In August 2013 drummer Lars Wickett was recruited due to Neudi’s live gig commitments with Manilla Road.
By 2012 first Ian Smith and then Phil Kimberley had followed John Ace and returned to their day jobs.
Peter Green, the bass player from 1980 to 1983, rejoined in June 2011.
They played the Download festival in June 2011 with a stand in bass player
In February 2011 John Ace left the band.
The classic line-up of Terry Dark, Ian Smith, John Ace and Phil Kimberley re-united in 2008, and their back catalogue album, Just as the Dust Had Settled , was released by Shadow Kingdom Records in March 2010. The band played gigs both in Germany and the UK in July 2010.
In 1983, Green and Makin drafted in drummer Roger Simms, and with Makin handling both guitar and vocal duties, they tried to resurrect the band as The Raid, but with no great success nor longevity. Makin went on to front several other bands before being invited to appear on the…
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Kimberley and Dark soldiered on, recruiting guitarist Mike Darby and bassist Peter Green. In 1981 Darby left and was replaced by The Handsome Beasts founder member James Barrett, who in turn gave way to Steve Makin in 1982. The four-track Electric Sun demo cassette (featuring “Electric Sun”, “Run for Cover”,…
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Fighting against a tide of apathy, Smith and Ace handed in their notice and played their final gig with the band in Birmingham in July 1980. A second 7-inch EP, widely referred to as The Hypnotist but actually entitled End of Part One , was released at this time. Featuring…
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In May 1980, EMI released the second of its Metal for Muthas NWOBHM compilation albums . Metal For Muthas II Cut Loud , featured the Jameson Raid track “Hard Lines”, although the band were unhappy that EMI had, unbeknownst to them, completely remixed the song (which the band had already…
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