Origin: London, England
This outfit consisted of Michael "Mick" Leslie Jones (guitar) and Thomas "Tommy" Francis Brown (drums) who called themselves Nimrod for one single in 1969. The record includes the outstanding 'The Bird' on its A-side. In the early 60s, the duo had been in one of the many Nero & The Gladiators lineups, a band that enjoyed a couple of minor instrumental hits. It was during their performance at the Olympia music hall in Paris, France that the talents of Jones and Brown were spotted by French megastar Johnny Hallyday, who recruited them initially for his wife Sylvie Vartan's backing band. They lat…