[1] In 1976, Paul Samson replaced Bernie Tormé in London-based band Scrapyard, joining bassist John McCoy and drummer Roger Hunt.

The band name was changed to McCoy, and they built up a busy gigging schedule, whilst also independently playing various sessions.

His replacement was the band's sound engineer and a close friend of Paul Samson's, Chris Aylmer.

The following year Aylmer suggested a name change to Samson, and recommended a young drummer, Clive Burr, whom he had previously played with in the band Maya.

Cochrane later joined the avant-garde jazz-rock band Spanish Fly; and later continued his career as a band-leader for Holland America Line, Windstar Cruises.

The band were offered a recording contract, but Aylmer would not commit, so Paul Samson and Purkis decided that, as John McCoy was producing and had co-written much of the material, they would ask him to play bass on the album.

34 in the UK Albums Chart[2] The supporting tour was full of controversy and legal issues, due to problems with their management.

These re-recordings were "forgotten" until 1990 when Repertoire Records decided to re-release "Survivors" on CD with five of the Bruce songs as bonus tracks.

The tour continued until the end of the year, when Samson entered the studio to record their third album, Shock Tactics.

[5] Following Dickinson's departure, former Hackensack and Tiger vocalist Nicky Moore was recruited to front the band who had also signed a new recording contract with Polydor.

As a collaboration, Anthony wrote and recorded the lyrics and vocal melodies for eight songs while in New York, and in London re-recorded five demos at Picnic Studios.

[1] In 1999, Paul Samson released a CD containing five of the compositions from the Picnic Demos, entitled Past Present & Future.

The band appeared in the short film Biceps of Steel in 1980, directed by Julien Temple,[3] which was intended as the B-movie to a major feature produced and promoted by the record company.