(c’81) – David Rose (guitar/vocals/mandolin), John Hudson (bass/vocals/stylophone), Jamie Legg (drums), and Neil “Fingers” Henderson (keyboards).
This Guildford band’s only release was the 7″ Through The Looking Glass” EP [SR 001] on their own Through The Looking Glass label. It carried four original songs: “Someone Like Sara”, “Name and Number”, “Confusions, Illusion of Happiness”, and “Woman and Boys” written by either Rose or Hudson.
It was recorded at Jacob’s Studios, Runwick near Farnham, on 20 November ’80 and 27 February ’81 with engineering by Ken Thomas – who’d go on to work with other local bands such as Big Sun. To add depth and texture to their songs, the band called in Sandra Benningsen to add backing vocals. Only 500 copies were pressed by SRT Productions, with a few escaping quality control featuring labels on the wrong sides.
In ’81, Rose was a founding member of Sammy Rats Big Big Blues Band. Five months after departing Sammy Rats, Rose got together with others to form The Ant Hill Mob. Hudson and Legg, who’d both been on Strange Cult and The Golden Age of Metro, would go on to be members of Ill At Ease and Innocent Bystander. Legg would also appear in Eat the Sofa a few years later and has since joined forces with others to form The True Deceivers.
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