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Line-Up 1 (1966-70)
Maurice (Moe) Caines (vocals, guitar)
Stan Erbrink (vocals, bass, guitar)
Tommy Hynes
Cecil Lucas

Line-Up 2 (1970-71)
Stan Erbrink (vocals, bass, guitar)
Roland Gaudet (drums, percussion, keyboards)
Ray March (keyboards)
Lloyd Thornhill (vocals, guitar, bass)

When Stan Erbrink of early '60s Dutch act The Black Knights finished his engineering studies and went to Newfoundland in search of work in 1966 it was the end of his band. It was in Labrador City where he met Maurice Caines who had just left The Keatniks and they formed The Krystals in November 1966 with Hynes and Lucas.

After beating around Newfoundland and the East coast of Canada for several years, Erbrink was left rebuilding a new version of the band in 1970. Their self-titled, self-finance debut album was recorded at R.C.A. studios in Montreal in November, 1970 in one continuous 18-hour session. 2000 copies of the album were released on their own Fourmost Records imprint in January 1971 [not 1968 as has been erroneously noted for years].

In October 1971 Erbrink left for South Africa effectively ending the band.

with notes from Stanislaus (Stan) J. Th. Erbrink


Singles


Albums
1971 The Krystals (Fourmost) MS-8943

Video


Compilation Tracks