Nottingham rock band circa 1978/79.

Heavy rock group who played locally at Katies in Beeston, Malibu, the Town Arms, the Carlton Hotel, the Boat Club and the Outlaws Bar on Trent Bridge. They had started out as Ned Kelly in 1976 and changed their name in late 1977. They played alongside their contemporaries of the day Gaffa, Gwaihir, Low C, Harry Stephenson, Far Image, Colin Staples & Beano, Slip Hazard, Screw, The Hormones, Urban Cadets and Lap Region.

Alec Bradford: Bass
Dave Smith: Vocals
Paul Smith: Guitar
Rob: Guitar
Pete Clarke: Drums (Pete left and was replaced). In 1978 Pete Clarke left to join Hugo Delmonte and his Chirping Crickets and then Some Chicken.

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“.

1978

1979