History of Patrol

"The Fab Four come from the cultural centre of the UK - Leven/Methil and apart from playing music, they are heavily involved in drinking. Musical influences range from Marie Osmond to Donnie Osmond. Patrol will consider all offers of recording contracts and will accept donations gratefully. The band's main ambition for the future is to make lots of money"

That's what Patrol said on the insert for their second demo cassette, "Another Fiasco", in 1982. The bit about the money came true when in January 1997 each member made £12.50 from a live gig!

Patrol organised and played many gigs in and around God's Kingdom (Fife) throughout the '80s - with bands such as The Actives, Alternative, Crimedesk, Brain Damage and loads more.

The band have never taken the decision to call it a day, but around 1987, just sort of stopped doing gigs. Then in 1992 there was a brief reformation for a party gig with another local band "Backlash".

In October 1996 Patrol got together again and supported Canadian band "The McCrackins" along with "External Menace". This led to several other gigs around that time.

After a short break, Patrol are now back and ready for action in 2008!

Members of Patrol - present and past

• Paddy Feechan - Vocals
• Graham "Stewarty" Stewart - Bass
• Ronnie Smith - Guitar
• Jock Hart - Drums

  and at one time or another...

• Ian "Cluck" McLaughlan - Vocals, Electronics, Bass (Original member)
• Gordon "Gogs" Sutherland - Drums (Original member)
• David "Duns" Dunleavy - Drums
• Dek Gallacher - Drums

Gordon Sutherland (Gogs) on drums

David Dunleavy (Duns) second from left

Patrol in the '80s

Patrol in the '90s

Dek Hill Memorial 2008

Perth 2008