Michael Spiby formed The Badloves in Melbourne during January 1990. Spiby, John Housden and Stephen O'Prey had all been part of Daryl Braithwaite's 1989 touring band. A year later, Michael's brother John left The Badloves to be eventually replaced by Tony Featherstone on Hammond organ and guitar. The band became a popular live attraction courtesy of regular gigs and a fine set of laid-back, 1970s-styled blues, Memphis soul and New Orleans R&B material. The band's sound was simple, soulful and very funky. The Badloves were immediately labelled as 'organic', 'neo-hippies' and 'retro', which may have been the case, but at least it showed a band working within a rich mus... read more