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Ack Ack were originally formed as ‘Dirty Mark and the Stains’ in 1977 by Mark Williams (vocals), Mick Foley (guitar) and Lawrence “?” (bass) who were all school friends from the Twickenham/Isleworth area of W. London. They were joined by Alan Spencer on lead guitar and Stuart Russell on drums. Stuart was a work colleague of Marks older brother and was a few years older than the rest of the band himself, it was he that introduced the Northern Soul and Reggae aspect to the group. Soon the name ‘Dirty Mark and the Stains’ was dropped and Ack Ack was born. At this time they were simply a ‘garage band’ and had not performed any gigs.
As the bands skills improved it became clear that Lawrence was falling behind the rest of the members so in 1978 Steve Jaymes-Wright was drafted in on bass guitar. Shortly afterwards the band played it’s first gig at Chessington Rugby Club. Thanks to a quite aggressive poster campaign by the band the gig was very well attended and this was the beginning of Ack Ack’s strong local fan base.
Alan Spencer left the band shortly after as he was more contemporary rock influenced and not comfortable with the punk scene. He was replaced by Johnny Fuller, formerly of ‘Adrenaline’ & ‘The Cane’. The band now had it’s final line-up of:
Mark Williams - Vocals
Mick Foley - Guitar
Johnny Fuller - Lead guitar
Steve Jaymes-Wright - Bass
Stuart Russell - Drums
The band continued to build up its local fan base by playing local venues such as The Grove in Kingston and The Winning Post in Twickenham plus many of the local colleges. At this time the band was being managed by Mark’s older brother Tony.
As the bands skills improved it became clear that Lawrence was falling behind the rest of the members so in 1978 Steve Jaymes-Wright was drafted in on bass guitar. Shortly afterwards the band played it’s first gig at Chessington Rugby Club. Thanks to a quite aggressive poster campaign by the band the gig was very well attended and this was the beginning of Ack Ack’s strong local fan base.
Alan Spencer left the band shortly after as he was more contemporary rock influenced and not comfortable with the punk scene. He was replaced by Johnny Fuller, formerly of ‘Adrenaline’ & ‘The Cane’. The band now had it’s final line-up of:
Mark Williams - Vocals
Mick Foley - Guitar
Johnny Fuller - Lead guitar
Steve Jaymes-Wright - Bass
Stuart Russell - Drums
The band continued to build up its local fan base by playing local venues such as The Grove in Kingston and The Winning Post in Twickenham plus many of the local colleges. At this time the band was being managed by Mark’s older brother Tony.
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fagnerluiz Amazing band! Pure 70's punk! Unfortunatelly, just one album released...
