Warren and Davis first worked together as members of the Beatles-esque UK cult outfit Stackridge. Their third album The Man In The Bowler Hat was produced by George Martin and achieved their only UK Albums Chart entry, peaking at number 23 in 1974. A U.S. version of the album Pinafore Days scraped in at the bottom end of the Billboard albums chart in early 1975, "peaking" at #191.

Bassist Warren and drummer Davis had drifted apart even before the inglorious demise of Stackridge.