* En anglais uniquement
Vocalist
Carole Pope and guitarist
Kevan Staples formed a folk duo called O in 1968. By 1974, they were known as
Rough Trade and had added pianist
Sharon Smith, bassist Happy Roderman, and percussionists John Cessine and Marv Kanarek. Before a 1984 break-up, the group recorded Rough Trade Live! (1976),
Avoid Freud (1981),
For Those Who Think Young (1982),
Shaking the Foundations (1982), Weapons (1983), O Tempora!, O Mores! (1984) and
Birds of a Feather (1985). ~ John Bush