Quicksand (Welsh band)


Quicksand were a band from Port Talbot in Wales who were active from 1969 until 1975.

History

Originally formed in 1969, they featured Michael “Will” Youatt , Jimmy Davies, Jeff Hooper, Robert Collins and Anthony Stone. This line up recorded one single "Passing By"/"Cobblestones" in 1970. Youatt left to join briefly Piblokto! then Man. Hooper also left and Phil Davies then joined the band. A second single "Time To Live"/"Empty Street, Empty Heart" was released in 1973 and was soon followed by the album Home Is Where I Belong later that year. The band ceased to exist in 1975 when Davies formed Alkatraz with Youatt.

Subsequent careers

After the band split up Collins became a sound man, initially for Man, but later for such people as Eric Clapton. Davies re-joined Youatt in a new band Alkatraz who recorded one album Doing a Moonlight for United Artists.

Discography

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