current_members years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre origin name
phil manning matt taylor barry harvey dirk du bois 1968 & ndash ; 1986 , 1988 , 1991 & ndash & ; 1992 , 1995 & ndash ; current ndash ; 1974 , 1982 , 1983 the chain , matt taylor 's chain infinity , forever , festival , mushroom , emi , bmg chain -lrb- band -rrb-
 see personnel list below group_or_band blues , r & b melbourne , australia chain
chain -lrb- band -rrb-

chain are an australian blues band formed in melbourne as the chain in late 1968 with a lineup including guitarist , vocalist phil manning ; they are sometimes known as matt taylor 's chain after lead singer-songwriter and harmonica player , matt taylor .
their january 1971 single `` black and blue '' , which became their only top twenty hit , was recorded by chain line-up of manning , taylor , drummer barry harvey and bass guitarist barry sullivan .
the related album , `` toward the blues '' followed in september and peaked in the top ten albums chart .
manfred mann 's earth band famously covered `` black and blue '' on their album `` messin ` '' -lrb- june 1973 -rrb- .
chain had various line-ups until july 1974 , they separated for several years then reformed in 1982 for a one-off concert and more permanently from 1983 -- 1986 .
further line-up changes occurred with some forms called matt taylor 's chain , from 1998 chain members are harvey , manning , taylor and dirk du bois on bass guitar .
both manning and taylor have also had separate solo careers .
in 2005 chain released , `` sweet honey '' and continued touring irregularly ; on 3 may 2009 , they performed at the cairns blues festival .
the beaten tracks were a pop / blues / r&b band formed in perth , western australia in 1965 and included , john vanderhagh on drums , alan power on lead guitar/vocals , dave cook on rhythm guitar/vocals , dave cross on rhythm guitar/vocals , paul frieze on bass guitar , and ross partington on lead vocals/harmonica -lrb- ex majestics -rrb- .
they played cover versions of the beatles , rolling stones , mowtown , blues , rock material .
vanderhagh left in 1966 and was replaced by frank capeling on drums .
cook left in early 1967 and was replaced by warren morgan on farfisa organ then hammond organ -lrb- ex freelance jazz keyboards -rrb- frieze left in 1967 and was replaced by john -lrb- the `` scotsman '' -rrb- gray on bass guitar -lrb- ex ray hoff and the offbeats -rrb- .
capeling left in 1967 and was replaced by ace follington on drums -lrb- ex yeoman -rrb- .
in late 1967 cross left and was not replaced and scott left and was replaced by murray wilkins on bass guitar/vocals -lrb- ex west coast trio and freelance jazz double bassist -rrb- .
with the addition of the hammond organ the band incorporated material from traffic , vanilla fudge , young rascals , the band etc. .
following their win in perth 's 1968 hoadley 's battle of the sounds power left and was replaced by dave hole on lead guitar/vocals who then left whilst the band was in melbourne for the finals and was replaced by phil manning on lead guitar/vocals -lrb- ex-bay city union , bobby & laurie/laurie allen revue -rrb- .
the band returned to perth then eventually relocated in melbourne .
partington departed in december 1968 , returning to perth to form the tracks with lindsay wells on lead guitar/vocals and joey anderson on drums -lrb- both ex sari brit -rrb- , pete tindal on bass guitar/vocals -lrb- ex cherokees -rrb- and peter waddell on hammond organ/vocals -lrb- ex paul mckay sound -rrb- .
partington was replaced by wendy saddington -lrb- ex-james taylor move -rrb- .
she provided a new name for the band , the chain , after the aretha franklin song `` chain of fools '' .
saddington left the band in may 1969 to write for teen pop newspaper `` go-set '' and to join the band copperwine ; she later had a solo career .
saddington was replaced by new zealander glyn mason -lrb- ex-larry 's rebels -rrb- , wilkins left in august and was replaced by tim piper -lrb- ex-electric heap -rrb- on bass guitar , and morgan , who left to join billy thorpe and the aztecs , was replaced by claude papesch on organ -lrb- also ex-electric heap -rrb- .
the chain 's first single , `` show me home '' , was released by festival records in october , but follington , piper and papesch had all left .
barry harvey on drums and barry sullivan on bass guitar -lrb- both ex-wild cherries -rrb- joined and the name was shortened to chain .
the band 's first album `` live chain '' was recorded in 1970 at caesar 's palace discothèque , sydney ; by the time it was released in october , mason had left to travel overseas , he was later in ariel .
