Images may be subject to copyright
On this day, 22 October 1976, Mott (formerly Mott The Hoople) played Cardiff University with support provided by Welsh rockers Lone Star.
Mott came into being following the departure of both Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, who had left to become a duo leaving former bandmates to continue as Mott.
The new line-up consisted of Watts, Griffin, and Fisher along with lead guitarist Ray Majors (formerly of Opal Butterfly, Hackensack, and a brief stint with Andy Fraser and Frankie Miller) and front man Nigel Benjamin. This line-up released two more albums, Drive On (1975) and Shouting and Pointing (1976), both of which sold poorly.
After Benjamin quit in 1976, Mott briefly replaced him with Steve Hyams,[10] before joining forces with John Fiddler (formerly of Medicine Head), and became British Lions, recording two albums, British Lions (1977) and Trouble With Women (posthumously released on Cherry Red Records 1980) before finally splitting up without any chart success.
