Me - vocals, Tony Hall - drums, Mike Deiton - Bass,
Steve "Faz" Farrar - guitar, Steve Andrews - guitar.
This was basically Super Suntan with yet another drummer (shades of Spinal Tap here). By now we had left school and myself, Steve and Faz were all working for Unilever and this picture was taken at Colworth House, Sports Club (on the Unilever site at Sharnbrook). Tony just happened to be the brother of another one of our work colleagues. As you can see from the picture at the ripe old age of 17 -18 we now had "management". This was in the form of Ray Gilbert (who owned a "boutique" in Wellingborough and his partner in crime John Thomas (no kidding this was his real name!). They managed to get us a residency at the Nine Arches Hotel in Thrapston and kitted us out in matching suits! This was our first real taste of regular gigging.
Faz Again. Just wanted to thank Martyn, Steve and Mick publicly for bringing me into their world for a few years. I can honestly say these really were the best years of my life. For an all too brief time it WAS my life. Will never forget just wish I could do it all again (including having hair again obviously).
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