Merseys : Badfinger covers

Tony Crane and I returned to Liverpool and looked for musicians to form a backing band, which is what Kit and Chris wanted us to do. They saw us as a kind of Walker Brothers or something along those lines. We arrived at the Blue Angel and the Masterminds were playing. Joey Molland, Chris Finley and George Cassidy were in the line-up. They played well, all had a good image and stage presence, so they were invited to join our backing band. They all said 'yes' straight away. A drummer we liked was Kenny Goodlass who had been in the Kirkbys and the Escorts, so he joined. Then Kit said he wanted two drummers, so we got Kenny Mundye who had filled in for Banksie when John went missing and vanished over a lost weekend!

Merseys Fruit Eating Bears (May 29, 1966) repro

Merseys Fruit Eating Bears (Aug 28, 1966)

The original line-up of the Fruit Eating Bears (Feb.1966)
Joey Molland, guitar ex-The Masterminds
Chris Finley, keyboards ex-The Masterminds
George Cassidy, bass ex-The Masterminds
Kenny Goodlass, drums ex-The Escorts←The Kirkbys←The Panthers [この LIverpool の Panthers と同時期に Swansea にも Pete Ham の Panthers が存在]
Kenny Mundye, drums [The Merseybeats Family Tree Kenny Mundye began his long association with The Merseybeats when he was the first to replace John Banks, who went missing one weekend in 1965]

The Escorts (1964) 左から二人目が Pete Clarke (d) [Airwaves の頃 Badfinger の一員に]
The Escorts 1964

The Escorts (1965) Pete Clarke が一時抜け、Kenny Goodlass (d) の頃。この後再び Clarke に戻る。
The Escorts 1965

Kenny Mundye は Merseys 解散後も1974年頃まで断続的に Merseybeats に参加。 1976年に Billy Kinsley のband、 Liverpool Express が Kinsley 以外全員交代した時にも、 Mundye は一時参加。その後 The Mice ［The Tricycle Turds とも名乗っていたとの都市伝説あり] を結成。しばらくして Fruit Eating Bears の名を復活させた。

The Fruit Eating Bears ← The Mice (1976)
Kenny Mundye, drums
Rick Dean [Richard Atkinson], vocals
Neville Crozier, guitar/vocals
Garry Croudace, bass/vocals
The Fruit Eating Bears (1976)

The Fruit Eating Bears (1977)
Neville Crozier, vocals/guitar
Gary Croudace, bass/vocals
Chris Crash [Chris Penhale], drums

The Mice (1980)
Kenny Mundye, drums
Neville Crozier, guitar
Garry Croudace, vocals
Barry Stanford, bass
Geoff Peel, guitar

The Mice (Fruit Eating Bears) - Costa Brava Holidays

Flamingo Express (1983)
Neville Crozier, guitar
Chris Crash, drums
Barry Stanford, bass

The Fruit Eating Bears ( -1989)
Kenny Mundye, drums
Neville Crozier, guitar/vocals
Barry Stanford, bass/vocals

The Fruit Eating Bears - Slowdown (1988)

現在 Kenny Mundye は Percussion Workshops を主催、 Neville Crozier はソロ活動。

Neville Crozier - Prince Namor (2010)

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Badfinger covers

Merseys

The Merseys (May 24, 1966)

Chris Finley

The Fruit Eating Bears 1966-89