Forever More (band)

Forever More
Photo of band taken from album liner notes
Background information
Origin	Scotland
Genres	Progressive rock
Past members	Alan Gorrie Onnie McIntyre Mick Travis Stuart Francis

Forever More was a late 1960s and early 1970s progressive rock band, featuring Alan Gorrie on bass guitar, piano, vocals; Mick Strode (aka Mick Travis) on guitar, vocals; Onnie McIntyre (aka Onnie Mair) on guitar and vocals; and Stuart Francis on drums and vocals. The principal songwriters for Forever More were: Alan Gorrie and Mick Strode, writing either as individuals or co-writing. Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre, and Stuart Francis all originated from Scotland, whereas Mick Strode was born in Oldbury in the West Midlands. The band toured extensively in the United Kingdom and in Europe. They recorded two LPs: "Yours" and "Words on Black Plastic".

Scottish musicians Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre and Stuart Francis had previously been part of a band called Hopscotch, alongside two other Scottish musicians, namely pianist/vocalist Graham Maitland and vocalist Hamish Stuart (later of Crocodile, and Sir Paul McCartney's Wings). Mick Strode, meanwhile, had been the lead guitarist in various bands in the Midlands and in London, most notably with Robert Plant and John Bonham in the final 1968 lineup of their pre-Led Zeppelin group Band of Joy. Early in 1969 in Shepherd's Bush, London, Mick Strode met Alan, Onnie, and Stuart of Hopscotch; and soon afterwards the four of them formed Forever More. All of Forever More also played as session musicians in various studios in London.

Initially, Forever More were managed by a company called International Artists, which was based in Gerrard Street, Soho. That company also operated as a booking agency for musicians, thus enabling musicians to obtain work at pubs, clubs, concert halls, and festivals throughout the UK or abroad.

Mafalda Hall later became the manager of Forever More.

Forever More were signed to RCA New York and produced two LPs on that label. Both LPs were recorded at Olympic Studios in London, at the end of 1969/early 1970. Forever More's first LP, "Yours" was released in 1970. Forever More's second LP, "Words on Black Plastic" was not released until early 1971. Both albums were produced by Ray Singer and Simon Napier-Bell, who were known as Rocking Horse Productions. Vic Smith was the engineer on "Yours", an album which entered the American Billboard Charts.