Formed as The Toilets

In 1977, a punk band was formed in Rhyl , Wales, billed as the Toilets. It consisted of Mike Peters (alias Eddie Bop), Glyn Crossley (alias Steve Shock), Richard “O’Malley” Jones (alias Bo Larks) and Nigel Buckle (alias Des Troy). In 1978 the band renamed themselves Quasimodo and played note-for-note covers of the Who ‘s Live at Leeds with guitarist Dave Sharp. This group also included Karl Wallinger (later of Waterboys and World Party fame) on keyboards. Later the group named themselves Seventeen, with both Mike Peters and Nigel Buckle alongside Eddie MacDonald (who had been Mike Peters’ next-door-but-one neighbour in Edward Henry Street, Rhyl). Seventeen began as a three-piece but were joined by guitarist David Kitchingman (who changed his name to Dave Sharp ) and became a power pop mod band that released the single (“Don’t Let Go”/”Bank Holiday Weekend”) in March 1980 and toured with the Stray Cats later that year. They played their last concert under the name of Seventeen in January 1981 at the Half Moon , Herne Hill, London.