Renegades (Birmingham, England)

One of the more forgotten about juvenile rock & roll/proto-punk bands from the British explosion are the Renegades. The Renegades started out in the early 1960's, being primarily influenced by the Shadows. These influences quickly changed and they began to mould themselves into a sound that was rough around the edges and more blues based. Around that same time, the band also began to take on a gimmick and introduced American civil war cavalry uniforms as their stage getup.

In October of 1964, the band pulled together a tour of Eastern Europe, playing mostly in Finland where they were treated as a "2nd Beatles". Despite their success, they never received a #1 hit in Finland, however their song "Cadillac" reached a #2 spot in December of 1964.

In 1966, they released the single "Thirteen Women", a cover of Bill Haley and His Comets. The song was used in a promotional video for the band and later was used in the soundtrack for the Quentin Tarantino film "Kill Bill".


Line up:

Vocals/Organ/Guitar: Kim Brown
Guitar: Denys Gibson (1964-1966) Joe Dunnett (1966-1971) Mick Wembley (1971)
Bass: Ian Mallet
Drums: Graham Johnson


Cadillac (Live)




Thirteen Women (Promo video)