- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar
- Rick Price - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Charlie Grima - Percussion
- Keith Smart - Drums
- Bob Brady - Piano / Vocals
- Other interested parties :
- Don Arden - Manager
- Wayne Bickerton - Record Producer
- Roger Hand - Record Producer
- John Miller - Record Producer
- Other interested parties :
This band initially appeared to be a "Big Break" with a record deal in the offing with Polydor. I secured the position in the already partially rehearsed band against competition from Vo Fletcher.
The Polydor deal came through with a £6K advance on royalties allowing the band to kit itself out with new equipment, a WEM P.A. system and a van. The band commenced rehearsals in the dismal surroundings of a room at the back of Digbeth Civic Hall.
The band sounded good musically but was a tense affair probably due to the pressure of the situation.
The album finally got cut at Air London studios and I got terrific guitar sounds from the Gibson 335 and the studio's Fender Pro-Reverb with 4 x 10" speakers.
Gigs came in but the band still sounded messy playing live probably due to Charlie's percussion role not being sufficiently well thought out.
Then the bombshell dropped! At the crucial moment, with the album still incomplete, Rick, Keith and Charlie announced that they were leaving to join Roy Wood's Wizard.
Sound Check - Venue (UNKNOWN) London
- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar
- Rick Price - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Mike Sheridan - Vocals
- Charlie Grima - Drums
- Wayne Bickerton - record Producer
This was an exercise to record two of Rick's numbers "Love Can Rule The World" and "Some Kinda Freak" at Polydor's demo studio. A 1/4" tape of the session cannot currently be located - hopefully it is spliced on to some other tape and will come to light eventually.
- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar
- Bob Brady - Piano / Vocals
- Roger Hill - Lead Guitar
- Megan Davis - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Tom Farnell - Drums
Roger, Tom and Megan were hastily recruited and several new numbers worked in. These were duly recorded, again at Air London, but had an altogether different feel to them. After the really fat sound of my 335 on the earlier recordings Roger's Strat sounded thin in the studio and I had to wind the volume right down to get a compatible sound for the twin lead lines on "The Road". Roger recorded a solo for "Get Your Teeth Into This" with the same sound but the producers asked to do a version with the Les Paul cranked right up as usual. I pinched the main licks from Roger's solo and the producers went with that
The album entitled "Get Your Teeth Into This" was finally released sporting the worst cover in history (only to be later eclipsed by the indecipherable cover of the Muscles album). One or two singles were released to some critical acclaim but without any real success. Roger and Tom finally succumbed to financial pressures and left to earn some money.
- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar
- Bob Brady - Piano / Vocals
- Megan Davis - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Vo Fletcher - Drums
- Jimmy Phillips - Lead Guitar / Vocals
With the next line-up some new material was worked up and gigs undertaken. The band suffered constant cock-ups and problems with equipment. Bob finally succumbed to financial pressures and left to join the other former members of Mongrel in Roy Wood's Wizard. Vo was retained for a while on drums but had difficulty mustering a drum kit while Jimmy was left to his own devices.
Polydor Promotional Hand-out
Amsterdam - 1973
- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar / Vocals
- Megan Davis - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Bob Moore - Drums
- Austin Smith - Vocals
This line-up evolved after experiencing Austin's prowess within the pure rock 'n roll idiom in Sunday lunch time jam sessions at The Railway, a well known rock venue of the era. The band worked regularily and built a solid reputation and following albeit only as a pub rock band. Regular gigs were The Trees, The Kingshurst and The Crown and Cushion. Notable was a gig supporting Wizard at the Floral Hall Southport. The line-up remained stable and the band got very tight indeed.
Having played the rock 'n roll thing to its limit, Megan, Bob and I were keen to improve the set and add additional material. We arranged rehearsals at the MAC but after a couple of attempts to get new stuff on board we realised that Austin was not going to do anything other than his existing repetoire. We started to plan and work on additional material with a rock orientation from the likes of Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer with Megan taking the lead vocals.
We finally broke the news to Austin that we wished to continue with our new set without him. This was a sad occasion.
- Stuart Scott - Lead Guitar / Vocals
- Megan Davis - Bass Guitar / Vocals
- Bob Moore - Drums
- Guest Players :
- Steve Palmer - Drums
- Kevin Rowland - Drums
- Vo Fletcher - Drums
- Tom Farnell - Drums
- Bob Lamb - Drums
- Charlotta Bart - Keyboards / Vocals
- Benny Bedson - Drums
- Bob Brady - Piano / Vocals
- Austin Smith - Vocals
- Tommy Smith - Vocals
- Paul Smith - Vocals
- Frank Brady (deceased) - Piano / Vocals
Mongrel - The Three-piece band
The Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr - 1974
