The Whole Story

Sometime in the late 1950s, an official student club was constituted at the University of Cambridge, which was destined to have a considerable influence on the way music and drama were used in churches and outside in the wider world.   Known under various incarnations of the name 20th Century, this student society would eventually produce a number of touring folk and rock groups, a recording company Reflection and a number of noted solo artists and composers.  The influential folk-rock oratorio A Folk Passion was recorded in the 1970s, and later, the power-pop hit singles Stand Up and Be Counted and Mad World in the 1980s.  The group diversified into drama in the 1990s and spawned Indie Pop and Acid Jazz bands in the 2000s.  Here's the whole story, from the memories of former members...