Mugshots - Looking For Something [CD]

The band, Mugshots was formed in the east end of London in the early 1980s, revolving out of Easy Street Studios alongside other outfits such as 'Colors' and 'Wang Chung'.The original members were Terry Munday (guitar & vocals), John Bond (bass guitar & vocals), Russell Keefe (lead vocals & keyboard) and John Cavanagh (drums/vocals). John Bond left the band after their first single release on United Artists, an 'A' side called 'Shy', with 'Don't Understand' on the 'B' side. Bond was replaced by David 'Plug' Rowe on bass in the final line-up. Music entrepreneurs and publishers Ben Nisbet and Ronnie Beck signed the band for publishing and recording and I became their manager at the time. By this time the guys were on the London circuit, performing their original and prolifically written tunes on a nightly basis and holding down their various day jobs. By 1983 some of the band members were forced to make a decision of whether to follow their day jobs and professions or to pursue a more serious career with all it's risks in the music industry at the time. This led to the band basically splitting up by 1984, although a splinter group called Yamajak, consisting of Terry Munday, Russell Keefe and Brin Paul Chimes was formed, which I also produced in 1984. The tracks are included on this album. The band were not only nice guys to work with, but were also very talented and prolific writers of material relating to life in the 1980s and projecting the future as they then saw things. You can certainly gauge their talent on these recordings.