Biography
Cassie
Effective period / Period of releases: 1982
Members: Debbie Barker (2), Hugh Kim Lewis, Eric Biggs, Nigel Hayles, Chris Lines
Although the actual date that the band was formed is vague, sometime in 1978 Nigel Hayles-Guitar, Debbie Barker - Lead Vocals, Eric Biggs-Bass and Chris Lines - Drums formed 'FLİRT'. With this line-up the band played around the usual iow venues at the time. Original material was wrote along with covers of bands like Blondie, The pretenders, Eddie & the hot rods, Ramones and other Punk/new wave bands of the time.İn 1979 the band changed their name to 'Cassie', agreed to sign a record deal with portsmouth Label Video Records and a publishing deal with Wessex Music. Around this time Drummer Chris Lines was sacked and replaced with Hugh Kim Lewis.