Splinter Band members

22 February 1970 to 27 March 1971: Steve Dittmer (drums); Peter Hall (bass & vocals); Liam Curtin (keyboards); Peter Cribley (vocals & rhythm guitar); John Vasco (lead guitar & vocals)

28 March 1971 to   31 December 1971: Steve Dittmer (drums); Peter Hall (bass & vocals);  Peter Cribley (vocals & rhythm guitar); John Vasco (lead guitar & vocals)

1 January 1972 to 3 April 1972: Steve Dittmer (drums); Peter Hall (bass & vocals); Kenny Farrell (lead guitar & vocals); Peter Cribley (vocals & rhythm guitar); John Vasco (lead guitar & vocals)

4 April 1972 to 13 October 1972: Steve Dittmer (drums); Billy Good (bass & vocals); Kenny Farrell (lead guitar & vocals); Peter Cribley (vocals & rhythm guitar); John Vasco (lead guitar & vocals)

13 October 1972 to January 1973: Steve Dittmer (drums); Billy Good (bass & vocals); Alan Jones (lead guitar & vocals); Peter Cribley (vocals & rhythm guitar); John Vasco (lead guitar & vocals)

NOTE: WEBSITE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

LOTS MORE TO BE UPLOADED

LATEST NEWS:

SPLINTER WILL BE PLAYING AGAIN AT THE 'PLUG INN, THE FORGOTTEN YEARS' EVENT IN 2007 FOR 1970s BANDS, TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER AT THE CARLING ACADEMY IN LIVERPOOL.

Links

Check out a great rhythm & blues band here: http://www.kenokings.ukf.net/

Welcome to my Splinter website

Within this site you will see the history of a Liverpool band from the early 1970s.  Re-union gigs will also be covered.

Click here: http://www.esnips.com/web/JohnVasco27sOtherStuff/ to listen to Splinter's live recording at The Cavern

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxOCksQUKbI to see Splinter playing 'Honky Tonk Women' at The Cavern in November 2006.

February 1971  The original line-up of Splinter Top, from left: Peter Cribley; Steve Dittmer; Bottom, from left: Liam Curtin; John Vasco, and Peter Hall

Enjoy Your Visit.

Splinter was formed on 22 February 1970 by John Vasco.  Original members Steve Dittmer, Peter Cribley and Liam Curtin had been in the same year as John at Cardinal Allen Grammar School in West Derby, Liverpool.  Peter Hall was a good friend of theirs, and Steve, Liam and Peter Hall already had ideas about forming a band.  A telephone call to Peter Cribley, and a fair bit of persuasion, finalised the original line-up.

Early backline equipment consisted of Selmer and Vox amps, with Steve getting a Slingerland drum kit.