Schoolmates Don Wilson and Stefan Brown met at Heretaunga College. Stefan’s dad Bernie Brown was something of a local celebrity, a folk singer who was a regular on the Wellington folk circuit. Bernie had moved his family to Upper Hutt from New Plymouth.
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Don Wilson - guitar, vocals
Stefan Brown - guitar, vocals
Glenn Brown - bass
Mark Jones - bass
Mike Phillips - drums
Murray Brookie - drums
Derek Archer - bass
Kim Priest - drums
Gary Stokes - keyboards
Derek Archer gained a level of notoriety in running the radio station Pirate FM in Wellington in the 1990s.
Stefan’s dad Bernie Brown was a talented folk singer who recorded the album Folk … But Happy for HMV in 1965, and played at the Monde Marie.
The band briefly changed their name in 1968 to "Moose Boots And The Green Banana Band".