Do you remember these pop and rock groups of the past?

Ready, steady go, for some shots of local pop and rock musicians from the past.

Who remembers The Strangers, pictured right in 1964? They were, left to right: John Haynes, John Elliott, Bill Bell, Barry Thompson, Bill Mounsey and Dave Ellison.

Shields Memory Lane June 1964
The Strangers. Left to right: John Haynes, John Elliott, Bill Bell, Barry Thompson, Bill Mounsey and Dave Ellison. — Shields Memory Lane June 1964 The Strangers. Left to right: John Haynes, John Elliott, Bill Bell, Barry Thompson, Bill Mounsey and Dave Ellison.

placeholder image — Shields Memory Lane June 1964 The Strangers. Left to right: John Haynes, John Elliott, Bill Bell, Barry Thompson, Bill Mounsey and Dave Ellison.

Below them, pictured in 1974, are local group Fogg. What can you tell me about them?

Shields Gazette Memory Lane September 1974

From more recent times are Sioux Risin’. They look like they’re a hard rock/glam band, are we right?

Finally, below left, is Gerry Munroe, who in January 1978, was trying to sell copies of his single Reconsider Me for just 50 each after the production company he was with went bust.  