Formed in 1966 at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois.
The key members were Budd Carr (vocals), George Harvey (guitar), Barry Fasman (keys), Bill Schneider (bass), Bob Amran (sax) and Bill Gedzun (drums). Mike Murphy had replaced Carr as the vocalist around the time of the Roulette singles. Also Rick Joswick had replaced Gedzun on drums around this time as well.