The Tights
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The Tights are a British punk-rock band from Worcester. The band's only two singles were released by the Cherry Red Records label: "Bad Hearts / It / Cracked" (1978) and "Howard Hughes / China's Eternal" (1978). After John Peel played "Bad Hearts" on the radio, this single made it to number six in the UK punk chart. Follow-up "Howard Hughes" reached number four in the same chart. After playing their farewell gig at the Marquee Club (London), The Tights split in 1979.
In 2004 the band reformed.
[edit] Trivia
- The cover picture of the "Howard Hughes" single features the limo of Charlie Watts (the drummer of the Rolling Stones).
[edit] Band members
- Rob Banks (guitars)
- Barry Island (bass and keyboards)
- Rick Mayhew (drums)
- Malcolm Orgee (vocals)
