Toby Burton - Vocals/Guitar
Mike Wilson - Bass/Vocals
Gavin Richards - Drums/Vocals
Mike Wilson - Bass/Vocals
Gavin Richards - Drums/Vocals
Mike Wilson, Gavin Richards and I played in bands together, under various names and with other musicians, since sixth-form college. Around 1987, as a three piece band, we moved to London to sign-on and pursue the rock 'n' roll dream. Around 1990, we settled on the name 67 (the year of our births) and began gigging on the London pub circuit. We recorded demos when we had a bit of cash, and would hawk them around the record companies on foot.
In the early 90s, we began hanging around on the Camden scene which was then home to a burgeoning grunge rock scene. We got a gig at the Falcon pub in Royal College Street and began to use this as a regular venue, on our circuitous route around the north London pub scene. Finally, after some helpful attention and promotion by a local fanzine, we raised our live profile and finally one of our demos caught the attention of the people at Southern Records - only apparently because I was wearing a t-shirt featuring labelmates Babes In Toyland, in the accompanying publicity photgraph. Southern were better known for their distribution of records by American bands like Fugazi and Jesus Lizard, which was cool because I was really into these bands, and others like them, at the time.
We signed to Southern, and our first single 'Bright Black' was released in the summer of 1993 to much critical acclaim. We played support slots to most of the US bands affiliated with Southern that came to the UK, including Shellac (featuring Steve Albini) and Boys Aganst Girls and began taking our Transit and music nationwide. We got live reviews in the NME and later that year we recorded a live session for Steve Lamacq's Evening Show on Radio One. Like our blistering debut single, we seemed to be unstoppable. Our second single, 'Gadget', was released later in 1993 to continued enthusiam but by this time the tide of grungey, US-style rock was being replaced by the wave of Bowie, Kinks and Beatles infused Brit-pop by the likes of Suede, Blur, Oasis and Supergrass. This, combined, with the loss, at Southern, of the press officer that had achieved so much for us, led to our third single, the double A-side 'Better & Worse/Jeep With A Beat' receiving very little attention.
To our disappointment, Southern were not prepared to release our album at this point so we parted ways. Unfortunately, personal differences and competition in the ranks was already beginning to take its toll on the band. Despite, the introduction of Stewart George on saxophone and a name change to the self-consciously British 'Tea', the end was nigh. Tea, would last a few months, maybe a year, breaking up melodramatically at a gig at the Laurel Tree pub in Camden some time in 1995.
In the early 90s, we began hanging around on the Camden scene which was then home to a burgeoning grunge rock scene. We got a gig at the Falcon pub in Royal College Street and began to use this as a regular venue, on our circuitous route around the north London pub scene. Finally, after some helpful attention and promotion by a local fanzine, we raised our live profile and finally one of our demos caught the attention of the people at Southern Records - only apparently because I was wearing a t-shirt featuring labelmates Babes In Toyland, in the accompanying publicity photgraph. Southern were better known for their distribution of records by American bands like Fugazi and Jesus Lizard, which was cool because I was really into these bands, and others like them, at the time.
We signed to Southern, and our first single 'Bright Black' was released in the summer of 1993 to much critical acclaim. We played support slots to most of the US bands affiliated with Southern that came to the UK, including Shellac (featuring Steve Albini) and Boys Aganst Girls and began taking our Transit and music nationwide. We got live reviews in the NME and later that year we recorded a live session for Steve Lamacq's Evening Show on Radio One. Like our blistering debut single, we seemed to be unstoppable. Our second single, 'Gadget', was released later in 1993 to continued enthusiam but by this time the tide of grungey, US-style rock was being replaced by the wave of Bowie, Kinks and Beatles infused Brit-pop by the likes of Suede, Blur, Oasis and Supergrass. This, combined, with the loss, at Southern, of the press officer that had achieved so much for us, led to our third single, the double A-side 'Better & Worse/Jeep With A Beat' receiving very little attention.
To our disappointment, Southern were not prepared to release our album at this point so we parted ways. Unfortunately, personal differences and competition in the ranks was already beginning to take its toll on the band. Despite, the introduction of Stewart George on saxophone and a name change to the self-consciously British 'Tea', the end was nigh. Tea, would last a few months, maybe a year, breaking up melodramatically at a gig at the Laurel Tree pub in Camden some time in 1995.