Marillion

Edgar and Steve Broughton accepting the Friars Heroes Award, Aylesbury, June 2009:

Why? The Edgar Broughton Band goes back almost to the very beginning of Friars and have played all three phases of Friars. It was wonderful to hear Out Demons Out again in Aylesbury, a song which inspired certain members of the local community to spray paint the slogan in the villages back in 1970. The fiends! On stage, the webmaster noted: The Edgar Broughton Band first played Friars in 1969 and are here again in 2009. Also they are one of the very few acts to have played all three venues in Aylesbury. The Friars Heroes Award goes to the Edgar Broughton Band

Simon's Friars appearances with Heartbeat, The Blood Oranges and The Disco Students

This newspaper advert from 1978 plugging the emerging Heartbeat (which also featured two other local musicians, Robin Boult and Pete Trewavas who are still in the music business)