Loot

The Loot were something of a poppier, minor-league <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">Troggs</a>. Like <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">the Troggs</a>, they came from Andover. Guitarist Dave Wright had been an early member of <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">the Troggs</a>, and briefly replaced Chris Britton in <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">the Troggs</a> when Britton left the band for a short spell in 1967. The Loot recorded for Page One, the label run by <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">Troggs</a> manager <a href="spotify:artist:4QvlQOsK52IrgAq61YuVc7">Larry Page</a>, and issued "Baby Come Closer" as their 1966 debut single; the song would also be done by <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">the Troggs</a> on their second LP.

The Loot never did have anything close to a hit, in large part because they never did corral the right song for any of their half-dozen 1966-1969 singles. They played fair but hardly outstanding moddish pop/rock, a bit lusty and raw sometimes, but not nearly as much so as <a href="spotify:artist:57xdnSVt4ahJCIXYLieQ25">the Troggs</a>. Seven of the 12 songs from their singles are included on the various-artists compilation Untamed & Innocent, which also has rarities from fellow collector-favorite mod bands the Sorrows, the Untamed, and the Thoughts. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi