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The Prospectors 1962 with Terry Huish (Bass), Paul Davidson (Rhythm Guitar), Alan Harsley (Lead Guitar), John “Pedro” Pearson (also known as Jack) (Drums).
Sounds Familiar (80’s) Doug Houton (Vocals), Mal Hatton (Drums), Terry Huish (Bass), Mel Oliver (Piano), Edna Houton (Vocals), Alan Harsley (Guitar).
“Stella & The Misfits” Kev Ladden – Gtr/Vocs,
Bob Little – Bass/Vocals and Paul Vollans – Drums.
They started up about 2000,
They play a large range of music from the sixties, seventies and eighties
“Stevenson’s Rock-Its” - Chris Hinds, Roger Gammidge, Mel Oliver, John Stevenson, Mark Nicklen. 2003
In 2003 The band 'Stevenson's Rock-its' was formed from 3 members of 'Happy Daze' and a couple of new guys.
The band performed for approx 1 year before disbanding.
The Carnival Four
Alan King, Barry Garner, John Barnett, Gordon Simpson
Happy Daze 2001
Martin Street, Andy Boyd, Mark Nicklen, Mel Oliver, Roger Gammidge
The guys played Rock n roll music 2000/2002
The Chuck Curtis Combo
Paul Davidson, Chuck Curtis and Terry Huish
Chaser 2003
Darrell Lofthouse, Bob McDonnell, Mel Oliver, Chris Whitetely; Mel joined this Band in 2002 and prior to this they had been playing as a Trio for some time. In 2004 the Bass player, Simon Patterson left and was replaced by Bob McDonnell.
Blues Syndicate circa 1964,
Dave Churchman (Bass), Alan Harsley (Guitar), Alex Maw (Drums), Martin Danks (Piano).
The LawmenThe guys were all policemen
Ian (Maverick) Mavor on lead; Keith Hudson on vocals; Brian Bullock on drums;
Pete Tong on bass; Graham Lea on organ
Other members were Robin Leak on vocals
? Vincent on rhythmThe Lawmen
The Notorious Boyd Brothers featured Mick Boyd, Andy Boyd, Pete Boyd and Graham Boyd
The Wall Street Crash and the Case of the missing Statue (1973)
Andy Boyd told me a story about a night they were playing at the Kirton Lindsey army barracks.
the guys had set on a new roadie to help with setting up and carrying the gear, all went well
until this new guy, unbeknown to the band, decided to nick a solid silver regimental trophy which
he duely hid under the drivers seat of the groups van. Of course before long, it was noticed the
trophy was missing and being the main suspects,the van was searched and sure enough the
trophy was discovered. The army guys wanted to beat the band up but were persuaded to chuck
them in a cell in the guardhouse, where they were all questioned for about two hours.
The band couldn't answer the questions because they hadn't a clue what had happened.
Eventually the army called the police, and when they arrived the police decided to take the band
back to Scunthorpe for questioning. One of the band asked if they could take the van back as
well, but the army refused to hand over the keys, saying they had plans for the van,
Andy Boyd remembers thinking, 'they're going to use it for target practise and then blow it up'.
Andy also remembered,he had a set of keys for his Ford Cortina in his pocket and by sheer
luck these also fitted the van, so they were able to rescue the van and their gear.
They then all went to the Scunthorpe Nick where they were questioned for a further two hours,
but not knowing anything about the theft, they were still unable to tell the police anything.
They were eventually released in the early morning. It was only later they found out, the new
roadie was an excon and had only been released from prison the week before, it later transpired
he was known by his nickname of of Mad Mick.
The Problems changed their name to The Peighton Checks in 1966
The lineup was Eric McCutheon on drums, Mick West on vocals, Charlie Gillis on rhythm,
Andy Boyd on lead and Martin street on bass
The Poachers 1966
The group featured Jeff Lawson on lead, Will Jefferies on drums, Ian McKay on vocals, Kevin Smith on bass and Mick Harriman on rhythm.
The Bullets 1966 (from Barton) The line was Doug Johnson on lead, Jeff West on bass and Dave Grimbleby on drums
The Commancheros 1966 with Dave Churchman on bass and Eric McCutheon on drums.
The Moderation (formerly The Rebels) 1966
The group featured Rick Laughton, Keith Burdett and Mick Gravelling (Ian McDonald was vocalist with the Rebels)
The Terry Thompson Quartet
Pete Johnson on drums
Terry Huish on bass
Paul Davidson on lead guitar
Terry Thompson on sax
New groups on the scene 1966 were
The Moquetts and The Chain Gang (from Barton)
Another Barton Group was Portrait featuring Richard Trees on lead, Ian Nicholson on sax and Steve Turnbill on drums
The Worrying Kind 1966
The lineup in 66 was Terry Burnham on drums, Jimmy Clayton on lead, Ray Johnson on organ,
Andy Mayers on bass, Syd Cuthbert on vocals and Dave Waterman also on vocals.
The News 1967
The News featured Paul Bryers on drums, Terry Richardson on Organ, Keith Hudson on vocals,
Kevin Smith on bass and John Underwood on lead. Ann Hilder sang vocals in 1968.
The Midnight Hour 1967
The lineup was Martyn Whitehouse on vocals, Ralph Kitchen on lead, Keith Mullard on rhythm and Dave Thomas on bass
The San-Q-Letts started up in june 1967
the band featured, George Milton on drums, Paul Duffin on lead, Dave Churchman on bass and Rick Przystupa on rhythm.
Average Content 1967 (Gainsborough)
The lineup was Dave Bloomfield on bass, Graeme Lowther on drums, Steve Davis on organ and Malc Lundy on lead.
The Hybirds 1967 (Gainsborough)
The band featured Owen Cockram on bass, Michael Simpson on rhythm, Alan Gale on drums and Malcolm Lundy on lead
The Planets 1967 (Kirton)
The lineup was Earl Rhoades on lead, Alan Roades on bass, Mark Patterson on organ,
Roger Taylor on drums and Trev Black on vocals.
Early version of The Badd Ladds mid 1960's
Graham Jackson lead, Barry Roberts vocals, Stuart Leah rhythm, Graham White drums
and Nigel Hudson on bass, The first four guys were only 14yrs old.
The Badd Ladds 1967
The Badd Ladds 1967, Graham White drums, Ivan Tate vocals, Nigel Hudson bass, Graham Jackson lead and Stuart Leah on rhythm guitar
The New Era
Some additional infomation and pics of The New Era
The band was on the go from the late sixties thru til the mid ninties, they enjoyed enormous
success, playing all the major clubs and venues. Much to their credit they also did charity
shows, one of which is mentioned below, when they played at Scunthorpe Hospital over
the Christmas holidays, they toured round the wards playing to patients who could not get
home for Christmas. The Mayor of Scunthorpe gave them with a Friendship Plaque which
they presented to the Mayor of Liverpool while playing at The Cavern at Liverpool in 1993.
This made them one of the only Scunthorpe bands to become Ambassadors for Scunthorpe.
The group did a recording session at The Queen Bess in Ashby, which hopefully is still
around, (the recording not the pub) if I get a copy of the recording I will include it on the
website. A copy of the tape was sent to John Wilcox, light entertainment producer for Radio
One at the time. The line up at the time of the recording was, Keith Grice, Eric Marris, Ron
Oaken and Ron Blackburn.
New Era Keith Grice
The Bluebell Hotel finally closed in oct 1969, another landmark gone.
The Bluebell Hotel finally closed in oct 1969, another landmark gone.
The Harlem Shuffle reverted to their old name the 'National Soul Band' in 1968
Groups that appeared at The Sherpa Hotel in late 1969
19th sept The Del Viking Show
20th sept The Belmonts
21st sept The Concordes
22nd sept Apex Jazzmen
10th oct The Four R's
24th oct The Martells
25th oct Allan Barry Five
26th oct Garry Jay Four
7th nov Dave Kay Five
8th nov Garry Dean Trio
?th dec The Satin Shades
The Jerks 1964 featured Penny Pickwell on rhythm and Stuart Mc Donnel on piano.
Midnight Hag 1969
The group featured John Schofield on percussion, Dave Grimbleby on bongos/vocals and harmonia,
and Steve Brailford on vocals /guitar the band did all original material
Mick Taylor and Scott Miller performing as 'Mick & Scott' a guitar vocal duo, played at the final stages
at the Gaity Theatre Butlins Skegness, the first prize was £1000.
The Three of Clubs formed in 1965, members were Hugh Gourley on lead, Terry Huish on bass and Jim Gourley on rhythm, all three sang vocals.
Groups appearing at the Ancholme Inn Brigg in May 68
The Lucky Charms
The Debonaires
Ultrasonics
Buzz Ford Show.
At the Open Hearth Hotel
24th july Plastercine
28th aug Witchcraft
The Sockets 1968
The group featured Jeff Leonard on vocals, Ricky Hood on lead, Stuart Dron on bass
and Doug Kirk on drums. The group later changed their name to 'Manhatton Lime'
The Earls formed in 1964, the group featured Greg Tomilson on lead/vocals, Terry Huish on bass/vocals
Stuart McDonald on Piano and Jim Gourley on rhythm/vocals, Don Lee on drums.
The Reps 1965 featured Pete Hornsby on bass, Pete Johnson on drums, Malc Turner on rhythm
Colin Chambers on organ, and Paul Davidson on lead. They called it a day in june 1966.
The Sunspots later to be Tony and the Cadillacs
The Daleks 1964
The group featured Derek Hodson on lead, Eddie Ashword also on lead, John Hicks on bass and Dave Allen on drums
The Daleks 1965
Steve Bainbridge on vocals, (he took over from Dave Waterland),
John Duncan on bass, John Scott on rhythm, Dave Allen on drums, Tony Bee on lead/ vocals
and Vivian Scales also on vocals.
007 1965
The group 007 consisted of shiftworker, so the guys had to pick their engagement dates very carefully.
The band featured Bill Barker on bass, Malc Skinner on drums, Roger Wilson on rhythm and Mick Lefley on lead.
The list of groups playing at St Pauls Church Charity Show in aid of The Spastic in set 1964 were
The Turnabouts,
The Jesters,
The Iron Dukes,
The Chechakos,
The Decoys,
Chapter Six,
The Lawmen,
The VJ's,
Little eddie and the Freeways
and The Imps.
The list of groups entered in the Star Big Beat Contest 1964 were
The Kingpins,
The Tropics,
The Imps,
Blues Anonymous,
The Colorados (from Barton),
The Dimples (newly formed),
Maureen and the Freeways,
The Ensigns,
and The Kraakans
the contest was held on the 26th Nov 1964.
The Iron Dukes 1964
The guys did a lot of work for charity, one stunt in particular was quite brilliant, they toured Scunthorpe High Street
on the back of a flatback lorry giving a free concert to the general public, collecting money as they passed.
The lorry was loaned by Clugstons and the generator by Lysaghts steelworks, The money raised £47 went to
Cancer Research. The band consisted of Wliiam Cumberlidge, Ronald Tuplin, Fred Studwick and Dave Raffery.
The Inverts 1966
The band featured Ken Ashley on rhythm, Pete Boyd on bass, Dave Bent on lead,
Jed Cox on drums and Dave Keave on vocals.
The Dave Vincent Quartet 1966
The group featured Dave Churchman on bass, Eric McCuthen on drums, Derek Hodson on lead and John Parker on vocals.
Size 5 1966
The band featured Tony Steeper on rhythm, Dave Tuplin on lead, Graham Starkey on bass,
Trev Mitchell on drums and Lionel Sergeant on vocals.
The Soul Survivors 1966
The guys were mostly from Barton and were formerly called 'The System'.
The group featured Ray Johnson on drums, Bob Lawtey on bass, Alan Hopkins on lead and Pete Guy on vocals,
the groups manager was Arthur Staves.
The Jumpback 1966 formerly the Thunderbirds
The band consisted of Alan Parker on drums, Chris Pettinger on lead and Ray Morgan on rhythm and bass.
The Cossacks 1966 with Ray Anderson on drums and Richard Emsley on lead.
March 1967 the former Barton group 'Armadillos' change their name to'Route 66'.
The Days of Wine and Rosie 1967
The band featured Rosie Bembenek on vocals, Paddy O Connor on bass, Mick Strangleman on drums, and Brian Hayes, Hughie Callaghan, Ian Nicholson and Darrel Wood. (comment top band).
The Cyrkel of Least Confusion 1967
The band members were Colin Marshall, Dennis Lonsdale, Russel Wainwright, John Whittaker, Richard Allen, Roy Brader, Terry Pitchfork, Paul Stevenson, Steve Wright, Chris Jones, John Fidell, Paul Hipkins, Ken Powers and Phillip Bootland. I bet the pub landlords loved this group, if they all took their wives and girlfriends they would fill the pub.
Andy is another one of Scunthorpe's elder statesmen in the music business. He has played in the music scene since the very early sixties. His first group was 'Keith Wyer and the three Strands' in 1963, next came 'The Decoys 1963,
The Moles, The Worrying Kind, later bands were The Notorious Boyd Brothers, Happy Daze, Rock this Town, the list goes on and on. Other bands were 'Open Road', The Four Candles with Jock McKay and his current band, 'The BarRoom Stompers' with Dave Churchman, Daz on vocal/rhythm and Eddie on drums. He has currently taken up playing Steel Guitar which I am sure he will include in the act at a later date. A really nice guy and an exceptional guitarist.
He has also been a great help in documenting the Scunny music scene for this website. Many thanks Andy.
La Corbiere
La Corbiere 1972 featured
Roy Emerson on vocals
Hugh Gourley on lead
Rod Clarke on bass
Don Lee on drums
They were mainly a comedy club act with Roy doing his comedy female impersonation and Don also doing comedy.
Splatt 1983 Jon Webb on sax, Danny Douglas on bass, Jon and brother Rich on guitar, dave on drums, Andy Kean on vocals and Kent Prentice on keyboards
Reola Damm 1986
Scunthorpe bands of the 1980's
Back Seat Romeos july 1981 John Clay Guitar/vocals, Trevor Fearnley drums and Ash Aisthorpe on bass, lead vocalist unknown.
Kobra 1981 Ray Coulson drums, Andy Hales lead, Graham Hodgson vocals and Graham Turner on bass
No Control 1981 Jeremy Kirby on guitar, Dave Robinson on bass, Kevin Westaby on guitar, Paul Kennedy on vocals and Mick Noble on drums.
Terminal Generation 1981 new vocalist Mandy Brookes (formerly with Fault 151), Simon Hill synth/vocals, Sham Sharman on bass, Dave Proudfoot guitar/vocals and Andy Figliuzzi on drums.
The Karl Ebner Band 1982
featured Karl Ebner on guitar/vocals, Martin King on drums, Mally Whitehead on rhythm and Dominic Stewart on bass.
Teazer 1982 Steve on bass, Johnny the Fox on lead,Mark Gerrard on drums and Ron Smith on 2nd lead.
Dealer 1982 Brian Gazi, Rick Boyd, Frank Cornish, Johnny and Mark.
Zygal Span 1982 Stef Gac on sax/vocals, replaced by Denise Wilkie on vocals/ keyboard
Rocking Noel and the Flying Vees 1981
Somebody Stole my Fridge 1981 Nick Salmon guitar/vocals, Dave Shaw on keyboards, Len Hilton on bass, Gary Clayton on drums and Julian McKenny on guitar.
Lakeside Shed 1981
Earth 1981 Brigg band Tony Roberts lead/vocals and Mike Long on bass, drummer unknown.
Cadillacs reunion. Terry List, Dave Edwards, Peter Jones, Tony Borrell and Malc Hamilton
Monroe 1982 from Broughton, Pete Watson, Ian Thorpe, Trev Honess and Stan Matthews
The Vikings early 1960's with Les Stringfellow, Trev Gammidge, Bas Brader and Colin Tuxworth
Colin still has the Hofner Club 50 and says it is still as good as new.
The Viking were the first group to be mentioned in Nick Coles steelbeat column when Nick started writting it in the early sixties. Unfortunately the column attracted the attention of the local taxman and the guys all got an unpleasant visit from HM Tax Dept, when it was explained how much the guitar and amps cost, against the triviling amount the guys were earning, HM Taxes realised it was hardly worth pursuing the matter. On a lighter when Colin (who was working at the Scunthorpe Star) and Nick Cole suggested a column about the local group scene, the editor Earnest Plowright (Joans Father) gave them both a good mouthful, he later relented and allowed Nicky to go ahead, and as you all know, it was a great success.
Fault 151 1981
The band featured Mandy Brooks on vocals, Anthony Lluk on bass, Carl North on drums and Paul Cleveland on guitar.
Drive 1987
Contemporary rock band comprising of Keith Mullard on guitar, Mark Noel on keyboards, Alan Wellan on bass, Steve Swift on drums and Phil Jacklin on rhythm guitar. Steve is the exdrummer with the Titans and Keith and Alan are ex Dodger and Roller Coaster, Phil used to sing with Breeze.
Black Winter 1987
Terminus 1987
Opium Dawn 1987
The band featured Dave Milner on rhythm, Rich Milner on drums, Andy Milner on bass, Vicky Clover on vocals
A few in the line up for the 1986 Scunthorpe Rock Open included
Caligula and the Romans, Murderous Musicans, Harry the Spider, Backwater, F.U.D.D., Terminus, That Noble Porpoise and Paralex.
Negitives in Colour 1982
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