(c’84/85) Tony Nunn (guitar), Jim Smith (bass), Andy Brown (vocals), Graham Wood (lead guitar), and Steve King (drums).
Byfleet’s The 68 Floods, in their formative years, went by this Milky Bar Kids moniker. Nunn had previously been in Woking College rock band Strutter. King took a sojourn in late ’84 and was replace by Martin Smith. In ’85 the band released the “Losing You” cassette single, recorded at New Haw’s TSI Studios and B-sided by a cover of The Rolling Stones “Route 66”; both produced by Hum, of FEG. This single was submitted for the Soundscene Miss Woking Pop Cabaret competition. King rejoined and took back the drummer stool in March/April ’85. In May they hit Catch 44 Studios in Godalming to record an EP cassette. After which they renamed as The 68 Floods.
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