The three of us got a couple of friends in, session players, and put together Camera Camera . That's how they found their current drummer, Gavin Harrison, a 19-year old prodigy. Keyboardist Mike Taylor turned up through connections and is still with the band. The main obstacle for success for Renaissance has always been a frustrating lack of radio airplay, which is usually the curse of noncommercial bands. But Dunford and company have managed to get around this roadblock by wowing their fans over the years with superlative live presentations.
Life's a big tough at the moment. .
The stage is much cleaner, much neater. Even somebody who hasn't seen us before would like it. Our live show is very, very strong now, the strongest we've ever been. Hopefully we'll create a bit of excitement which in turn will get the record more airplay, and just generally do more interviews and establish ourselves a bit more. In promoting Time-Line , the band has slowly but surely won new fans while trying to satisfy the diehards and in the process has weathered the often harsh rock 'n' roll environment.