Formed in 1998 from the nucleus of a previous band (
Toots Earl and The Redneck Band
1988-1992),
The Band That Time Forgot
now consists of Albert 'Toots' Earl* - lead vocals; John St. Clair Lang -
guitars, backing and occasional lead vocals; Bev Day - keyboards and backing
vocals; and
The Fabulous Carruthers Brothers
*, Jerry and John (C major and C minor) - bass and drums respectively. Dan
Bates (the foolish boy!), for some unfathomable reason, has abandoned his
impending certain superstardom to go bumming round boring places like Hong
Kong, Singapore, Bali, Australia etc. Ah, the impetuosity of youth! Recording
as described by Toots in the 'Oxlong article' (apart from the oven bit!).
*Fomerly of
Toots Earl and The Redneck Band
.
The band plays all original material which tends to be in such a mixture of styles it's difficult to attach a "genre label" - the songs come out the way they come out with no real thought of setting a particular style; in fact when a song is started in one style it often ends up as something completely different from the original intention. Having said that, all the members of the band have a background rich in rhythm and blues, "classy" rockpop of the late 60's and 70's, blues etc. which does come across in the music.
Mike Oxlong, M.N.E. (Music News and Echo), April 2000
