THE LEMMINGS

Four-piece punk/pub-rock band, formed sometime around 1979 in Hanley by JOHN BLAKE, who had previously performed under the name JOHNNY OATCAKE. JOHN handled lead vocals & guitar, other members were JOHN’S brother PHIL BLAKE, also on guitar, GREG on bass, & KEN BECKETT on drums. GREG & PHIL started out as THE HUMAN CABBAGES.
The band gigged just about everywhere around the area for at least 10 years, and are sort of still together now. Contributed a track to the Stoke Musicians Collective’s album CRY HAVOC – Young At Heart.
THE LEMMINGS occasionally gigged under the name 48 HONEYS (while dressed as women!)
KEN BECKETT joined THE INKERMAN STREET RHINOS.
The bass player in THE SKALINSKIS, ROOSTER, was in the original line up of THE LEMMINGS, before PHIL & GREG joined. DEAN BRINDLEY, father of AGENT BLUE’S CALUM MURPHY, was manager at some point.
KEN BECKETT died in 2004. PHIL BLAKE died in 2015.