Scunny Groups Page 6

Rough Mix 1978

The band cosisted of Mark Pearson on guitar/vocals,

Steve Robinson also on guitar/vocals

Kevin Davies on bass and Kev Todd on drums.

They got the name 'Rough Mix' from an album by

Pete Townsend and Ronnie Lane and played a lot

of Stones material.The guys used to practice at

Kev Todds parents pub, The Beacon Hotel,where they

would help themselves to free beer, until Kev's dad

realised what was going on.They played their first

gig at the Yarborough at Gainsborough on New Years Eve.

The Hurt 1980

The band featured Steve Robinson on guitar/ vocals,

Rolly Rands on guitar, Kevin Davis on bass and

marathon man Trev Mitchell on drums.

The band played Stones,Who,Small Faces and Beatles

material. They where later joined by singer/lyricaist

Mick Walker and the music taste changed more to Magazine

and Ultravox. Mick and Rolly began writing songs together.

Whiteflag 1981

'The Hurt' morphed into 'Whiteflag', Wally Aylott took

over from Trev Mitchell on drums. The lineup being

Mick Walker on vocals, Steve Robinson on guitar/vocals

and synth, Rolly Rands on guitar, Kevin Davies on bass

and Wally Aylott on drums. The guys decided they needed

a keyboard player and about this time Steve Robinson

decided to leave, shortly after parting company, Steve

decided to try his luck in America.

White Flag at the Whitgift film theatre 1982 Steve Robinson guitar, Kevin Davis bass, Mick Walker vocals, and Rolly Rands on lead and rhythm, and on drums Wally Aylott

Steve Robinson went on to play in 'The Headlights' in America

Steve was joined in 'Headlights'by Kev Todd, other members

being Steve Connelly and Scott Dempster.

Steve would later begin songwriting again, and began performing solo.

John J Paul, Don Lee, Ray Thornton and John Brady

The John J Paul Band

Nov 1967

The Classics. Don Lee is rejoining The Classics as a comedian. The other

members are Rod Clarke- bass; Eddie Ashworth- lead, and Frank Sikora

on drums.

The Martin Brothers The Buffs Club 1970's

John Hill and Jed Westby

Audience at the Beat Contest Night 1965 (who do you know)

Seven groups below entered the 1967 Beat Contest at the Baths Ballroom.

1. Poets Arbour. from Barton..Line up as:- D Grimbleby on drums;

M Sparling, T Ingham and J West on Guitars; B Phillips on vocals

AND two projectionists... J West and J Schofield.

2. Average Content. from Gainsborough.. David Broomfield on bass;

Graeme Lowther on drums; Steve Davies on organ and John ???? on lead.

3. The Hybrids. Gainsborough... Bass- Owen C???ram; Rhythm- Michael

Sampson; Drums- Alan Gale and Lead- Malcolm Lundy.

4. The Cyrkel of Least Confusion. 13 members:- Steven Wright; Terry

Pitchfork; Paul Stevenson; Colin Marshall; Paul Hipkins; Christopher

Jones; John Fardell; Kenneth Parsons; Dennis Lonsdale; Russel Wainwright;

John Whittaker; Roy Brader; and Richard Hallem. I didn't think ​the stage

at the Baths was that big!

5. The Inner Movement. Scunthorpe. Basil Hesiltine on vocals; Jeff

Lawson on lead; Mick Bryon on bass; and Will Jeffreys on Drums.

6. The Planets. From Kirton. Earl and Allen Rhoades on lead and bass;

Mark Patterson on organ; Roger Taylor on drums and Trevor Black on vocals.

7. Phase Five. Scunthorpe. John and Richard Brady ..vocals and bass;

Paul Ellerton on lead; William Cunningham on rhythm and David

Krynicki on Drums.

The Badd Ladd 2nd place at 1965 Beat Contest

The Turnabouts 3rd place at 1965 Beat Contest

The Rebels winners of the 1965 Beat Contest

The Four of Clubs came nowhere in the 1965 Beat Contest, i think it was a fix (joke)

St Pauls Youth Club 1964 (who do you know)

The Encodas 1965

The band featured John Hicks on bass

Paul Bryers on drums and

Dave Churchman on lead

Soul Survivors 1966

The changed their name from System to Soul Suvivors in 66

The guys were from Barton and the group consisted of

Ray Johnson on drums

Bob Lawtey on bass

Alan Hopkins on lead and

Pete Guy on vocals

The Overtones at Scunthorpe Railway Club 1964

The Civics 1965

The Civics 1965

The Civics lineup was

Graham and David Boyd on rythmn and bass

Geoff Marshall on lead and

Steven Markham on drums

St Pauls Church Hall 1964

Rosie was probably one of the best female singer in Scunthorpe in the 1960's She was among other bands,the vocalist in

The Days pf Wine and Rosie

There was always a live act on in the scunthorpe pubs and clubs of the 1960's

The Inverts 1965

The band featured

Ken Ashley on rythmn

Pete Boyd on bass

Dave Bent on lead

Jed Cox on drums and

Dave Neave on vocals

Moderation 1967

Moderation featured Andy Mayer on bass, Bill Gibson on rythmn, Keith Burdett on drums and Rick Laughton on lead

The Beverley Brothers 2001

The Beverley Brothers 2001

The Beverley Bros featured Craig Austin and David Parker

Both of whom have played in numerous local Scunthorpe

and national bands over the years. David in Peighton Checks,

The Hammer and The Glitter Band. Craig in The Dimples,

Gospel Garden, Distant Jim to name a few. They played the

2001 Scunthorpe Mega Bash.

The Mo-Deans 1965. Scunthorpe. Another swop-around band. Consists

of Don Lee- drums (Freeways); Eddie Ashworth- guitar (Freeways);

Rod Clarke- bass (Classics); Hugh Gourley- lead (Classics), and

Dave Waterland on vocals (Chapter Six).

The Bullits 1966. A band not well known in Scunthorpe but having

a good following in North Lincs. From Barton-on-Humber.

Line up as... Doug Johnson- lead; Tony Loughram- Rhythm;

Jeff West- bass and David Grimbleby on drums.

Somebody stole my Fridge 1982

Playing at The Berkeley Hotel 1982

The band featured

Bruce Watts on bass, Rags McKenny on guitar and vocals,

Paul Vollans on drums and vocals, P J Dada on guitar and vocals

and Dave Shaw on Keyboards

Lulu Kiss me Dead 1988

Brigg group Diseased 1985

Titan 1982, Phil, Wayne and Haydn

Rat in the Attic 1984 (formerly Pan Ash)

The band consisted of John Doubtfire on bass,

Andy Wright on guitar, Kevin James on lead,

and Pete Fenwick on drums

Lincoln County Recipe 1987

Duck in Fog 1985

Fair Exchange 1984, Johnny the Fox, Mark Gerrard, Karl Ebner and Mally Whitehead

Harry the Spider, 1984

Harry the Spiders coming out Party 1984

The band featured Darren Whitelaw on bass,

Alan Pilsworth on drums, Kev Brown on guitar,

Gaz Ingoldsby on guitar and vocalist Jo and Karen

Fair Exchange 1984

Legacy 1985

Legacy featured Martin, Mark , Stuart Ellerton on bass

Andy Rae on drums and Sam Smith on lead

Contraband 1984

The band cansisted of Edward Baird on lead and vocals,

Dave Norman on drums, Marcus 'Baggy' Lagzdins on bass and vocals,

2 femaile vocalists and a sax player.Contraband 1984

Reola Dam 1985

Fault 151 Richard Rocky Oxenforth who was in Duck in Fog, Carl North drummer, Paul Cleveland guitar, Mandy , then a friend of the group then Ilks a very talented bass player who later played with John Clay and Dave Norman...

Trev Mitchell doing his World Drum Marathon at Ashbyville with Steve Bird a local alternative DJ in Scunthorpe.

The Movers at Sheffield Park

John Doubtfire bass, Terry McFeeley in black Harrington Jacket vocals, Rolly Rands lead and rhythm guitar, and Wally Aylott drums.

The graphics on the Harrington jacket and the shirts were done by Wally with paint, he was working at Bartles Graphics Printers at Scunthorpe at the time

The Movers 1979 at Rugby Cement club near the Humber Bridge, Rolly Rands lead guitar and rhythm, Terry McFeeley vocals, John Doubtfire bass and Wally Aylott on drums.

The Movers

Wally Aylott with his drumset, he covered the himself in bright yellow material. Trev Mitchell used the bongo drums on his drumming marathon.

The Lindseys Mal Willoughby, on lead, Dave Edwards on drums, Terry Hilton on keyboards and Cody Cope on vocals and bass.

The Rock n Roll Revival Show enroute to Denmark 1969 with Keith Mullard, Gordon Blundell, Mal Halsall and John B Brady. John Brady originally formed the group and was the frontman before being joined by Mal Halsall.

John moved to Thailand in 1980 to work as a Project Manager and a DJ, he so loved the country that he decided to stay there.

John B Brady DJing in Thailand in 1980

Kaliedoscope, Irving Brundell, Steve Wright, Dennis Lonsdale,

Trevor Mitchell and John Brady (pic taken in Blackpool)

Phase 5 at Scunthorpe Baths 1967

John and Richard Brady ..vocals and bass; Paul Ellerton on lead;

William Cunningham on rhythm and David Krynicki on Drums.

More early pics of The Chills 1964/69

The Chills 1964, Helen Curry vocalist, Ricky Hood lead and vocals, Pete Hood guitar, Doug Kirk drums and Rick Capper bass guitar

The Chills, Pete Hudd, Doug Kirk, Ricky Hudd, John Hicks

The Chills, Pete Hood and Terry Huish

The Chills, Doug Kirk on drums

The Chills, Ricky Hood

Legacy at Scunthorpe Baths 1984

Legacy were a very popular Scunthorpe progressive rock band from the 1980's. The band lineup consisted of

Martin Wilson on vocals,Sam Smith Guitar,Stuart Rae/Mark Gillet on Keyboards,Stuart Ellerington on Bass and

Andrew Rae on Drums. The guys moved to Sheffield in 1983 when Stuart Rae left and was replaced by Mark Gillet

on Keyboards. They recorded a debut album 'One in a Million', but this unfortunely was never released. The band

split up approx. 1984/85. Martin, Andrew and Stuart Ellerington reformed in 1990 and were joined by Louis David

on keys and Julian Hunt on guitar, the new band went under the name of 'Shadowland'. The band played around

the Oxford area for many years until Stuart Ellerington left (due to excessive travelling from Scunny to Oxford),

and Andrew Rae left the band because of family commitments.The band then drafted in a new Rhythm section and it

Morphed in Grey Lady Down, who went on to release 3 studio Albums for Cyclops records and a live album recorded

at the London Astoria, They toured America and Europe also. In 1998 they split but reformed in 2001 and released

another studio album but split in 2002. (The band has recently reformed and we are writing again.)

Martin Wilson went on to play in a 15 piece soul band called 'The Inevitables',his current projects are with

'The Room' and 'Grey Lady Down', The Room have released an album called 'Openfire'. There are links to The Room

website and also Grey Lady Down website, on our Links Page

Legacy with Martin Wilson on vocals and Stuart Ellerington on Bass 1984

Legacy bass guitarist Stuart Ellerington 1984 at Scunthorpe Baths

The Room

Andre Rae Drums (Ex Legacy and Shadowland)

Steve Anderson Guitars (Also GLD, Sphere3)

Andy Rowe Bass (Ex Prime Cut and Firebird , Reading area)

Steve Checkley Keyboards/Piano (Ex Trigger ,Midlands Area)

with Martin Wilson on vocals

Grey Lady Down

Martin Wilson Vocals (Ex Legacy and Shadowland)

Steve Anderson Guitars

Julian Hunt Guitars

Piers De Lavison Keyboards (G2 Genesis tribute band)

Sean Spear Bass

Mark Robotham Drums

The Chechakos

Geoff Theaker, Chris Francis, Gerry Farnham, Steve Cox and Greg Tomlinson

Ian King and the Classics

Colin Hatton on drums, Hugh Gourley on guitar, Ian King on vocals, John Robinson on lead guitar and Rod Clarke on bass.

The Four of Clubs

Terry Huish on bass, Jim Gourley on guitar, Colin Hatton on drums and Hugh Gourley on lead guitar.

Shady Gray 1978/9

The band featured Ron Smith on guitar, Howard Vause on vocals, Phil Newman on bass and Shaun Dent on drums. Phil was replaced by Pete Long on bass. After a short while they changed their name to 'Rox'. They also performed as a three piece under the name of 'LSD', the name was nothing to do with drugs or old money, it was simply the initials of the three members, Long, Smith and Dent. They played all over the Scunthorpe area, later Chris Bradley a talented Winterton guitarist joined them and they eventually changed their name to 'Trick of the Light' (see scunny groups page 5)

Prophet 1980's

Ron Smith went on to play bass guitar in a band called 'Prophet' which included Karl Ebner on guitar/vocals, Mally Whitehead on guitar and Mark Gerrard on drums. They would later become 'Fair Exchange' with Tony Juggings on bass.

White Nite

White Nite featured Ron Smith on guitar, Lee Hall on guitar, Rick Ogelsby on guitar,(an unusual 3 guitar setup), Brian Gazi on vocals and Mick Cooper on bass.

Ron Smith left Scunthorpe for Immingham while playing in a band called 'Aquilla', it was a short lived venture, the drummer was a local lad called Mark Shergold, (later with Adrenalin), Rick Oglesby on guitar, (also later with Adrenalin), Mick Cooper on bass and a brilliant guitarist on vocals called Paul Gaskin.

Ron went on to play in a grimsby band called Scallywags in the 1990's

R.I.P. Baggy my old friend, you are sadly missed. Ron Smith

Barton group The Bullets 1964-66 from left to right: Tony Loghran, Doug?, Geoff West, Dave Grimbleby, Doug Farr.

Dave Grimbleby

Dave Grimbleby went on to play with Poet Arbour who won the Scunthorpe Beat Contest in 1968. The trophy was awarded to them on the night by Ian Matthews of Fairport Convention / Matthews Southern Comfort. Poets Arbour played at many and various venues including Waddington RAF Club near Lincoln and once supported The Graham Bond Organisation at an art school gig in Grimsby.They were psychedelic blues rock band with a light show. Dave later started doing the Lighting mostly at Grimsby Jazz Club for other bands of the time including such as Family and Amazing Blondell.

Poet Arbour the winners of the Scunthorpe Beat Contest 1968