Tom Treece (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
Roger Manning (vocals, harp)
Don Perrish (vocals, lead guitar)
Ken Lush (keyboards, flute)
Jeff Benjamin (bass)
Denny Moses (drums, vocals, congas, fiddle)
John Vass (guitar, drums, vocals)
Allen Park, Michigan school chums Perrish and Lush were in a band called Old Friend and began jamming with ex-members of Custer's Last Band Manning, Treece and Vass in 1972. They got together with Denny Mosese on a farm in Monroe, Michigan, where most of the members were from, and started making home demos. They performed one gig as The Amazing Vibrasonics and then changed their name to Brussel Sprout following the departure of their bass player. Benjamin was added at the point of the name change.
While playing a gig in Essex, Ontario near Windsor, they were noticed by a booking agent who lined up gigs for them in Niagara Falls and Toronto allowing the band to temporarily relocate to Jordan, Ontario. A show at the El Macombo in Toronto brought them to the attention of Hilly Leopold of Eastern Sound Studio's A440 Productions. Gordon Lightfoot was recording the album 'Summertime Dream' while the band was there and they soon met him.
Brussel Sprout signed a production deal with A440 and recorded three demo songs. Hilly Leopold decided to pursue a recording deal and after getting them signed to MCA, produced their self-titled album in 1975. To test the waters "Dance She Said" was released to radio as Canadian content as the production and recordings were done in Canada. The all-American group qualified as Canadian on the radio charts. With the release of the album in 1976, the second single, "High In The Rockies" followed. Alas, fame and fortune eluded them, the band split up and the members returned to the US.
Perrish lives in Michigan, owns and operates construction company and continues to write and play music; Lush lives in Nashville, has continued to play music professionally and has toured with several bands; Manning lives in Michigan, teaches 5th grade and continues to write and play music; Treece lives in Michigan, worked as general manager at radio station in Monroe, Michigan and now works at radio station in Toledo, Ohio; Vass lives in Michigan, and plays in Christian band; Benjamin lives in Los Angelese and served as Controller of the 1984 L.A. Summer Olympic Organizing Committee, is Treasurer and on the Board of Directors of the Live Aid Foundation, is Director of Sony Music’s video game division, Sony Imagesoft, in Los Angeles, and manages singer/songwriter Kenny Rankin.
with notes from Roger Manning and Jeff Benjamin.
Singles
1975 Dance She Said/Feeling Right Down Home (MCA) MCA-40360
1976 High In The Rockies/In The Long Run (MCA) MCA-40503
1976 Follow Me Down/Dance She Said (MCA) MCA-40638
Albums
1976 Brussel Sprout (MCA) MCA-2211
Video
Compilation Tracks
