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The band Canis Strange was formed in 1976 at The Paston School, North Walsham (now Paston College). The band's personnel were a fluid mix of interested people, some instrumentalists, some not, drawn from the Fifth Form. The nucleus of the band formed around Paul Life, Mark Hobbs and Jezz Startup. Their first gig was as support for the Sixth Form band All Glass Apparatus in July 1976. This band consisted of Nigel Digby, John Stables, Chris Shorten and Mervyn Grand guesting on piano. It was their end of term concert, shortly after which they would be leaving the school. Canis Strange performed some four or five covers, the most memorable of which was their rendition of 'Frankenstein' by the Edgar Winter band.

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  • The band Canis Strange was formed in 1976 at The Paston School, North Walsham (now Paston College). The band's personnel were a fluid mix of interested people, some instrumentalists, some not, drawn from the Fifth Form. The nucleus of the band formed around Paul Life, Mark Hobbs and Jezz Startup. Their first gig was as support for the Sixth Form band All Glass Apparatus in July 1976. This band consisted of Nigel Digby, John Stables, Chris Shorten and Mervyn Grand guesting on piano. It was their end of term concert, shortly after which they would be leaving the school. Canis Strange performed some four or five covers, the most memorable of which was their rendition of 'Frankenstein' by the Edgar Winter band.
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  • The band Canis Strange was formed in 1976 at The Paston School, North Walsham (now Paston College). The band's personnel were a fluid mix of interested people, some instrumentalists, some not, drawn from the Fifth Form. The nucleus of the band formed around Paul Life, Mark Hobbs and Jezz Startup. Their first gig was as support for the Sixth Form band All Glass Apparatus in July 1976. This band consisted of Nigel Digby, John Stables, Chris Shorten and Mervyn Grand guesting on piano. It was their end of term concert, shortly after which they would be leaving the school. Canis Strange performed some four or five covers, the most memorable of which was their rendition of 'Frankenstein' by the Edgar Winter band. The Summer of 1977 saw Canis Strange rehearsing on the school stage, behind the curtain in the gym/concert hall. At the invitation of Paul Life (bass) , Nigel Digby (guitar) who was just back from his first year at University also attended and Canis Strange became formalised as; Mark Hobbs (guitar and vocals) Nigel Digby (guitar and vocals) Paul Life (bass) Jezz Startup (drums) This lineup remained stable for the next 18 months, and performed several gigs around the North Walsham area, mostly at the Bosa Chios, a cafe and bar in the Precinct at North Walsham, now a ladies clothing shop. The 'Bosa' was notorious amongst Paston pupils for its low-life owner Vick, but nevertheless saw many Sixth Formers skulking there playing pool and eyeing the numerous posters of scantily-clad women upstairs in the bar area. Arch-rivals of Canis Strange were a band called Pangea, featuring the 'talents' of the two Fiske brothers, with bass provided by Nick Walpole, a friend and contemporary of Nigel Digby now a member of Norfolk Police CID. Possibly Stu Oakley completed the line-up. The zenith of the band's performances was the end of year concert at Paston School in 1978, on the stage where they had often rehearsed. Much of this performance was filmed, but the whereabouts of the film is at present unknown. The band effectively split for the first time after the last gig in December 1978, although there was never an 'official' declaration, leaving the way open to future incarnations!
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