Robbo 'Bass'  The Breakfast Club  Eighties Cover Band

It was during 1982 that he met Chris (they both had a newspaper round) and they shared similar aspirations to annoy their parents by playing guitar as loudly and badly as possible.

Things took off in 1983 and their air guitars turned to real ones with only one thing holding them back from making a serious racket - amplification.They tendered their resignation from their lucrative careers as newspaper boys and set up a new business cleaning cars. Their income rocketed from £2.00 per week to £5.00 per week and within 2 years they could afford an amplifier each.

They set up a band called Soudain and soon built up a modest following of shoulder pad wearing boots and trendies. Sadly in 1986 girls got in the way and the band was forced to separate so Robb and Chris went their separate ways.

In 1988 Robbo emigrated to Australia and completely lost touch with his bass playing and found a new life using his strumming fingers for other interests. The sunshine, beer and girls proved too much and he returned to the UK in 1993 and settled in London.

After a chance meeting with Chris in 2005, almost 20 years since they'd last spoken, a massive piss up followed. After 20 years of catching up, the subject turned to music and there was a  ridiculous suggestion of reforming a band.

A week later new instruments and equipment were ordered and a warehouse was found where songs from "the good old days" were played. It may be 20 years later than planned but at last we're in an 80's band!