Trots - guitar/vocals
Kate - bass
Susan - drums
This band perhaps did not have a name? i can not remember, it was a 3 piece that never performed anywhere, but which quickly transformed itself into other things. I have a cassette recording I will have to hunt out where there is a rehearsal, so I can get the titles of the songs. I remember doing my song “War Child” using a phaser in the chorus. There was also a song called “Youth Explosion”.
Kate was learning bass using Rosso’s small bass guitar, she had never played in a band before, and I think it is fare to say it took a while for a bass line to be remembered, but she tried and it is more than what most do.
Susan was a good all round performer, she had an excellent voice, played guitar and she played drums using a style that was very different to what I was used to. She used the toms and bass side drum a lot, not much high hat or cymbals which was refreshing. She met Dung and started playing music with him which led into “Nightmares in a Damaged Brain”. Susan and I also played as an acoustic duo doing cover songs (Clash, Beatles etc.) in a wine bar down Devonshire Street which was frequented by the rugby players…great nights, and we got paid!
Kate eventually gave the bass up, and met Johnny (bass player in the Nightmares/Havana Affair) but Susan went on to be in other bands and finally a successful solo career in London, where she tours and records. It is nice to think she started her career in my living room…all the best Sue.
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