The Herd (UK band)

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The Herd were an English pop group, formed in the Beckenham area in 1965.

[edit] Band members

Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar) - born on 22 April 1950, in Beckenham, Kent.
Andy Bown (keyboards) - born Andrew Steven Bown, on 27 March 1946, in The City, London.
Gary Taylor (bass) - born Graham Taylor, on 28 November 1947, in Walton-on-Thames.
Andrew Steele (drums) - born Andrew Roy Malcolm Steele, on 2 August 1941, in Hendon, North West London.

[edit] Biography

The record label Parlophone dropped them after several unsuccessful singles, and they subsequently signed to Fontana. Here songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who had been largely responsible for a string of hits by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, orchestrated for them a unique blend of pop and flower power. After a UK singles chart near-miss with "I Can Fly" (1967), the haunting "From The Underworld" reached Number 6, with help from copious plays on pirate radio later that year. This was followed by "Paradise Lost", which made it up to Number 15 in 1968.

Their greatest success came with "I Don't Want Our Loving To Die", a Number 5 hit (also in 1968).

With his boyish photogenic looks, Frampton was dubbed 'The Face of '68' by teen magazine "Rave". Steele then left the group, to be replaced by Henry Spinetti. Dissatisfied with mere teen idol status, and disappointed with the failure of their next single "Sunshine Cottage", Frampton left to form Humble Pie with Steve Marriott.

The remaining Bown and Spinetti made another flop single "The Game", then formed the short-lived Judas Jump with Mike Smith and Allen Jones, saxophonists from Amen Corner, and Welsh vocalist Adrian Williams. Taylor, who became a disc jockey, and Steele, reunited briefly for a one-off single "You Got Me Hangin' From Your Lovin' Tree" in 1971, to almost universal disinterest.

By the late 1970s, Andy Bown had become a member of the legendary UK rockers, Status Quo.