Stretch ( band ) - wikipedia Stretch ( band ) Stretch Origin United Kingdom Genres Blues rock, pop rock Years active 1974 -- 79, 2007 -- present Labels Anchor, Repertoire Associated acts Fleetwood Mac, Curved Air, Elmer Gantry 's Velvet Opera, Status Quo Members Kirby Gregory Elmer Gantry Jim Scadding Justin Hildreth Past members Paul Martinez Craig Collinge John Wilkinson Jim Russell Hiroshi Kato Dave Evans John Cook Steve Emery Jeff Rich Nicko McBrain Chris Mercer Why Did You Do It ? `` Why Did You Do It ? '', 1975 Problems playing this file ? See media help. Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between Elmer Gantry ( real name Dave Terry ) and Kirby ( real name Graham ) Gregory. Gantry had been the frontman of Elmer Gantry 's Velvet Opera. Kirby had been a member of Curved Air. Contents 1 Formation 2 Music career 3 Cover versions 4 Personnel 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 Singles 6 References 7 External links Formation The band was put together in 1974 with help from Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis and drummer Mick Fleetwood, to perform as Fleetwood Mac on a US tour because the existing Fleetwood Mac were not in a position to fulfil outstanding contractual obligations. However, Fleetwood did not join the tour as planned, and later denied any knowledge or involvement, and partway through the tour it became obvious to audiences that there was no original member of Fleetwood Mac in the band, and the tour collapsed. Bass player Paul Martinez claimed, `` Mick Fleetwood pulled out at the last minute claiming not to know who we were ! '' Music career Stretch rose from the ashes of this debacle, and soon had a No. 16 hit single in November 1975 with `` Why Did You Do It ? '', the lyric of which was a direct attack on Mick Fleetwood for his failure to join the band on the ill - fated US tour. In the official video for the record bass player Paul Martinez wore a traditional keffiyeh head - dress. Besides bass player Martinez, guitarist Kirby and Jim Russell on drums and tambourine, the single featured electric guitar by Hiroshi Kato and horns by Bud Beadle, Chris Mercer, Mick Eve, Mike Bailey and Ron Carthy. The band followed the single up with the album Elastique, but during the recording of this album, Martinez was sacked. Drummer Jim Russell left the band before the recording of the second album, You Ca n't Beat Your Brain for Entertainment, due to musical differences. He was replaced by future Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich. Two more albums were made, but Gantry left before the last album, Forget the Past. Another blow came in 1979 when manager Davis decided to withdraw his financial input, and the band eventually split up. In 1999 Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino used distorted vocal samples from the first line of the song `` Why Did You Do It ? '', in order to produce his own track Bla Bla Bla. The samples were deliberately used in a way that made the vocals make no sense. Stretch reformed in 2007 to coincide with a `` Greatest Hits '' collection, and toured in support of the Jeff Healey Band. In 2011 Stretch released the album Unfinished Business, an 11 - track recording for Repertoire Records including original songs, covers and a new version of `` Why Did You Do It ? ''. Cover versions In 2012, German producer Ferry Ultra recorded a version of `` Why Did You Do It ? '' featuring Canadian vocalist Ashley Slater for the album `` Ferry Ultra and the Homeless Funkers ''. Personnel Current members Elmer Gantry -- ( Elmer Terry ) vocals, guitar ( 1974 -- 78, 2007 -- present ) Kirby Gregory ( Graham Gregory ) -- guitar, vocals ( 1974 -- 79, 2007 -- present ) Jim Scadding -- bass guitar ( 2007 -- present ) Justin Hildreth -- drums ( 2009 -- present ) Former members Paul Martinez -- bass guitar ( 1974 -- 75 ) Craig Collinge -- drums ( 1974 ) John Wilkinson -- keyboards ( 1974 ) Jim Russell -- drums ( 1974 -- 76 ) Hiroshi Kato -- guitar ( 1974 ) John Cook -- keyboards ( 1975 ) Dave Evans -- bass guitar ( 1975 -- 76 ) Steve Emery -- bass guitar ( 1976 -- 79 ) Jeff Rich -- drums ( 1976 -- 78, 2007 -- 09 ) Nicko McBrain -- drums ( 1978 -- 79 ) * The band that toured as Fleetwood Mac consisted of Gantry, Kirby, Martinez, Wilkinson and Collinge. The absence of a female member also contributed to audiences realising that this was not the authentic group, since Fleetwood Mac featured Christine McVie on keyboards. Discography Albums Elastique ( 1975 ) ( Anchor ) You Ca n't Beat Your Brain for Entertainment ( 1976 ) ( Anchor ) Lifeblood ( 1977 ) ( Anchor ) Forget the Past ( 1978 ) ( Hot Wax - not the US label of the same name ) Ca n't Judge a Book... The Peel Sessions ( 1996 ) ( Strange Fruit ) Stretch : The Story of Elmer Gantry ( 1996 ) ( Repertoire ) Why Did You Do It : The Best of Stretch ( 2007 ) ( Repertoire ) That 's the Way the Wind Blows -- A Collection ( 2011 ) ( Repertoire ) Unfinished Business ( 2011 ) ( Repertoire ) Singles `` Why Did You Do It ? '' ( 1975 ) -- UK No. 16 References Jump up ^ MusicMight Jump up ^ `` Paul Martinez Homepage ''. paulmartinezmusic.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011. Jump up ^ Seaton, Matt ( 25 October 2011 ). `` Old music : Stretch -- Why Did You Do it ? ''. Retrieved 14 September 2017 -- via www.theguardian.com. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 536. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. ^ Jump up to : The Story of Stretch Jump up ^ Elastique, Stretch, Anchor Records : ANCL 2014, 1975 - sleeve notes Jump up ^ How Stretch Bounced Back Jump up ^ `` Stretch - Unfinished Business ''. Discogs. Retrieved 14 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ferry Ultra feat. Ashley Slater - Why Did You Do It ''. Retrieved 14 September 2017. External links The Story of Stretch ( 1 ) The Musician 's Olympus ( Jim Russell ) ( 2 ) MusicMight ( 3 ) Unfinished Business / Oktober 2011 official web site MusicBrainz : c93f8807 - c30b - 44b6 - 8f05 - 6a62ec024c2e Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stretch_(band)&oldid=803076514 '' Categories : Musical groups established in 1974 Musical groups reestablished in 2007 Musical groups disestablished in 1979 English blues rock musical groups English pop rock music groups Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from August 2014 Use British English from August 2014 Articles with hCards Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2013 All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2017 Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 30 September 2017, at 08 : 54. 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