Troyen got together in mid 1981 and split up in late '82 after about 15 months. We were Neil Traynor (vocals) Steve McGuire (guitar) Nick Cookson (me...name change when married!) (guitar), Dave Strathearn (bass) Jeff Baddley (drums). The 1981 demo got us a contract with Neat records for a 3 track single and a possible lp. We had done some rough demos for the single before we spilt up. It was Gil Nortons first studio job, just learning about the way to record and engineer and produce. Of course nobody had heard of him then!!!
We did about 120 gigs and supported Spider, Girlschool, Rhabstallion, Diamond Head and others, We also did a support tour of Europe (May / June 1982) with Nightwing and went down very well especially in Germany. We were offered a couple of return gigs for late summer festivals but we had split up by then due to money problems.
Line-Up: Jeff Baddley - Drums + Back-up Vocals, Nick Cookson - Lead Guitar / Vocals, Steve McGuire - Lead Guitar / Vocals, Dave Strathearn - Bass, Engineer: Gil Norton.
Troyen Links:
Troyen - Demo (1981) for D/L
Troyen - Unreleased Song (1982) for D/L
Troyen @ Facebook
Jeff Baddley @ Facebook
Dave Strathearn @ Facebook
Line-Up: Jeff Baddley - Drums + Back-up Vocals, Nick Cookson - Lead Guitar / Vocals, Steve McGuire - Lead Guitar / Vocals, Dave Strathearn - Bass, Engineer: Gil Norton.
Troyen Links:
Troyen - Demo (1981) for D/L
Troyen - Unreleased Song (1982) for D/L
Troyen @ Facebook
Jeff Baddley @ Facebook
Dave Strathearn @ Facebook
Demo 1981 Tracklist:
1. Dreams Never Lie
2. Crazy Lady
3. Don't Send Me To War
4. Futures Friend
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Troyen re formed and released a CD on February 1st 2015. Entitled Finish What You Started, contains 4 digitally re-mastered tracks from the original demo, 2 other 81/82 tracks re worked and re- recorded and two brand new tracks written/recorded Aug/Sept 2014.
Now actively gigging again. Original bassist Dave Strathern had to bow out due to other commitments but has been replaced by Karl Altdorfer