During a tour of North America ‘s west coast the relationship between

During a tour of North America ‘s west coast the relationship between Farren and the musicians became personally and musically strained, and the band decided to continue without Farren, who returned to England, where he teamed up with ex- the Pretty Things drummer Twink (born John Charles Alder, 29 November 1944, in Colchester , Essex ) and Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter, 28 July 1949, in Eltham , South East London ) to record the album Mona – The Carnivorous Circus , an album interspersed with interviews with Took and a member of the U.K Hells Angels before concentrating on music journalism. The three remaining musicians – Rudolph, Sanderson and Hunter – continued in North America for some months occasionally playing gigs there under the Deviants name, before returning to England early in 1970, and teaming up with Twink to form the Pink Fairies .