caption associated_acts article_title past_members background genre image origin name
tony phil collen of tush at the spreadeagle public house 1978 miles . photo by bert turner , micky tickton , fred ball and lucy dumb blondes girl def leppard gibraltar gv1 tush -lrb- band -rrb-
 mickey collen fred ball john newman tickton george junor bob white tony miles phil group_or_band hard rock , blues-rock tush mkiii.jpg london , england tush
tush -lrb- band -rrb-

tush were an english rock band from london active during the mid-1970s , and at one time featured def leppard and man raze guitarist phil collen .
formed in 1975 by george junor -lrb- guitar and vocals -rrb- , mickey tickton -lrb- bass and vocals -rrb- and bob white -lrb- drums -rrb- under the name `` satisfaction '' , the band soon changed their name to `` tush '' , inspired by the zz top song .
the band then recruited second guitarist tony miles to help provide a fuller and more contemporary sound .
the band dissolved when george decided to return to his native scotland for family reasons in late 1977 .
mickey tickton promptly reformed the band with new members , although maintaining the name `` tush '' .
phil collen , a guitarist in the punk rock band lucy , had been a fan of the old band and approached mickey about joining when he heard about his plans .
the new line up consisted of tickton and collen with john newman -lrb- vocals -rrb- and fred ball -lrb- drums -rrb- .
tush reformed briefly for a few london gigs in early 1978 with original members mickey tickton and tony miles combining forces with phil collen and fred ball .
tush played a mixture of rock covers and original songs , mainly written by george , mickey and tony .
very little recorded material of tush remains except for some rough demo tracks recorded by the original line-up in 1976 .
the original songs on the tape are : `` home '' , `` sweet texas baby '' , `` so long '' and `` she 's gone '' .
phil collen and fred ball -lrb- later the vocalist for xfx -rrb- later played together in the band dumb blondes , managed by ex-boxer victor andretti , the former tush manager .
