Sunk and Drowning
From War Thread
Formed in 2219, S&D disbanded in 2243 after the death of long-time lead guitar Jackie "Lefty" Harris, and they all agreed it had been a good run. Their albums are still for sale, and are some of the all-time bestsellers in England. Their farewell album, called "The Black Curtain", was, to quote drummer Max Rex, "S&D covering S&D. Plus some new sh** thrown in to piss off the critics."
As to why the band didn't remain running, Apocalypse and Flash Jackson, brothers who traded off on rhythm and bass guitar, said, "Well, Lefty was kinda our holdout. If we didn't want to practice - an' that was most o' the time - Lefty would drag us by our hides. We kinda lost will after 'e died." Rex commented that he had lost "my best friend - an' 'ow'd 'e die? At the end of a bottle. A fsckin' bottle."
S&D were: Jonathan "Johnny" Hargood, vocals Jackie "Lefty" Harris, lead guitar Max Rex (Roland Middelwell), drums Bernard "Apocalypse" Jackson, rhythm & bass guitar James "Flash" Jackson, rhythm & bass guitar
S&D Discography: Sunk and Drowning (2219) HMS Drinks and Girls (2220) Claws of the Devil (2222) - AC/DC tribute album Rampage Through London (2222) Black Lungs (2223) Undead and Loving It (2225) Ballads and Tear-Jerkers (2227) - Rare, only "ballad" album ever released Sir Rhosis of Deliver (2227) Wildside (2228) Fangs to America (2229) - First album to be censored on British radio Blood on our Hands (2230) Kitsch (2232) Dragon Flagon (2235) Phobias (2237) - First of the "Psyche" trilogy Manias (2238) - Second of the "Psyche" trilogy Toss the Switch (2238) Philias (2239) - Banned from appearing in record stores in the US because of its explicit cover; available through mail-order catalog, third of the "Psyche" trilogy Wasted: The S&D Greatest Hits (2239) - First Greatest Hits collection Pastor Butcher (2241) Midnight Secrets (2242) Heaven Ain't Got What Hell Gives For Free (2242) Loshed: An S&D Retrospective (2243) The Black Curtain (2243) Banned in Britain (2245) - Collection of all songs censored by radio; four LP set, no song played on radio Blaze of Lefty (2247) - Considered to be the ultimate collection of songs penned by Lefty Harris
