Grimaldi was educated at St Albans School, where he developed his songwriting, electric jazz, and visual art.
In early 1972, they had a support slot to the Electric Light Orchestra; shortly after, they were recorded live in St Albans School by Deroy; 100 copies of the album were produced.
Punshon left to live with the Divine Light Movement and was replaced by circuit musician Zoë Kronberger (keyboard).
Chandler left to rebuild antique furniture and was replaced by circuit musician Nick Monas (drums).
A vinyl LP of a Flux live gig at St Albans City Hall in 1973 was released on Seelie Court Records (cat.
Grimaldi played withlaying with John Giblin (bass, vocals), Mick Parker (keyboard), and Preston Heyman (drums).
Dan Brown and Cliff Venner moved on, leaving a gap which was filled by various musicians, until Carmello Luigeri, Brett Salmon, and Dave Taylor joined.
(1977–1979) Grimaldi created Adrian Stamford, an alter ego, under which he wrote experimental sounds that would not fit in with his other projects.
[6] A number of these came out in the Cheap Flights sound, such as his use of the H&H echo machine to replay his guitar solos live on stage, as can be heard in "Snakes in the Ice" and "The Cause".
[7] Although they did not perform live, Grimaldi wrote a number of songs specifically for them, and a demo tape was produced in a recording studio in Hertfordshire, funded by Pete Waterman.
The studio recordings had a lineup of: Grimaldi on keyboard, Brett Salmon on guitar, Dan Brown on bass, and Linn Electronics on drum machine.