Biography
Original members Nigel Rivers, Chris Morrell and Clive Stubbings... "Friends Of Mine" was the name on the first "demo".. Clive on guitar and writing..Nigel on Bass and Chris on Drums and vocals..Clive took centre stage and the band became"the Rain".Clive guitar and vocals,Nigel on Bass Chris on drums... Nigel had other commitments..a new bass player was sought..Lloyd Sparkes and Tony Duckworth were courted Tony recorded "Tom Paine" ,but had other commitments at the time... Karen was recruited via the Melody Maker,and "The Rain" started gigging and recording.Karen decided to leave..Tony Duckworth joined and "To the Citadel" was recorded. Indie label "Medium Cool" became involved."The Rain" gigged as part of the "Medium Cool" stable..."The Rain" became "Clark Springs" due to a name clash with Liam Gallaghers first band...all previous releases had to be retrospectively re-named as "Clark Springs"...the band's career declined from then ,they bowed out gracefully,leaving a record of a few fine recordings on vinyl and cd....
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