Nottingham group circa 1977/80.

Simon “Sy” Husbands: Keyboards
Jos Burton: Bass
Graym Tuck: Drums
Andy Mosely: Guitar

Hear them here.

A mix of keyboard and guitar driven prog rock with some new wave sensibilities. Keyboard player Simon Husbands had been in Nottingham group Mensch from 1971 to 1977. At the end of 1977 Gwaihir were formed playing the local circuit at places like The Imperial, Club Malibu (“That was a fun place. We put our band logo on the skateboard concrete, fun times!”) and the Outlaws Bar. In the summer of 1979 they changed their name to Zero-iD and shortened the songs giving them a more pop sound.

Four tracks by Gwaihir were recorded in 1978 and were released in 2023 and can be heard on Spotify, iTunes or a YouTube playlist here. Some of the Gwaihir stuff was done at Paddy Flynn’s studio and the later stuff was done at Byron Sacorophos’ place in Mapperley Park, Sin City – which became Network Studios on Forest Road.

Beautiful Girls
Fat Men With Tingling Fingertips
Go-Go for Broke
I Didn’t Get Where I Am

After Zero-iD came to an end Simon Husbands went on to form English Electric who in turn became Blue Train with success in the USA. More on them later.

1978

1979