Mongrel
Biography
Mongrel was one of the stranger, more enigmatic offshoots of the Move, mostly because their existence was brought to a sudden halt, virtually in mid-stride, just as they were starting to establish themselves, midway through finishing their first (and only) album. And the group was literally -- and, for the most part, willingly -- hijacked out of existence, and into the orbit of Roy Wood. Mongrel were formed by two ex-members of the Move, Carl Wayne and Rick Price. Wayne had left the group a few years earlier, and subsequently recruited another, slightly later-tenured ex-member, bassist Rick Price, into an outfit called Light Fantastic, which got a lot of great notices for their performances and stage presentation. But Light Fantastic couldn't sustain their career momentum or translate their work into recordings, and dissolved after a few months of false starts. It was after the split of the latter group that Wayne proposed a new venture to Price in 1972. He came aboard, and the members began rehearsing, but after a few weeks all concerned realized that they were missing something: Carl Wayne, who never participated as a musician (though he did send in songs). The members eventually decided to forget about Wayne and go out on their own, choosing the name Mongrel, a recognition of the fact that all of the members had come from different bands.
Selected Discography
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