KMHK: The Classic Rock Station » Brian Connelly http://kmhk.com Classic Rock That Really Rocks Mon, 20 May 2013 04:33:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sweet Singer Brian Connolly's Smoking Led To His Departure From The Band http://kmhk.com/sweet-singer-brian-connolly-smoking-led-to-departure/ http://kmhk.com/sweet-singer-brian-connolly-smoking-led-to-departure/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:00:24 +0000 Dave Swanson http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=71380 According to Sweet bassist Steve Priest, singer Brian Connolly had to quit the legendary glam band because of his serious smoking habit. Priest claims that his nicotine habit caused serious damage to that golden voice. “A lot of the songs were really up there – and he smoked like a chimney. So he used to lose his voice a lot.”

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