ArtistInfo

Flaming Youth

Band, 1969-1970 GB, United Kingdom
Rock

In 1969, american singer John Walker of the Waker Brothers fame, toured in England, and was accompanied by four young british musicians, these were on keyboards Brian Chatton, who played with The Warriors - whose singer was Jon Anderson -, on guitar and bass guitar Gordon "Flash" Smith, on bass and guitar Ronnie Caryl and on drums, Phil Collins. After the tour, they decided to go on together, found a name for their band, Hickory, and they recorded a single in 1969, Green Light/The Key. And then they met two authors-songwrites, Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who were looking for a band to record an album they were working on, so they changed their name and became Flaming Youth. The group released the album, Ark 2, in 1969. In November of that same year, the British music magazine, NME, repor

Members

	Phil Collins voc, dr *1951 GB
	Ronnie Caryl voc, b, acg *1953 GB
	Brian Chatton voc, org, p *1948 GB
	Gordon Smith g, voc, b, acg