Career
Born in Liverpool he is known for his work with 1960s bands The Big Three and, and for singing on the original recording of Jesus Christ Superstar as Simon Zealotes. He made an appearance on Roger Glover"s The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper"s Feast album track, "Watch Out for the Bat", as a vocalist. He is probably best known for playing bass guitar for several re-incarnations of the Ian Gillan Band and for his earlier participation in the progressive rock band.
He also re-formed, originally the backing band for Johnny Kidd.
His final record with the band, Siren, included their only American hit single, "Love Is the Drug". He was bassist on several tracks for Flamenco guitarist "s 1981 concept album, Picasso Portraits (Flamencovision Civil Defense FV 03, 1994) namely: Harlequin – 1918, Desire Caught By The Tail – 1943, The Afficionado – 1912 and Girls of Algiers – 1955.
In 1983 he was in the group which included Ray Fenwick and Billy Bremner.