Tobruk (band)
Tobruk was a British band from the Birmingham area of the 1980s .
description
First Neil, Evans, Bryant and Davies played in the band Stranger in Bedford . In 1981 they headed to Birmingham and joined Woodward and Vallance to form Tobruk . A demo recording helped them make an appearance on The Friday Rock Show , which in turn led to a record on Neat Records .
Her first two songs Wild on the Run and The Show Must Go On appeared on a single in 1983. This was followed by the switch to EMI / Parlophone and the recording of their debut album Wild on the Run , which was released in May 1985. The nine titles on it are of a consistently high quality and have received high praise from many critics. Nevertheless, the band did not make their big break with it.
There was a dispute over the follow-up album In Motion . It couldn't keep up with the debut in terms of quality and Parlophone refused to release it. So the band separated from the label and broke up a little later. In 1988 the album was released under a new title on an independent label.
Members
Founding members
- Stuart Neil († 2006) (singer)
- Nigel Evans (guitar)
- Steve Woodward (bass)
- Jem Davis (keyboard)
- Allen Vallance (drums)
Further
- Tim Bryant (drums)
- Mike Brown (bass)
- Eddie Fincher (drums)
Discography
single
- 1983 Wild on the Run / The Show Must Go On
Albums
- 1985: Wild on the Run
- 1986/1988: In Motion / Pleasure and Pain
Web links
- Band history (Engl.)