band members tom farmer ( born thomas laurence farmer , 2 march 1952 , birmingham , england ) - bass , keyboards , vocals dave farmer ( born david anthony farmer , 2 march 1952 , birmingham , england ) - drum eddie golga ( born edward john gogla , 4 september 1951 , birmingham , england ) - guitar , keyboards alan jones ( born alan douglas jones , 5 january 1950 , birmingham , england ) - guitar , vocals later incarnations the band stopped performing live in 1977 but under the name liner recorded a studio album , liner , in 1979 .