[4] Playing more energetic music than most others on the London pub-rock circuit, the Ducks soon had a twice weekly booking at the Tally Ho in Kentish Town,[5] and a manager, Dai Davies.
[4] Despite recording a second Peel Session in March 1975, RCA dropped the band, so they were reduced to issuing an EP, Jumpin on the French label Skydog.
[5] In 1978, RCA Victor released the compilation album Don't Mind Rockin' Tonite, featuring six songs from the band's debut LP, three from Taxi to the Terminal Zone (unavailable in the US at the time), and a few non-album singles.
"[8] Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster formed The Motors,[4] with Rob Hendry (later replaced by Bram Tchaikovsky) and drummer Ricky Slaughter.
The Tyla Gang featured Canadian Bruce Irvinere and the former Winkies rhythm section of Brian Turrington on bass and Mike Desmarais on drums.
The first album, Ducks Deluxe, achieved moderate commercial success after the band broke up, because the members had gone on to greater fame in Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Tyla Gang and The Motors.
[9] They released their first new material, a mini CD Box Of Shorts on 18 May 2009, comprising six new studio tracks, produced by Paul 'Bassman' Riley.
The band completed a 40th Anniversary Tour in early 2012, featuring Brinsley Schwarz back in the line-up after a 37-year absence.