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| 1962-1966
- The Iveys
The Iveys consisted of Des Henly, Mario Ferrari, Remo
Ferrari and Bob Davies.
Des and Mario have been friends since they were about
3 years old. In 1962 they founded the Iveys together with
Mario's brother Remo and John Watson. Their first drummer
John Watson was soon replaced by Bob Davies. At that time
they played Shadows and Cliff Richard Style music.
In 1965 the Iveys recorded a single "When Love Meant
So Much To You" in the famous Abbey Road Studios
in London. In August of the same year they went on a tour
through Sweden where they also took part in the popular
TV-show "Drop In" with
Sony and Cher, the Loving Spoonful and the Kinks
among others. The Show was broadcast on New Year's Eve
of the same year. Due to the success of the band EMI
Sweden decided to release the single.
1966 The Iveys disbanded when
Remo got married and Bob Davies joined the army. Later
that year Des and Mario met Sean and Barry and they founded
"The Baloons"
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| 1967-1971
- The Baloons
 1967
The Baloons started touring clubs and universities around
the UK and Europe. They even played in Bulgaria and Rumania,
which was fairly unusual for bands in those days.
In December 1968 they played
the legendary Star Club in Hamburg,
Germany for 10 days, and in 1970
the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
When Mario broke a leg during a stay in Switzerland in
late 1971, he had plenty of time and thought about a new
band name - FUMBLE
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| 1972
- Fumble!
1971 the Baloons changed their
name to FUMBLE.
1972 - Fumble recorded their
first LP, and supported Bill Haley
on his German tour. Later that year they appeared on The
Old Grey Whistle Test, one of the most popular
music programmes in those days.
1973 At the beginning of the
year David Bowie invited Fumble
to support him on his British tour in January and his
US-Tour in February/March. Just after they had arrived
back in Europe they performed on the German TV-show Musikladen
, where they played three songs. |
| In the summer of 1973
they were headliner at the Roskilde
Festival in Denmark, in July/August they played for
10 days at the Alexandra Palace
Festival, and the Reading
Festival 1973 in August. |
1974 - 1976
 In
April 1974 a second guitarist,
Dave Christopher, joined the band. Fumble played at the
Reading Festival 1974, and later
that year recorded their second LP "Poetry
in Lotion", this time it was a mixture of covers
and own material.In November 1975
Dave Christopher left the band again. Dave Bennet joined
the band for a short time. He was replaced again with Kevin
Adderley, who left the band again in March 1977.1976
In the mid-seventies Fumble supported Fats
Domino on a European tour, were backing band of Chuck
Berry, and played regularly in London clubs like
the Marquee Club, Dingwalls and the Rock Garden. |
1977 - 1979 - ELVIS - The Musical
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1977 Fumble
played in ELVIS - THE MUSICAL,
which was running from November 1977 until June 1979 at
the Astoria Theatre in London's
West End. The Musical was about the story of Elvis, who
was played by Tim Whitnall, Shakin' Stevens and P.J. Proby
in different stages of his career.
The Musical got the Evening Standard Award for "Best
Musical of the Year 1978" |
1979 - 1980 - Jack
Good's "Oh Boy"
 
1979 Fumble performed in the all-music
Rock'n'Roll shows "Jack Good's Oh Boy", and later
in "Let's Rock". The Shows featured Shakin' Stevens,
Alvin Stardust, Lulu, Joe Brown, Freddie "Fingers"
Lee and many others, and were broadcast all over Europe
in the early Eighties. |
1980-1982 - Fumble
 1980
Fumble toured with Bill Haley again, and supported him on
his very last tour of South Africa in June 1980.
In 1981 they recorded their last
Album "It's only a Rock'n'Roll
Game", which was released in Germany, and included
the single "Wasn't That A Party".
This time they had Paul McGreavy aka "Miles Shorter"
on Sax.
For the rest of the year Fumble toured extensively in Germany.
In 1982 their last single "Greenback
Dollar" was released in Germany.
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