TOP 100 RARE LIST: Per Discogs: British heavy rock band which emanated around 1969-1970 from Black Cat Bones. (Early incarnations of Black Cat Bones featured guitarist Paul Kossoff and drummer Simon Kirke who both left to form Free while guitarist Rod Price left to join Foghat.) At this point the band consisted of Peter French on vocals, Mick Halls on guitar, the brothers Derek & Stuart Brooks on guitar and bass respectively, and Keith George-Young on drums.
They recorded Growers Of Mushroom at Spot Studios in Mayfair, London in late 1970. Shortly after the Brooks brothers departed and Ron Thomas filled in on bass when the band toured Europe as a four piece. They released the Drowned My Life In Fear single and the Leaf Hound album in Germany on Telefunken. Growers Of Mushroom album was released shortly after on Decca, featuring all of the tracks on the self-titled album. By this time French had already departed to join Atomic Rooster for their album In Hearing Of ; he would also later join American hard rock band Cactus.
In 2004 Peter French put together a new incarnation of the band, which led to a 7" single and an LP.
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Both Stu and Derek Brooks might go as two of the most incredible artists to perform as a whole, their chemistry is beyond insane, both appearing in Black Cat Bones' and Leaf Hound, they surely left a legacy that leads respect to any listener, along with Peter French's raspy vocals; what can i say ?! Inevitably there was a rush of bands chancing their arm by adopting the Led Zeppelin style, to varying levels of success, among them Leaf Hound, a hairy rock quintet that was very much a product of the era.
The band downsizing immediately after the album's release, compounded by weak distribution and a single released only in Germany, pretty much torpedoed any hope of stardom for the lads. Which is a real shame, because their material, very much in a Led Zeppelin meets Free sort of template, was damn good indeed. Some of the material here, like "Stray" or "Stagnant Pool" ("Freelance Fiend" lacks on this issue) recall Zep at full blast, while the silky "Work My Body" could have easily been on Free's self-titled sophomore spin. But on the whole there really isn't a bad song on here.
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