Background
The band was a made of men from Indian, Chinese and Malay origin. They played regularly at the Moonshine bar in Katong. The group evolved out of Rubber Band which was formed in 1969 by Chris Vadham. Vadham had previously been in a band called High Ground. Bass player Tony Chong was founding member of the early 60s band The Thunderbirds, whose biggest hit was in 1966 with "My Lonely Heart".Career
Before the year of 1971 was out, the group had released the singles, "My Lady" bw "Stepping Thru" and "Something About You" bw "Driving Me Crazy". Both of them were on theHits
For the week ending February 19th, 1972, their song "Baby, Driving Me Crazy" was at no.6 in the Malaysian Top 10. A month later, for the week ending March 18th, the song was at no.4. For the week ending April 8th, ''Members
* Rennie Ho ... vocals * Chris Vadham ... guitar, vocals * Abel Gan ... keyboards * Tony Chong ... bass * Shediq Marican (aka Ziani Shedick) ... drums * Danny Lim ... guitar, flute * Peter Mangkok ... bass * Daniel Wee ... drums * Benji ... vocalsDiscography
Later years
Chris Vadham died in Watford, England on February 26, 2007 from liver cancer. In 2014 Tony Chong was in a band called Tru-Blu, whose members included Gerry and Michael Pereira who had been in The Mccoys and Duncan Anthony who has been with Tin Pan Alley, Rusty Blades and New Breed.''The New Paper'', Dec 28, 2014References
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