In 1973, after playing the northern pub rock circuit that included venues in Manchester, Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford, they entered a New Act competition organised by the music paper Melody Maker making it to the finals at London's Roundhouse.
Violinist/bassist/mandolinist Pete Sage went to Germany to work as a sound engineer for the pop group Boney M. Keyboardist Nick Glennie-Smith was proposed as potential replacement for Rick Wakeman in Yes and went on to be a leading session musician and soundtrack composer.
Drummer Roger Narraway metamorphosed into a talented lead guitarist, and Paul Middleton retreated to the North Yorkshire Dales, becoming a carpenter and venturing out occasionally to play with Roy Webber in a country rock band, Freddie Alva and the Men from Delmonte.
After a thirty-year hiatus, the surviving members of the original line-up – augmented by Frank Mizen on pedal steel and Will Jackson on guitar – performed to a sell out crowd in April 2009 in their home town of Harrogate.
A third album, Montpellier (2010) comprising reworkings of demos from the band's earlier incarnation, along with new material by both Roy Webber and Paul Middleton, was released in February 2010, and a second "reunion" concert took place in April.