Runner

I found this gathering dust around here, I don't remember a thing about it except that Runner was some sort of Classic Rock/Pop band from 1979. It appears to be a collectors item now. Anybody remember the band "Runner"?

What I can remember off the top of my head:

Runner were a short lived band, formed in 1978 out of a friendship between Steve Gould of the band Rare Bird and Alan Merrill of the band The Arrows.

Steve Gould had been touring with Merrill's live touring band The Arrows after his band Rare Bird broke up in 1976. When The Arrows broke up in 1978 both singers were looking for new projects. They went into the studio to do a rough demo with bass player Mick Feat, who was playing with Van Morrison at the time, and drummer Dave Dowle who was playing with the band Whitesnake.

The demo the foursome did was so good that the band were signed by Island Records immediately. They went to The Manor recording studio in Oxfordshire England and recorded their first and only album with James Guthrie producing.

The Runner album made the US Billboard top 100 charts, but due to musical differences the band broke up whilst recording their second album with Alex Sadkin producing.

After the band split, Mick Feat and Steve Gould went on to record with Alvin Lee, Dave Dowle with the Maggie Bell band Nightflyer, and Alan Merrill joined Rick Derringer's band Derringer.

Oddly, the band Runner never toured, in spite of their making the American charts.

If you want more info, you can go here: http://uk.geocities.com/Rockband_Runner/

Well thanks Spec. I didn't know there was so much info just sitting on the top of your head, but since the top of your head is flat I guess it makes sense. I just can't remember a damn thing about this disc, probably because the top of my head is pointy. I guess I'd better listen to the thing so I have something to say about it.

Ok I listened to it. It's total FM radio rock circa 1979. No wonder it made no impression on me. It's not bad at all, but dead center middle of the road (Think poppy Foreigner, Little River Band, Bad Co., etc.) Pleasant enough but not very interesting.