caption current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
cd `` about time ! '' , 2006 richard lead g -rrb- alan whitehead -lrb- dr -rrb- bob hodges shirman -lrb- key -rrb- gerry henderson barney barnfield -lrb- dr no -lrb- . & nbsp ; 2 -rrb- plug davis george watt lead -lrb- key -rrb- geoff richardson -lrb- g -rrb- chris allen voc -lrb- dr -rrb- kenny harold john du cann -lrb- lead -rrb- g no . & nbsp ; 3 -rrb- keith hodge david -lrb- dr -rrb- roger deane -lrb- 1968 -rrb- o'list -lrb- atomic rooster 1966 -- 1968 , 1979 decca , rpm -lrb- reissues -rrb- the attack -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band psychedelic rock , freakbeat london , england the attack
the attack -lrb- band -rrb-

the attack were a freakbeat/psychedelic rock band formed in 1966 around singer richard shirman -lrb- born 26 april 1949 , london -rrb- .
the first line-up featured drummer alan whitehead from marmalade , guitarist david o'list -lrb- later of the nice -rrb- and john du cann -lrb- later of andromeda and atomic rooster -rrb- .
their first single `` try it '' had also been recorded by the standells and ohio express .
they also released a version of `` hi ho silver lining '' , a few days earlier than jeff beck .
richard shirman was invited to be singer with andromeda but he declined .
in 1979 shirmam reunited the attack .
two years later he founded another band hershey and the 12 bars who released an album in 2000 : `` greatest hits volume ii '' -lrb- a new day records , and cd43 -rrb- .
