June Frost 1991-1993

Robert Hancock--voice, guitar, mandolin
John Peutherer--bass
Karl Buckley--drums

June Frost 1993-1995

Robert Hancock--voice, guitar, mandolin
Kerry Swatridge--bass
Patrick Parisot--drums
Len Costantini--didgeredoo, percussion
Rick Wirth--violin

June Frost 1995-1998

Robert Hancock--voice, guitar, mandolin
Kerry Swatridge--bass
Patrick Parisot--drums
Sylvain Jeandemange--keyboards, accordian

Over the nine years that the band existed we changed countries, musicians, moods, haircuts, partners and friends. In the end we decided to stop changing and stay the same – finished. It was, however, a fairly wild ride from obscurity to a shadowy existence and then back again.

The first version of June Frost was formed when Robert and Karl (both formerly of the Magic Roundabout) arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1990. After answering an ad in a music shop we met John Peutherer, and at the first rehearsal everything fell into place. (This would be the complete opposite of our future search for a bass-player after John left – auditioning eighteen people before finding Kerry Swatridge) .June Frost performed mainly as a three-piece band in this period, although we did have a succession of backing singers and violinists of fortune.

The fact that we rehearsed in a busy inner-city youth hostel meant that there was always a flow of interested and sometimes interesting people to invite to participate from time to time. During ’91- ’93 we played extensively in Edinburgh, sometimes in Glasgow, and occasionally making it further north.
Then Karl Buckley’s visa expired – he had to leave the UK.

The next version of the band was a direct result of the extended contacts of the Youth Hostel. Robert’s friends Patrick, from France, and Rick, from Germany, had closely followed June Frost up to then. Len (the Australian) had already played with us onstage on a few occasions, the didgeridoo being a great live instrument when played exceptionally well. When Kerry joined the new line-up was complete. continue...