Jason Hoover (vocals)
Bill Gibson (keyboards)
Jim Harmata (guitar)
Bob Kidd (bass)
Dave McPhail (drums)

Formed in 1965 as Jason Hoover And The Epics (with saxophonist Gunther Klaus), this Vancouver act featured former members of The Vykings. In 1966 the band changed its name to The Trials of Jayson Hoover and were signed to New Syndrome Records where they put out two singles that barely scraped the Top 100 RPM singles chart in Canada.

With the departure of Gibson and McPhail they changed their name to The Anvil Chorus their new material had a more psychedelic approach as they released several more singles on New Syndrome.

A name change to the Anvils was an attempt to keep the fire burning but it eventually fell apart in 1969. Hoover was the last man standing and completed the band's New Syndrome contract by releasing a solo single.

Several European labels released The Trials of Jayson Hoover "Rhythm Is The Way" and married it to the Anvil Chorus song "Get Together" as a new Anvil Chorus single in 1970.

Hoover would eventually sign to Mushroom Records as a solo act in the mid-70s; Kidd and Harmata co-founded Scrubbaloe Caine in 1971; Hoover, Harmata and Kidd reunited to form a new band in 1977 called R & B Delivery.

Kidd died in 2000; The original Jason Hoover & The Epics did a reunion show at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver in 2001.




Singles
as TRIALS OF JAYSON HOOVER
1966 King Size/Baby I Love You (New Syndrome) NS-5006
1967 Rhythm Is The Way/We Were Happy (New Syndrome) NS-100

as THE ANVIL CHORUS
1967 Words/Get Together (New Syndrome) NS-103
1968 Ride Captain, Ride/Are You Ready (New Syndrome) NS-107
1968 Rust To Dust/Her Man The Dry Cleaner (New Syndrome) NS-110
1970 Rhythm Is The Way/Get Together (Pink Elephant - Netherlands) PE-22.517

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