JOHN CAMPION's BIOGRAPHY

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First published in January 2019, last updated March 2019

Year/Band	Musician	Instrument	Recordings	Details
1963/Megatones	Mike Balcombe	Lead Guitar	1963 Zodiac Acetate	Originally a Shadows type band and formed by Mike Balcombe in the Sandringham area playing local church, youth club and private functions. City night clubs played at included The Shiralee and Top Twenty.  Mike Balcombe went on to play in The Sierras and The High Revving Tongues and is now living in Melbourne where he runs a Fleetwood Mac tribute band called Gypsy.
	Dave Deans	Rhythm Guitar	1964 Zodiac Acetates	Two Zodiac recordings including Bruce Howard from the La De Da’s on keyboards.  These recordings feature on compilations in later decades.
	John Campion	Bass		NZBC Radio Recordings from the live shows in the NZBC radio theatre.
	Frank Marvin	Drums
1965/Trends	Mike Balcombe	Lead Guitar		Nightclubs played at included The Monaco in Federal Street etc.
	Scott Arnold	Rhythm Guitar		Ex Kiwi Four & Tornadoes Wellington
	John Campion	Bass
	Tommy Rogers	Vocals
	Frank Marvin	Drums		Frank Marvin the drummer was later replaced by Neville Findlay, the current owner of the Zambezi clothing label.
1968/Sounds Ad Lib	Kelvin Hair	Guitar	Acetate demos only	Kelvin Hair was a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist eventually winning one of the NZBC television song writing contests with a song recorded by Toni Williams.  Has been playing in Linn Lorkin’s band in later years.  Sounds Ad Lib played in pubs and clubs in Auckland, notably one of the first New Zealand themed waitress restaurants in K'Rd called “The Las Vegas”.
	John Campion	Bass
	Lees Broadbent	Trumpet
	Keith Pendergrast	Drums
1970/Goodtyme Band (UK)	George Clark	Vocals	Acetate demos only	Pubs, clubs, and private functions in and around London.  4 – 5 nights per week until “Disco” became popular.
	Arthur McGibbon	Guitar Harmonica
	John Campion	Bass
	Ray Butt	Saxophone/Violin/Clarinet		Ray Butt went on to become involved in UK jazz radio and live performances plus mentored a young pianist songwriter by the name of Jamie Cullum, being mentioned a few times on Jamie’s albums.
	Andy Speake	Drums		Drums were ex Keith Moons from “The Who” via Hawkwind !!

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