The Blue Meanies

After the debacle/demise of Radio Stars, Martin wanted some creative musicians to work with, and preferably some who weren’t a hundred years old or Californian. Chris Gent, an old hand from Radio Stars tours and records, was already part of the team on vocals and sax (he later turned up in the Records). Scotsman Ray Weston drummed (as he later did for Wishbone Ash and the Moody Blues). In the studio, old Radio Stars pal Jamie Crompton stepped out fro behind his drum kit and strapped on a guitar. Jamie swiftly discovered other more pressing career possibilities with Wishbone Ash and Suzie Quatro, A substitute was found in the form of Tommy Willis, later guitarist with Manfred Mann’s Earthband. Phonogram released a single single, stuck the band on a TV show and then quietly forgot about the entire project. There were quite a few gigs, loads of recordings and not much else, The single was roundly ignored, but actually it sounds rather good today.