Stourbridge, England. In the summer of 1976, Brian Tatler and Duncan Scott were forming a band. Having heard of 15 year old Sean Harris and his rendition of 'Be-Bop-A-Lula', Brian approached him to arrange an audition for the then unnamed band on June 25th. On June 26th during an English lesson, he had signed the contract. Colin Kimberley, an friend of Brian's from junior school completed the line up.

The first demo tape was cut in 1978 in a studio in Kidderminster. This was used to get gigs, and a copy was sent to Geoff Barton at Sounds, who was suitably impressed and put them on his play list, and arranged an interview. Continual gigging set them in good stead. This saw them opening for the likes of ACDC and Iron Maiden.
At the beginning of 1980, the band formed 'Diamond Head Music' as a means to putting out their own self financed material. Their first single was 'Shoot Out The Lights' backed with 'Helpless' on Happy Face Music.

They then recorded what was to become their first album release. Like Led Zeppelin's fourth album it had no official title and has been referred to as the 'White Album', or 'Lightning To The Nations'. There were initially copies 1000 pressed, which were in a plain white cover. Every copy was signed by one member of the band. This was available only at gigs or by mail order for