Great British Heroes - Eric Miller 7" [Breakout]

North London’s Great British Heroes (or, more precisely, GBH as they had become exclusively known by this name) had their roots in Stars & Stripes, they formed early in 1976 by Ray Burdis (v), Graham Reed (gtr), Vince (b) and Rowland Rivron (d). In mid-’76 Rivron quit (later to be a TV celebrity) and was replaced by Russell Chaney; a few months later Vince also left, and with a temporary stand-in bassist it was this line-up which made its debut as Great British Heroes with a gig supporting Renoir (whose lead singer was ‘Quadrophenia’ star Phil Daniels, see listing) at Enfield Town Football Club early in 1977. In the summer Ken Redding (ex-Uncle Sam) took over on bass and in the autumn the group entered Strawberry Studios in London to record a single for Lightning Records. At Christmas Great British Heroes hired a manager, Jeff Miller, whose lawyer promptly declared the proposed Lightning contract “not a good idea”: the single was shelved, and in November 1978 the Lightning discogra