RICK AND THE BAD BOYS

Rick and The Bad Boys formed in the mid 60s comprising of bass player Peter Snerling, drummer Barry ‘Butch’ McClause, guitarists Bob Gunn and Kim Humphreys plus singer Rick Suey. Initially the band was called The Loose Ends and played songs by the Stones, Easybeats, Missing Links, Kinks, The Who, Pretty Things and the odd obligatory Beatles tune. The band beat The Precious Few (later to gain fame as Heart & Soul) in a play off for a residency at the Turramurra Teen Tavern on Sydney’s upper North Shore.

After the Turramaurra Teen Tavern residency finished the band opened their own venue The Folk Nest, an empty store room above a Hornsby coffee shop. The Folk Nest opened Saturday nights from 7 through to 10 pm. About four months later the cafe’s lease was not renewed and the Folk Nest became just another forgotten by-line in the history pages of North Shore Rock & Roll. The band continued to run their own dances at The Chatswood Town Hall and occasionally played The Lindfield Laundromat and The Beach House, Surf City’s sister venue in Elizabeth Street in the Sydney CBD.

Nat Kipner in conjunction with Ossie Bryne (St Clair studio operator) signed them to their newly formed Down Under record label. They immediately insisted on a spruced up image, a cleaner pop sound and a name change to Rick & The Bad Boys, all their other signings receiving rebranding of a similar nature featuring their lead vocalist’s name out front: Gino and The Affair, Kevin Bible & The Book, Steve & The Board, Derek’s, Accent, and the list went on.

The band recorded ''Bad Boy / Listen'' in 1966 and it went nowhere; however, the record is now much sought after collectable. In 2007 a copy sold on EBay for $106.00! Rick & The Bad Boys managed one TV appearance; a prerecorded episode of the ABC’s national 6pm pop culture program Be Our Guest but the episode never went to air.

Members

Peter Snerling (bass), Barry ‘Butch’ McClause (drums), Bob Gunn (guitar), Kim Humphreys (guitar), Rick Suey (vocals), Peter Jaeggle (drums)

SINGLES

''Bad Boy / Listen'' 1966 Downunder

References

http://kimhumphreys.com/rick-the-bad-boys/