A quick one with DENNIS GREAVES
The other of the pair was The Truth, who formed after the original incarnation of Nine Below Zero had, at the time, run their course. Dennis's career started off in South London under the name of Stan's Blues Band, building themselves a following on the local pub rock circuit with their brand of energetic blues/rock.
At a show at the Old Kent Road pub venue, the Thomas A Beckett, musician Mickey Modern offered to become their manager. After accepting the offer, aname change ensued, the band becoming Nine Below Zero, which was lifted from a Sonny Boy Williamson number. Through his association with A&M Records, Mickey Modern took some demo tracks that he'd produced along to the label. He persuaded the label to set up a subsidiary, M&L.
With Modern shaping and overseeing their fortunes, Nine Below Zero went pro and on June 16, 1980, they recorded one of the most iconic live albums of the period, if not of all time, called ‘Live At The Marquee’. During the early part of
