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THE BAND
Daryl Cotton
Vocals, Guitar
Beeb Birtles
Bass, vocals
John D'Arcy
Guitar, vocals
Rick Springfield
Guitar, vocals
Steve Stone
Guitar
Roger Hicks
Guitar
Teddy Higgins
Drums
Rick Brewer
Drums
The Zoot
When
Australian band Zoot moved from their hometown of Adelaide to
Melbourne in 1968, their management gave them a bubblegum
image, centred on the slogan "Think Pink, Think Zoot". The
band dressed entirely in pink outfits.
It took Zoot until 1971, just before disbanding, to shake the
image and achieve musical credibility.
In 1970, the band promoted the release of the single Hey Pinky
by taking out an advert in Go-Set
magazine featuring a nude rear photograph of the band members. The
song was a scathing comment on the "Think Pink" image.
Zoot's
biggest hit single was a radically re-arranged hard rock version of The
Beatles' Eleanor Rigby.
The single reached No 4 on the national charts in 1971, although
it didn't achieve gold record status until after it was re-issued in
1980.
Zoot guitarist Rick Springfield
went on to have major success in the US in the Eighties as a solo
artist.
Bassist Beeb Birtles (real name Gerard Bertel Kamp) became one of
the key personnel of the Little River Band, a
veritable Australian institution who achieved great success at home
and in the US during the 1970s.
Daryl Cotton achieved solo success in the US and Australia, as
well as turning to television for roles in The
Young Doctors and on children's television.
When
Australian band Zoot moved from their hometown of Adelaide to
Melbourne in 1968, their management gave them a 
Zoot's
biggest hit single was a radically re-arranged hard rock version of 
