Blues-based hard rock combo
Box of Frogs reunited guitarist
Chris Dreja, bassist
Paul Samwell-Smith, and drummer Jim McCarty, all three founding members of the famed
Yardbirds. The trio re-teamed for the first time since the
Yardbirds' mid-1968 dissolution to play a 1983 live date at the London Marquee, and the performance proved so successful that they soon founded
Box of Frogs with vocalist
John Fiddler, formerly of
Medicine Head and
British Lions. Fellow
Yardbirds alum
Jeff Beck guested on several tracks on the group's self-titled 1984 LP, with
Jimmy Page appearing on the 1986 follow-up
Strange Land.
Box of Frogs disbanded soon after. ~ Jason Ankeny