Band re-formed

Foreign Legion re-formed in 2000, with members from before the 1991 split; M.H. on vocals, Mark (Jolly) Williams on guitar, Andrew Heggie on bass and Ben Stansfield on drums. They released a split album with Major Accident called Cry of the Legion , before their next full-length album What Goes Around, Comes Around , produced by Mick Jones of The Clash . During the early 2000s the band released EPs and played in mainland Europe and USA with the Dropkick Murphys , Major Accident, The Templars , NY Relics and the UK Subs, The Misfits, Agnostic Front, Bad Manners, Stiff Little Fingers, The Buzzcocks including a show at New York ‘s CBGBs . In 2007 the album Death Valley was recorded, featuring more new material as well as a re-worked version of Message From Nowhere from the first EP. By 2008 Jarrad (Nöir) Owens and Paul Black had joined the band. This lineup re-recorded six songs written by Mark (Jolly) Williams at SKWAD HQ South Wales – the session captured the band’s newly invigorated live sound; with double kick drums and distorted fuzz bass the thrash and metal influences of the new rhythm section were clearly evident. These recordings eventually became the band’s contribution to Reality Bites a split 12 track CD album with US band Sledgeback and also appeared bootlegged, with an incorrect lineup credited.