Action - Friends 7"

Detour Records Well, it's been a while but at long last we are giving you the SIXTEENTH release in our VERY POPULAR Picture Disc series and what a GEM it is! Detour Records gives you FOUR long lost Mod / Powerpop gems from this short lived London band! (There is even an extra track that we could fit onto the vinyl version offered as a download)In the late summer of 1978, the nucleus of a new band was forming in North London by the name of The U2s. By spring 1979, the singer, bassist and drummer had gone, and new candidates were approached and auditioned.By late summer 1979, a new drummer, bassist and singer were recruited to join Mark Cook from Enfield, on lead guitar and vocals, and Ian ‘Chubb’ Chaplin from Chingford, also on lead guitar-guitar effects and vocals. The drummer, Steve Phypers from Hoddesdon, had come from a band called The Ordinarys, and he fast became close friends with Mark Cook, who was responsible for choosing Steve.Then, rehearsals at Allen Gordon Studios proceeded