 Not regretting his decision to leave Humble Pie in 1971, Peter Frampton spent the next five years writing, recording and touring, as well as guesting on many other artists records (Nilsson, George Harrison to name two). Signed to A&M, his first 3 albums were building the foundations of a solid fan base - 'Wind Of Change' in 1971, 'Frampton's Camel' in 1973 (which featured Peter within a group project) and 'Somethin's Happening' in 1974. Peter's live work did much to enhance his reputation and eventually the hard work paid off with the release in 1975 of 'Frampton', which gave the world a taste of what was yet to come. All this culminated in the astonishing success of 'Frampton Comes Alive!', a live album recorded at San Francisco's famed Winterland, and released in 1976. In 1978, Peter suffered a near fatal car crash in the Bahamas, which left him with a concussion, muscle damage and broken bones. But in 1979, he released the album 'Where I Should Be', which went gold and produced the hit 'I Can't Stand It No More'. Frampton continued to release albums on a semi-annual basis throughout the 80's. There was 'Breaking All The Rules' in 1981, 'Art Of Control' in 1982 and then a four-year break from releasing albums was ended by the release of 'Premonition' in 1986. In 1987, Frampton's career enjoyed a tremendous surge when he was invited by David Bowie to play lead guitar on the latter's Glass Spider World Tour. In 1997, he played on Bill Wyman's CD, 'The Rhythm Kings: Struttin' Our Stuff'. Later that year, he and Wyman played together in Europe to promote the CD along with Gary Brooker, Albert Lee, Georgie Fame and Beverly Skeets. Plus there are many other recent projects - including concerts to benefit the aid work in Bosnia and other charity work, two tours with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band in 1997 and 1998, an appearance on VH-1's Hard Rock Live series, his 1998 tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd, an appearance on the Simpsons as himself, two songs he recorded for an upcoming Walt Disney Records project, Tigger Mania, writing music for and acting in the Cameron Crowe movie 'Almost Famous'. Peter Frampton remains hard working and attentive to the needs of his fan base - most kids growing up in the 70's grew up listening to Peter (the actor Johnny Depp recently spoke of HIS Frampton addiction in his teenage years!) and Peter is constantly out there, performing and bringing his music and talent to generations of fans.
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