Nick Garvey (bass) Andy McMasters
(guitar/vocs) Bram
Tchaikovsky (guitar/vocs) Ricky Slaughter (drums)
The Jolt
Robbie Collins (guitar/vocs) Jim Dooks (bass) Ian Sheddon (drums)
gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
press cuttings
what happened next
Huge
success after Airport really eluded them and this line up imploded in
1978. The Garvey and McMaster nucleus saw them with a new version of
The Motors
through a third album in 1980 and then they had properly split by 1982.
Seems as though the members are still in the business so to speak, but
nothing high profile.
The Jolt
had split by 1979.
odds and trivia
Their second album, given they had had hit
singles, didn't do as well as the record company hoped for. A bit of market
research suggested the problem may have been the album cover which featured the
band's faces so the album cover was changed
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