A very obscure band that came from the Egham, Surrey/Staines, Middlesex area, which is west of London.
According to the Staines & Egham News paper, the roots of Jeep Rongle can be found in Group Four, who came together in January 1964.
This group comprised Brian Shepherd (lead guitar), Alan Welch (keyboards), Glen Curran (bass), Jim Park (drums) and two other musicians – Phil Rodgers and Geoff Hartman.
After personnel changes, they became The Motives in early 1965 and then The Method before changing name to Jeep Rongle in January 1966.
In March 1966, the line-up comprised:
Ron Prior – lead vocals (ex-The Legends)
Roger Tinkler – lead guitar (ex-The Legends)
Glen Curran – bass
Jim Park – drums
Later that year, Glen Curran left to form The Trendbender Band, who later recorded for Decca as Barney J Barnes & The Intro (where he was reunited with Brian Shepherd).
Pete Pentis took over bass and was with the band when they were profiled in January 1967. The group continued to at least July of that year before splitting.
Jim Park later worked with The All Night Workers and The Kool.
I’d be interested to hear from anyone who can add more about the group’s story
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