In June 1972, Tony Hayes (formerly from local Hoadley's title-winners, Heaven), replaced John Thompson on bass guitar. It was with this new line-up, introducing Hayes fresh musical input, in cahoots with Peter Ilyk's blossoming creativity, that the band began to forge its reputation on Canberra's quite healthy live performing circuit, by presenting a highly polished mix of pop, rock and blues standards, together with deftly chosen progressive staples of the day; among them, pieces from Juicy Lucy, King Crimson, Deep Purple, Chicago and Jethro Tull. The band recorded two EPs on the Obbins label. The lineup for these recordings were: Roman Demkowski (vocals), Rod Eckersley (sax, flute), Tony Hayes (bass), Peter Ilyk (guitar, trumpet), Henry Sliwka (drums) and Bernie Nizynski (lead guitar).
Snibbo went on to become one of Canberra's (and its surrounds) biggest live attractions, securing solid fan support through its regular appearances at the established venues of the day (such as Xanadu and Zeplin), as well as at high school dances and regular Saturday night dance-hops like 'Berties' at the O'Donnell Youth Centre. They supported Slade, Status Quo, Caravan and Lindisfarne on their tour in 1973. The group finally disbanded in September 1975 and played its last performance at Wests Rugby Club in Jamison ACT. Most of the members went on to various other bands and musical activities.
Members
References
http://www.milesago.com/artists/snibbo.htm
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