Randy Bachman (guitars)
John Pierce (bass)
Mike Baird (drums)
Chris Leighton (drums; replaced Baird)
Ron Foos (bass; replaced Pierce)
Tom Sparks (guitar, vocals)
Frank Ludwig (keyboards, vocals; replaced Sparks)

After leaving his own band, Bachman Turner Overdrive, following the 1977 album 'Freeways' and its resulting failure, Randy Bachman recorded a solo album for Polydor in 1978. Internal upheavals at the record label caused Bachman to beg out of his deal and he instead approached friends of his, the Scotti Brothers, who had just formed their own label. They were interested more in rock bands than solo performers and Bachman made one to order.

He brought in guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tom Sparks from Washington state and added Chris Leighton on drums. They released two singles from their debut album ,including "Sweet Lui Louise", before the band saw the departure of Sparks and the addition of former Trooper keyboardist, vocalist Frank Ludwig.

With the change in direction and failure of the 1980 follow-up album 'Everything Is Grey', the band parted ways with Scotti Brothers. Bachman would call on his old buddy from B.T.O. Fred Turner and the band carried on as Union.

Bachman would have an on-again/off-again relationship with reformed versions of BTO and The Guess Who and in recent years has created his own record label while recording his own solo material; Ludwig would go on to form Body Electric with members of Straight Lines before spearheading years of session work many of Canada's biggest names.

with notes from T. Cole, Brian Zargo and Mark Logan.




Singles
1979 Sweet Lui-Louise/Watch Me Fly (Scotti Bros.) SB-406
1979 He's A Joker (Scotti Bros.)
1979 One And Only/She's Got It (Scotti Bros.) SB-408
1980 What's Your Hurry Darlin'?/Try A Little Harder (Scotti Bros.) SB-512
1980 Symphony/Railroad Love (Scotti Bros.) SB-302
1980 Everything Is Grey/I'm Hurtin' Inside (Scotti Bros.) SB-303

Albums
1979 Ironhorse (Scotti Bros.) SB-7103
1980 Everything Is Grey (Scotti Bros.) SB-7108

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