peverett lost a long running battle against Cancer in February 2000.

Los Angeles Hard Rockers L.A. GUNS cut a rendition of 'I Just Wanna Make Love To You' for their 2004 album 'Rip The Covers Off'. Meantime FOGHAT themselves would still be active on the US gig circuit.

Tragically, Rod Price died on 22nd March 2005. The FOGHAT founder member, 57 years old, apparently sustained a massive head trauma in an accidental stairway fall.

The 2007 version of FOGHAT, vocalist / guitarist Charlie Huhn, guitarist Bryan Bassett, bass player Craig MacGregor and drummer Roger Earl, signed to Metro City Records in March 2007 for the concert album 'Live II', recorded in California during 2005.