User:Twiggwel

THE SUSPECTS:1979-1982.

The Suspects formed actually in The Netherlands.Brothers Dave,Les and Fred who were living in the Eindhoven area,had exhausted their energies as street musicians,decided to return to the UK. Les had returned to the UK earlier to find accommodation for the brothers,which he did in Norwich, so it was there the Suspects were based. The Suspects had decided they needed a bass player and keyboard player to complete the line up. Fred,Les and Dave soon got on the local music scene and got acquainted with a girl from London,who's name was Sarah Barry.Sarah was a trained classical pianist,who had a scolarship for music.She done an audition and soon convinced the Suspects she was the right person for the job. Bass players were hard to come by,but after seeing a local band perform in a pub one night,we approached the bass player,Gerry Adams,and asked if he would like to further his career and join a band that were going places.He said: I'll give it a go. We thought the band was set up,but one day at practice Les made it clear that he wanted out of the band,so the Suspects had to get another drummer and fast.The Suspects auditioned local drummers and realized that Tony Harrison was the best bet. The Suspects played all over East Anglia and had a hit out on the Bullshit Detector 11 on the Crass label ( distributed by Rough Trade).The track was called Random Relations part 2,written by Dave Asgrove,arrangements by the Suspects.The Bullshit Detector 11 got to number 1 in the Alternative charts and stayed there for 6 weeks.Although the Suspects had contacted Warner brother and Virgin records no deal came in the offering. Whilst on tour in the Netherlands(organized by acting manager Ingrid Welmers)the band split up due to personal problems.

The line up:

Dave Asgrove: vocals,guitar Fred Twigg: lead guitar,vocals Sarah Barry: keyboards,vocals Gerry Adams: bass guitar Tony Harrison: drums ,percussion.

Releases:

Crass label

Bullshit Detector 11 Random Relationts part 2 Suspects Music Mini CD/Album:

Bestsuit man Random Relations part 1/2 Old men and women