After starting work as an apprentice with Rolls Royce, Ian Hunter's (3 June
1939) music career began via the rhythm guitar with The Apex Group, who made a
name for themselves playing at US military bases. Frustrated by their regimented
R&B style, however, he formed a rival group Hurricane Henry & The Shriekers, who
went on to develop their own style playing the same Hamburg clubs that had
shaped The Beatles. In 1966 the Oswestry, Shropshire-born Ian Hunter moved to
London and joined The Scenery, going on to play with bigger names, including The
Young Idea, Billy Fury, David McWil...