Effective period / Period of releases: 1966 - 1998

Members: Dale Griffin, Overend Watts, Mick Ralphs, Stan Tippins, Dave Tedstone, Bob Hall (12)

UK band from Herefordshire. Originally known as The Buddies. Spent much of 1966 and 1967 performing in Italy. After releasing an album they added Dale Griffin and later merged with a second band called The Shakedown Sound and eventually named the combined unit The Silence. This band began working with Kingsley Ward and then with Guy Stevens. Stevens replaced singer Stan Tippins with Ian Hunter and renamed the band Mott The Hoople