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With so many WF websites out there doing such a good job, its probably best that you visit these sites for info:
 The Official Wayne Fontana website
Mars Talent - brief history of WF
This page is intended to include info on the variants of Wayne's bands and just a home for the bits and pieces we find. |
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1962-63
Line-up
Stuart Sirett |
rhythm guitar |
Wayne Fontana |
lead vocals |
Bob Lang |
bass |
Terry Morton |
lead guitar |
Ian "Skins" Lucas |
drums |
The latter two went on to join The Scorpions.
Terry Morton also played for a brief time with Peter Cowap in The Country Gents.
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Photo courtesy Alan Doyle |
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Glynn Ellis and The Jets 1960 (courtesy Kevin Lang) |
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Wayne Fontana and the Boys/Opposition
”I joined Wayne Fontana in late 1965. Wayne was my ‘Best Man' at my wedding, and two days later we left to do Wayne's first solo gig as ‘Wayne Fontana And The Boys' on a nationwide tour with Herman's Hermits and The Fortunes. We soon changed the name to ‘The Opposition', though. The line-up was me, Bernie Burns on drums, Stuart Sirett on bass and Mike Parkes playing keyboards.”
Frank Renshaw, Toggery Five
| Wayne Fontana |
Frank Renshaw |
Stuart Sirett |
Bernie Burns |
Mike Parkes |
| Vocals |
Lead Guitar |
Bass |
Drums |
Keyboards |
Wayne Fontana's Opposition #2
| Wayne Fontana |
John Kelman |
Stuart Siett |
Phil Keene |
| Vocals |
Lead Guitar |
Bass |
Drums |
Wayne Fontana's Opposition #3
| Wayne Fontana |
John Kelman |
Roy Henshall |
Phil Keene |
| Vocals |
Lead Guitar |
Bass |
Drums |
Wayne Fontana's Opposition #4
| Wayne Fontana |
Rod Gerrard |
Roy Henshall |
Phil Keene |
| Vocals |
Lead Guitar |
Bass |
Drums |
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Wayne Fontana's Opposition #5
| Wayne Fontana |
Dave Lowarch |
Roy Henshall |
Burnie Burns |
| Vocals |
Lead Guitar |
Bass |
Drums |
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Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders - click here
Dave Lowarch, Jess Smith, Kenny Anders, Neil Reading
WF, Kev Wood
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| Dave Lowarch |
Lead Guitar |
| Jess Smith |
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| Kenny Anders |
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| Kevin Wood |
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| Neil Reading |
Drums |
| Wayne Fontana |
Vocals |
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Mike Sweeney and the Thunderbyrds - as The Mindbenders.
Sweeney on the left, Mike Amatt, Diccon Hubbard, Wayne Fontana, Dave Morris. Don't know the other guy.
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- 1965 She Needs Love/ Like I Did
- 1965 It Was Easier To Hurt Her/ You Made Me What I Am Today
- 1966 Come On Home/My Eyes Break Out In Tears
- 1966 Goodbye Bluebird/The Sun's So Hot Today
- 1966 Pamela Pamela/Something Keeps Calling Me Back
- 1967 24 Sycamore/From A Boy To A Man
- 1967 In My World/The Impossible Years
- 1967 Gina/We All Love The Human Race
- 1968 Storybook Children/I Need To Love You
- 1968 Words Of Bartholemew/Mind Excursion
- 1968 Never An Everyday Thing/Waiting For A Break In The Clouds
- 1969 Dayton Ohio 1903/Say Goodbye To Yesterday
- 1969 We're Building A Love/Charlie Cass
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A version of a Wayne Fontana band
Roy Henshall (Bass) Rod Gerrard (Guitar) Phil Keene (Drums)
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(above) another line-up - including Neil Reading (Supa Nova) and Kenny Anders (ex Chosen Few)
Kenny Anders, Neil Reading, John Carter, Kevin Wood
Group was formerly called Fragile with vocalist Bill Snape, ex Palm Springs
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