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Rare single offered on ebay as NWOBHM. S.O.S. were
formed in the late 70s by brothers Ivan and Tom Muirhead with their sister Janet
Muirhead. Davey Vance (guitars/vocals) and Mike Love (drums) were added to the
lineup.
The band played the live circuit in Northern Ireland and beyond throughout the
1980s. The 1982 single is credited to Ivan and Janet Muirhead and is reputedly
gospel heavy/hard rock and is much sought after. This was their only release of
the decade. The band members were also involved in other bands and projects to
help make ends meet. Janet Muirhead left the band before 1990.
By 1990, when they came to record their debut, cassette-only album
'Borderlands', they were playing contemporary christian rock with new singer
Jonty McFall. Contemporary press compared this releases to a raunchier Bryan
Adams or Dire Straits, suggesting they'd ditched the heavy rock approach. This
lineup played the Impact Festival in Scotland in 1991.
Janet Muirhead formed an acoustic duo called Bare Bones, who recorded an EP in
the early 90s. She moved into acoustic folk, country and bluegrass musics, and
became an indemand session singer, and now performs as Janet Holmes. Ivan
Muirhead also plays in folk circles nowadays.
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