They went into the studio to do a rough demo with bass player Mick Feat, who was playing with Van Morrison[1] at the time, and drummer Dave Dowle who was playing with the band Whitesnake.
The Runner album charted in the US, spending four weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaking at #167,[3] but due to musical differences the band broke up whilst recording their second album with Alex Sadkin producing.
After the band split, Mick Feat and Steve Gould went on to record with Alvin Lee, Dave Dowle with the Maggie Bell band Nightflyer, and Alan Merrill joined Rick Derringer's band Derringer.
[citation needed] The band Runner never toured, in spite of their making the American charts.
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