Artist Info: Last Straw

There are two bands known as Last Straw:

1. Formed on the Isle of Wight in the Early 70's the band consisted of:

Jack Charles Toole - Drums
Peyte Burnan - Guitar/vocals
Geoff Taylor - Guitar/Keyboards/Lead Vocals
Steve Griffin - Guitar/Vocals
Phil Truckel - Bass

With more than a nod to Wishbone Ash and Lynryd Skynryd, they combined highly melodic guitar based music with almost Tolkeinian lyrics such as on Alone on a Stone.

The band toured extensively playing at such venues as Portsmouth Polytechnic [read more...]