(c’81) Alan Rawlings (guitar / vocals), Neil Finch (guitar), Paul “Trogs” Trew (bass), Phil Fortescue-Longdon (synth), and Tim Huthert (drums).

17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.

After Cowboys International, local lad Rawlings went on to form The Virgin Daze with fellow ex-members of Thane and The Torpedoes. On 17 March ’81 they played The Venue, London which was videoed for posterity. Things were looking up with a lucrative record deal in the works. Huthert left college and all was set for a debut. Then, as these things do, it fell through and the band dissolved.

Huthert, who’d also previously played with Out of Order, the Alan “Spike” Rawlings’ Quintet and The Vandals, went on to play with Specimen and is now an Industrial Designer in the US. Rawlings went onto Spelt Like This and Penetration; as well as getting a ‘thanks’ on Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls “Searching for Heaven” single. Ex-Thane Trew had also been in The Desotos with Huthert, had played in White as White (and Twice as Dirty), and joined The Vulgar Bros.

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17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze’s Rawlings and Trew on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze’s Rawlings on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.
17 March 1981: The Virgin Daze on stage at The Venue, London.