VdGG Profile: String Driven Thing IV

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String Driven Thing IV - V [Summer 1973 - 1976]
Personnel
IV IV IV IV IV+V V V V V IV IV	Name Chris Adams: voc, gtr Pauline Adams: voc, perc Billy Fairley: drums, perc Colin Wilson: bass Graham Smith: violin, viola Alun Roberts: gtr, banjo, voc James Exell: bass, voc Kimberley Beacon: voc Colin Fairley: drums, perc, voc Guests: Bill Hatje: bass Clare Sealey: cello	ex String Driven Thing III String Driven Thing III String Driven Thing III String Driven Thing III Beggar's Opera	to Van der Graaf I [sessions]

Discography
IV IV IV V V V V V V	1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976	The Machine That Cried It's A Game / Are You Really A Rock'n'Roller I'll Sing One For You / To See You Please Mind Your Head Mrs. O'Reilly / Keep On Moving Overdrive / Timpani For The Devil Keep Yer 'and On It But I Do / Stand Back In Amazement Cruel To Feel / Josephine	Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma Charisma	lp single single lp single single lp single single

History

IV: Billy Fairley was smuggled into the studio without Charisma's consent for the recording of the more electric The Machine That Cried. Extensive touring and the demoing for the prospected 4th album It's A Game, de-spirited Chris Adams and killed the group.

V: Graham Smith kept the name going with a new gang in 1974. Colin Fairley is not related to his predecessor Billy Fairley. Their recorded output are fairly straight rock with Graham's violin on top.