After enjoying the sights and sounds of London Ross slowly made his way back to Australia by land via Asia, carrying with him the riff and idea for a song that had come to him in London. He came back as Australian music was descending into chaos. A dispute between the record companies and radio stations meant that between May and November 1970 the major record companies withdrew their records from the radio stations for airplay. Because of a quirk of the copyright laws records originating in America couldn t be banned. But it meant that all the established Australian recording acts were suddenly cut off from their fans.
Many didn t survive.
The only way to survive was by having something people wanted to come and witness live. In that environment Ross Wilson formed Daddy Cool. He didn t mean Daddy Cool to become his future . When Ross Wilson came back to Melbourne he had this idea of creating an adventurous supergroup, made up of members of other bands. Obviously this group s performances were going to be rare, depending on whenever everyone was available between duties with their regular bands.