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- Word was that 9cc (cubic centimeters) is the average volume of male ejaculation, so 10cc is one better. The truth is that Jonathan King assigned them the name after having a dream where he saw the phrase "10cc: The Best Band In The World" outside of the Hammersmith Odeon.
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Feb 13, 2000 · Mythology has it that the name 10cc came from the average male ejaculation being 9cc, and, of course, being big, butch, Mancunian guys, we're gonna be, y'know, 1cc more than that. No, the...
- When Did 10Cc Form and Who Was in Their Original Lineup?
- How Did 10Cc Get Their Name?
- What Are 10cc's Most Famous Songs (and Albums)?
- Why Did 10Cc Split Up?
- What Pop Videos Did Godley & Creme produce?
- What Songs Did Graham Gouldman Write For Other Artists Before 10Cc formed?
- When Did 10Cc Reform and Who Is in Their Current Lineup?
While they broke through in the 1970s, 10cc had their roots in the 1960s and even earlier. Kevin Godley and Lol Creme knew each other as boys in Stockport, England, while Godley and Graham Gouldman went to the same secondary school and played their first music together at the local Jewish Lad's Brigade. 1n 1964, Gouldman's band The Whirlwinds recor...
10cc means 10 cubic centimetres – which is the same as 10ml. Bit of an odd bandname, no? The group got their name from King when he signed them to his UK Records label in July 1972, but where he got it from is open to some dispute. King claimed that the unusual bandname came from a dream where he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in Lo...
At the core of the original 10cc were two separate songwriting teams: the pop-heavy duo of Stewart and Goldman and the more artsy Godley and Creme. Godley and Creme left the group in 1976 (more on that later), but through its lineup changes, 10cc released 11 studio albums, including a run of five top 10 records in 1970s: Sheet Music, The Original S...
It sounds like a cliché, but the thing that first drove a wedge between the members of 10cc genuinely was creative differences. As the group scored more and more success, there was a split between the pop (Stewart & Goldman) and art (Godley & Creme). Godley and Creme thought things were getting a bit stale in 10cc and drifted off to record their tr...
Not content with their career as popstars in 10cc, and later as the experimental rock duo Godley & Creme, the pair decided to move into pop music video production, just as the medium exploded in the 1980s. They started with their own clips for 'Englishman in New York' and 'Wide Boy', before lending their skills to other artists, racking up over 50 ...
Godley & Creme weren't the only members of 10cc to score some serious success outside the band. Before 10cc even launched, Graham Gouldman scored some major hits writing songs for other artists, putting his stamp on the 1960s. Between 1965 and 1967 he wrote 'For Your Love', 'Heart Full of Soul' and 'Evil Hearted You' for The Yardbirds, and 'Look Th...
After the success of 1987 compilation Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme which covered both groups, Goldman and Stewart reconvened as 10cc in 1991 to record ...Meanwhile, and they (sort of) got back together with Godley and Creme. All the songs on the comeback album were Godley/Stewart numbers (apart from closer 'Don't Break ...
10cc in 1973 (l-r): Gouldman, Godley, Stewart, Creme (from 10cc press-kit) King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London
- 1972–1983, 1991–1995, 1999–present
- Stockport, England
Apr 11, 2012 · Gouldman and Stewart decided to continue playing under the name 10cc, shrugging off the half-serious idea that they should rename themselves 5cc, and, having broken America, toured all over the...
The band name has always been a subject of lore. Word was that 9cc (cubic centimeters) is the average volume of male ejaculation, so 10cc is one better. The truth is that Jonathan King assigned them the name after having a dream where he saw the phrase "10cc: The Best Band In The World" outside of the Hammersmith Odeon.
The origin is disputed: Founding member Lol Creme confirmed a widely believed claim that 10cc represented an unusually large amount of male semen ejaculate, representing the bands potency. Their producer at the time, Jonathan King, refutes this claim stating that he saw the name in a dream; the band stood in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in ...
