Nottingham rock band circa 1976/77

Heavy rock group who played locally at the Unity Club in Beeston, the Springwater Social club, Gedling Miners Welfare, the Imperial and the Strathdon Hotel. They changed their name in late 1977 to Kyro.

Line up #1
Alec Bradford: Bass
Dave Smith: Vocals
Paul Smith: Guitar
Rob: Guitar
Unknown: Drums

Line up #2
Alec Bradford: Bass
Dave Smith: Vocals
Paul Smith: Guitar
Rob: Guitar
Pete Clarke: Drums

Pete Clark remembers his time with both Ned Kelly and Kyro:
“By 1976 I wanted to play in a band so I answered an ad in the Evening Post. They were called Ned Kelly and they were all from Aspley and the bass player, Alec Bradford, was a DJ at the Boat, a big lad with glasses. They were a covers band playing club gigs and for me it was great because I had to learn all these songs, the Stones, Thin Lizzy, Bad Company and Free Bird etc, classic rock stuff. All the duel guitar stuff. They changed their name to Kyro in 1977 but by 1978 I had left. Punk was in and I liked it but they didn’t really like the punk thing. They had a rehearsal place on Mansfield Road. After they stopped using it I took it on. Some Chicken rehearsed there. It was a couple of buildings down from the wholefood shop next to an alley. I had a key and inside there was a café thing, a pool table room and other rooms“.

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS

1976

1977