El Riot and the Rebels Ray Thomas (lead vocal), John Lodge (bass guitar, vocal), and Mike Pinder (piano, vocal), Brian Betteridge (guitar, vocal), Bob Sheward (drums) and Mike Heard (guitar, vocal) as listed on www.brumbeat.net
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
April 15, 1963	Riverside Dancing Club at the Bridge Hotel, Tenbury Wells	Supporting The Beatles, noted at http://archive.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/2002/1/9/6929.html and reported by Jens Pruess.
June, 1963	Single Down the Line / Blue Moon was recorded for an EMI audition, but never released	Reported in "Higher and Higher" first discography issue #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 11.
date unknown - early 1960s	TV appearance on ATV (UK) “The Pop Show”	Reported in “Higher & Higher” first videography issue #6, Summer 1986, p. 12, noted as a live performance, but the song performed is unknown.
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The Krew Kats Ray Thomas (lead vocal), Mike Pinder (piano, organ, vocal), Fred Carter (drums) and Andrew Franklin (bass guitar) as listed on www.brumbeat.net
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
November, 1963	Starplast, Lueneburg, Germany	Erroneously billed as "El Riot and the Krew Kats." Reported by Jens Pruess.
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Gerry Levene and the Avengers Graeme Edge (drums), Gerry Levene (lead vocal), Mike Hopkins (guitar), Jim Onslow (bass guitar), Roy Wood (guitar), and Peter Cook (keyboard), as listed on www.brumbeat.net
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
February 1964	TV appearance on “Thank Your Lucky Stars” (UK), playing “Hey All You Women”	Reported in “Higher & Higher” first videography issue #6, Summer 1986, p. 12.
April, 1964	Single Doctor Feelgood / It's Driving Me Wild is released in UK	Reported in "Higher and Higher" first discography issue #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 10.
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The John Bull Breed (Also known to fans as "The Breed" or "Bulldog Breed") included John Lodge (under the name John or Johnny Storme - bass guitar and vocal), Mark Stuart (real name Brian Yeates - lead vocal), Terry Guy (keyboard, organ, harmonica and vocal), Trevor Griffen (tenor sax), Graham Green (baritone sax), Gene Rose (drums), and Mike Heard (lead guitar). An article in "Higher and Higher" #44, Fall 2001, p.24-26. and the book Brum Rocked by Laruie Hornsby gives more information on this band.
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
October 2-30, 1965	Starpalast, Kiel, Germany	Noted in the book Starpalast und Skinny Minny by Klaus Hartel, reported by Jens Pruess. An article in "Higher and Higher" #44, Fall 2001, p.24-26 states that this booking ran for a month. I have therefore assumed that the October 2 date was the opener.
July 30, 1966	Tiles Club, London canceled	Show date and venue reported in "Higher and Higher" #44, Fall 2001, p.24-26. Although the band ended up not playing the show, it was nonetheless favorably reviewed in "New Musical Express".
	Locarno, Coventry	The John Bull Breed supported The Rolling Stones shortly after the release of "Not Fade Away"
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The Marty Wilde Trio / Wilde Three This band, which went under both names interchangeably, featured Marty Wilde, his wife, Joyce, and Justin Hayward.
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
date unknown, 1964	Justin Hayward’s band, All Things Bright, disbands.	“Higher & Higher” #21/22, Summer 1994, p. 6 notes, "He departed Swindon for the semi-big time with Marty Wilde shortly after his fifth music group, All Things Bright disbanded in 1964."
February, 1965	Justin Hayward joins Marty Wilde	“Higher & Higher” #21/22, Summer 1994, p. 23-23 notes, "In 1965, Wilde placed an advertisement in the music trade publication Melody Maker. The position was for a guitar player and was answered by one Justin Hayward around February of that year."
April 8, 1965	Televised charity show at the London Palladium	"On 8 April, 1966, Justin played alongside Wilde in a televised charity show at the London Palladium and within a month jetted off on a Forces entertainment tour as part of the Marty Wilde trio - Wilde's wife, Joyce Baker, completing the line-up." noted at http://www.swindonweb.com/guid/peophayw0.htm, although they give the year as 1966 instead of 1965. Reported by Joyce Kelley.
April 15, 1965	Single Since You've Gone / Just as Long is released in the UK	Reported in "Higher and Higher" first discography issue #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 10. Also noted in "Record Mirror" of April 10, 1965, reported by Val Weston.
July 2 - mid-September, 1965	The Royal Aquarium, Great Yarmouth (twice nightly, 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.)	Show dates and venue from ads in the "Yarmouth Mercury" of July 2 and 30, August 20 and 27, and September 3 and 10, 1965 reported by Steve Davis. "The Big Star Show 1965" was headlined by Lonnie Donegan, and the Marty Wilde Trio were billed as "Special Guest Stars". These shows took place in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, not to be confused with Yarmouth, which is on the Isle of Wight. On JustinHayward.com, Justin recalled these shows in his March 2006 letter, saying, "Top of the Bill at our show was Lonnie Donegan, who would close the show every night (Matinees Wednesday and Saturday), and I even stood in for his guitar player for a couple of days when he got ill. Like every other English kid of my age who played guitar, I knew most of Lonnie's songs anyway."
September 10, 1965	Single I Cried / Well Who's That is released in the UK	Reported in "Higher and Higher" first discography issue #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 10.
summer 1966	Hayward leaves the Wilde Three	According to Justin Hayward in the interview on the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was with Wilde for a year and a half, so assuming the February 1965 join date (above) is correct, this time period is inferred. In the same interview (see below in solo works) Hayward also says he joined the Moody Blues in August 1966.
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Justin Hayward (solo)
DATES	VENUES	NOTES
January, 1966	Single London is Behind Me / Day Must Come is released in UK	Reported in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 11.
September, 1966	Single I Can't Face the World Without You / I'll Be Here Tomorrow is released in UK
Notes: According to Justin Hayward in the interview on the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he joined the Moody Blues in August 1966, but accounts differ. See also1966 for the Moody Blues. Updated August 17, 2020

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