Origin Wales | Years active 1969–1975 Record label Dawn Records | |
Past members James Davies (1969-1975)Anthony Stone (1969-1975)Will Youatt (1969-1970)Phil Davies (1970-1975)Robert Collins (1970-1975) Genres Rock music, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock | ||
Quicksand were a band from Port Talbot in Wales who were active from 1969 until 1975.
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History
Originally formed in 1969, they featured Michael “Will” Youatt (bass), Jimmy Davies (guitar), Jeff Hooper (guitar), Robert Collins (keyboards) and Anthony Stone (drums). This line up recorded one single "Passing By"/"Cobblestones" (both written by Youatt) in 1970. Youatt left to join briefly Piblokto! then Man. Hooper also left and Phil Davies (bass) then joined the band. A second single "Time To Live"/"Empty Street, Empty Heart" was released in 1973 and was soon followed by the album Home Is Where I Belong later that year. The band ceased to exist in 1975 when Davies formed Alkatraz with Youatt.
Subsequent careers
After the band split up Collins became a sound man, initially for Man, but later for such people as Eric Clapton. Davies re-joined Youatt in a new band Alkatraz who recorded one album Doing a Moonlight for United Artists.