John Mars (vocals)
Todd "Teddy" Fury (drums, back-up vocals)
Temp's [aka Dave M. Templeton] (guitar, bass, back-up vocals)
Eddy Scuffle (bass)
Aurelio Lanzalone (guitar, vocals; replaced Temp's 1986)
Mark Sinkowski (bass, vocals; replaced Scuffle 1986)
Richard Tremblay (drums; replaced Fury 1986)
During a break in his regular role as percussionist in jazz trio Broomer, Mars & Smith, John Mars created a rock outlet for his vocal attributes in 1979 called Brian's Children - a snide little aside in reference to the dearly departed Rolling Stones member Brian Jones.
With a visit to Grant Avenue studios in Hamilton, Ontario under the engineering scrutiny of a very green Daniel Lanois, the Brantford area band released a single, "Cut Her Hair", on Mars' Ugly Dog Records. The single received plenty of rotation across Canada and parts of New York State. The band was subsequently joined by bassist Eddy Scuffle in the fall of that year.
Mars soon returned to working in his jazz act, Stuart Broomer & John Mars, and all was quiet for Brian's Children until the duo split up in 1986. At this time Mars decided to reform Brian's Children with a new line-up and they released a second single - "(This Time) Take Me All The Way" - in 1986.
John Mars went on to record a solo cassette in 1992 called "Hay Waggon Inn" and is set to released a solo CD in October 1999 with help from Jack DeKeyzer. Teddy Fury went on to form The Bopcats and is his most recent act - The Royal Crowns - as well as running the bar at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. He also appears on Mars' solo CD.
With notes from John Mars.
Singles
as BRIAN'S CHILDREN
1979 Cut Her Hair/Oh Yeah (Ugly Dog)
as THE CHILDREN
1986 (This Time) Take Me All The Way/Sixty Seconds (Ugly Dog)
Albums
as THE CHILDREN
1989 Electric Playground [cassette] (Ugly Dog)
Video
Compilation Tracks
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