{"id":1074,"date":"2022-11-28T15:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamband.co.uk\/?page_id=1074"},"modified":"2024-04-27T23:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T23:05:32","slug":"the-act-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theamband.co.uk\/?page_id=1074","title":{"rendered":"The Act Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1074\" class=\"elementor elementor-1074\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4517ec3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4517ec3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cb19c4\" data-id=\"6cb19c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e850f58 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e850f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Act Band<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b00be animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b00be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1986 \u2013 1987<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8af0d08 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8af0d08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52c0360\" data-id=\"52c0360\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e475b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e475b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Then came a dramatic change in the groups direction.\u00a0<strong>Tony Clark\u00a0<\/strong>a senior producer at\u00a0<strong>Abbey Road Studios\u00a0<\/strong>who\u2019d always supported Andy\u2019s fledging efforts introduced him to a prospective Manager. Two previous attempts to get management led to a school friend being asked in the days when the line up was in a state of flux. Even to the point that Andy asked another singer to front the band\u00a0<strong>Sean Brady<\/strong>\u00a0for a few seconds and another reprobate from The Abbey Road training programme\u00a0<strong>Lee Mansfield<\/strong>, younger brother of the great Mansfield dynasty that resulted in a promise to secure expensive equipment that strangely never materialised. Perhaps this is why Andy was rather more impressed with\u00a0<strong>Gary\u00a0<\/strong>whose greatest claim to fame was that he drummed with the whistling star\u00a0<strong>Roger Whittaker\u00a0<\/strong>and was currently making a living as road manager for acts like the ill advised post regressive rock experiments\u00a0<strong>GTR<\/strong>\u00a0but at least he was in the business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1341f13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1341f13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b16bc5 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b16bc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-307232b\" data-id=\"307232b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2769e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2769e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theamband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Neil-McDougall-218x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1076\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd801e3\" data-id=\"cd801e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6db572 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6db572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Such is the naivety of youth that not only Andy was impressed but even the rock solid Judgement of Neil was swayed by the stream of polished air Gary emitted and he was persuaded to join the band.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the first thing any new management has to do in order to reinforce their stake in an act they\u2019ve just begun managing is to find someone to replace. Gary being a drummer (ish)&nbsp;Pete now&nbsp;became the focus of his silo and in a strange twist of fate Paul Brady stepped in to do a sound check that Pete couldn\u2019t&nbsp;attend and promptly replaced him Two months later. One final change in the line up came with Susannah leaving the band to go to university. She has gone on to have several hits in Italy with her band&nbsp;<strong>Underground Loophole<\/strong>. So John re-joined as an associate member and would pop up on various recordings and occasional gigs from here on in. The band\u2019s name also&nbsp;changed&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>Writer\u2019s Revenge&nbsp;<\/strong>to&nbsp;<strong>The Act Band.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-222e56f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"222e56f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0b1ce3\" data-id=\"e0b1ce3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9913f32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9913f32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-176240e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"176240e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cda6e34\" data-id=\"cda6e34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b1a6c animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96b1a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now this being 1986 Andy and the boys had just discovered this amazing new music called Sixties Soul and Gary\u2019s plan was to rehearse the band up, put them out on the Gigging circuit for a year and not show them to any record companies until they were ready.<\/p><p>So with this in mind the band played their regular spot on the\u00a0<strong>Le Beat Route<\/strong>\u00a0showcase production line gigs and were promptly seen by an opinion of A&amp;R scouts (No sour grapes then) who were at the club to see another group and\u00a0appeared to\u00a0be mildly interested\u00a0in\u00a0the band\u2019s set. The ball was rolling and out went the idea of no Talky talky with major record companies. Was Mr Lee the man to take this seeming wave of enthusiasm and turn it into something concrete? Like a record deal for instance. 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Specifically between Andy &amp; Paul with regards to the direction of the group. 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history was\u00a0now closed off. One final recording of Andy\u2019s first foray into\u00a0 Christmas darkness\u00a0<strong>Ode to the New Year\u00a0<\/strong>produced by Neil and a gig at\u00a0<strong>The Carnarvon Castle\u00a0<\/strong>and that was it.<\/p><p>Discography:<\/p><p>The Good Earth Tapes EP (First Released on The Act Band Label in 1986)<br \/>Young Republicans in Love 7\u2033<br \/>Ode to the New Year 7\u2033<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d9e900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0d9e900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f660c50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f660c50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8720b0c\" data-id=\"8720b0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e320857 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e320857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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