[1] The original line-up was: After building a local following, they released a heavy version of The Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby" in 1978.
Ethel the Frog also contributed the song "Fight Back" to one of Neal Kay's Metal for Muthas compilations.
[1] In 1979, they signed a recording contract with EMI, which re-released the "Eleanor Rigby" single with "Fight Back" as the B-side.
Hopkinson, probably one of the very few early new wave metal bassists to play a six string Fender bass guitar, became a lecturer at the University of Leicester School of Archaeology.
He continues to play guitar in the Netherlands and has several original songs issued on Reverbnation.