Flotsam Jetsam

When Warren Maclean left Flotsam Jetsam for the Machinations, the band decided not to have a drummer, instead they purchased a Sequential Circuits Drumtracks drum machine a Roland MSQ 700 and later a Roland MC-500 Micro Composer, and use that along with John Swanton on percussion, to form the drum section.

In 1983 the band recorded at Ramrod Studios Brookvale with legendary drummer/engineer Herman Kovac, a song called “115 BPM” for a short video made by director Lucinda Clutterbuck specialising in rotoscope animation.

In 1984 the band were approached by ABC radio station 2 Triple J about being on a compilation box set album call “Cooking With George”.

April 1985, Just before signing with WEA records, Flotsam Jetsam got to play 4 show as the opening act to Queen at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney.

Flotsam Jetsam recorded the first single for WEA, a song called “100% One Second Love” under the production of Keith Walker, who had previously worked with the band.

A Fairlight CMI systems was used to record their drums and some instruments they also use the services of the jazz pianist Tony Ansell to play on two songs.