The band originally performed around Yorkshire as The Moonshots, changing their name to The Shots when they moved to London.

[1] There were two bands playing R&B and other cover versions, one called Tony Adams and the Viceroys, which included John 'Zeke' Lund on bass, Mal Luker on lead guitar and Geoff Gill on drums.

45); the BBC banned airplay of the song over its then alleged, though highly apparent, drug references.

[2] Later singles released under the band name often had variations on the remaining trio of Lund, Luker and Gill, performing along with session musicians to pad out the sound.

[1] Guitarist Lund later became a sound engineer for Boney M., who recorded a cover version of "My Friend Jack".