|
|
An enormous shock came in the Summer of 1982, when, at the height of the band's success, Pete suddenly walked out. Mark Bremen was brought in as replacement, a fact emphasised by this photo which shows his head superimposed on Pete's body. There had been so-called "artistic" differences between the band members which contributed to this happening. There is only room for so many large personalities in a band like The Stargazers where everyone was contributing material and had their own ideas of the direction the band should be heading in. A number of recordings with Pete at this time (a whole album's worth, in fact) remained unissued until they came out many years later on Rock That Boogie on Vinyl Japan Records. Pete went on to form The Roofraisers, who had a couple of tracks out on the Northwood LP Big Noise from Northwood, and who included Chris Gardner, a later Stargazer, in their ranks. |
|
This is a shot of Pete at the Roofraisers recording session for Northwood Records at University of East Anglia in Norwich......
|
And one of him on stage with one of his heroes, Franny Beecher, the Comets'
lead guitar player.
|
