Leo Lyons Kick

Ten Years After bass player, Leo Lyons, and Tony Crooks began a song writing partnership back in 1987: this led to the formation of the band KICK.The band’s first gig was a festival in Hamburg, playing in front of 12,000 people: following this, they continued to tour extensively for several years throughout the mid 90s, during which time they released two CDs – ‘Heartland’ and ‘Tough Trip Through Paradise’.‘Heartland’ was first released in Japan in 1992: the line-up wasTony Crooks - guitar/vocals Leo Lyons - bass Andy Nye - keyboards/backing vocals (former Michael Schenker group) Kex Gorin - drums (former Magnum)‘Tough Trip Through Paradise’, was released in 1994, the line-up that year including:Leo Lyons - bass Tony Crooks - guitar/vocals Steve Rodford - drums (now with the Zombies) Mark Price - drums (now with Del Amitri) Don Airey - keyboards (now with Deep Purple) Jon Willoughby - guitar/backing vocalsThe KICK are not currently touring but Tony and Leo continue to work together on different projects, building up a large catalogue of songs, many of which have been recorded by other artistes.The reformation of Ten Years After in 2002 has generated a new interest in the KICK and in response to the many requests to re-release the back catalogue 'Tough Trip Through Paradise' is now available as a special edition.