Post 792 - The Armchairs - The Collection

 

Ian Stephen co-founded The Armchairs, a satirical four-piece outfit with Johnny Topper (ex-Pelaco Bros) in the late 70s. The band had its debut in 1979 at the infamous Crystal Ballroom in St Kilda. Other members included guitarist Pierre Jaquinot, drummer Andrew Snow and bassist Fred Cass. Later incarnations featured Rod Haywood (guitar) and Sue Parncutt on (bass). Armchairs released an EP, 'Ski Lo Lo' in 1979 and an album 'Party Time' on Reverse Records in 1980. The B side is taken up by a 15-minute version of "La Bamba". The lineup for the album release was Ian Stephen, Gerry Joyce, Johnny Topper, Andrew Snow and Richard Rooch. Armchairs, later with the help of Stephen Cummings, who in the early 1980s with Ian Stephen had struck up a songwriting partnership with, morphed into the mildly successful, yet short lived 11-piece group, Go Wild in French, which featured songs of Elvis Presley, as well as original compositions. Ian Stephen and Pierre Jaquinot would later turn up in the "Slaughtermen".

Members - Ian Stephen (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Johnny Topper (bass), Andrew Snow (drums), Pierre Jaquinot (guitar), Gerry Joyce (guitar), Rod Haywood (guitar), Sue Parncutt (bass), Richard Rooch (drums) Thanks to Henry DeRooy for the great art work once again.  flac