"Doctor's Orders" was the first album by the current band line-up, back then, 40 years ago, with founding member Lee Brilleaux on vocals. The cult band Dr. Feelgood is and remains a phenomenon. Anyone who sees the band in concert today will inevitably come into contact with the raw, uncompromising live energy that made them one of the world's best-known and most exciting live bands of the emerging British pub rock scene in the seventies. "Razor-sharp chunk of R'n'B" is how Classic Rock magazine described the style they developed at the time, which combined the soul of black music, especially the blues, with the snottiness of the emerging punk movement.
founded in 1970 on Canvey Island, Essex, Dr.Feelgood reached fans of all kinds with their album "Stupidity" after their No.1 success in the U.K. charts. Further success with single releases followed with songs such as Roxette, Back in the Night, Milk and Alcohol, Down at the Doctors. Their version of See You Later Alligator even achieved gold status!
With Kevin Morris on drums, Phil Mitchell on bass and Gordon Russell on guitar, musicians from the last line-up around original singer Lee Brilleaux have still been on stage since 1983. He died in 1994 and has been replaced by Robert Kane (formerly of The Animals) since 1999.
Even though Dr.Feelgood continues to release albums, most recently "Live in Caen" (2024) and "Damn Right!" (2022), the clear trademark remains their captivating live show! You can still feel the energy with which the band once tore apart music clubs all over the world.