| The Dumb Blondes | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Hard rock, Glam, Punk, |
| Years active | circa 1977-1983 |
| Associated acts | Lucy, Tush, Girl, Def Leppard, Manraze |
The Dumb Blondes were a glam rock band. In 1977 the band consisted of singer Jeff Hepting, guitarist Phil Collen, bassist Pete Webb, and drummer Fred Ball.
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Hepting, Collen and Ball had previously played together in the band Tush. Collen & Webb were previously in a band called Lucy, which had 2 singles out on Lightning Records titled Really Got Me Goin and Never Never.
The Dumb Blondes had interest from EMI and were given free recording time at De Lane Lea Music Studios in Wembley by Ronnie Beck of Feldman/Trident Music who were also the publishers of Queen. They recorded 6 songs from this session: "The Hooker", "Necrophiliac", "Blue Smoke/Two Stroke", "Old Time Movie Star", "Spider's Web" and "Money Grabber".
After the band broke up, Collen joined the band Girl, and in 1983 joined Def Leppard. In recent years has also formed his own band Manraze with ex Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook and former band mate from Girl Simon Laffy on bass.
Fred Ball went on to perform in a band called XFX and is currently in a band called Slam.
Pete Webb and Jeff Hepting continued the Dumb Blondes (mark II) with new members Paul Mason (guitar), Andy Tompsett (keyboards) and Graham Garrett (drums). The band became less heavy and more keyboard orientated.
The band released a double-A side single (1980) titled Strange Love / Sorrow (the McCoys song which was a big hit in 1966 by the Merseys) on the then Independent Fresh Records (Fresh 21) which was produced by Pete "Overend" Watts and Dale "Buffin" Griffin, formerly of Mott the Hoople.
Graham Garrett left The Dumb Blondes to record and tour Japan with Panache before forming Ya Ya with Panache band mate and bassist Terry Stevens along with Lea Hart and Ray Callcut and then later Sam Blewitt. Jeff also joined and toured with Panache in Japan. Jeff then went on to form the outrageous Glam Wrock party band The Sugar Plums and also toured with 80s tribute band Spandex Belly, he currently plays with covers band ARCHIVE who are based in Waltham Forest, London
After The Dumb Blondes Pete was involved with several bands including Tarazara, The Union (not the Luke Morley Union), WellHung, Preacher, Metalworks and lastly The Sabbath, a tribute band to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.