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Part I: 1977 - 1979 Samson 1980; L to R: Bruce, Paul, Thunderstick & Chris In the spring of 1977, Paul Samson played in a band together with bassplayer John McCoy and drummer Roger Hunt. During that summer Paul and John wrote a batch of songs that formed the bulk of their live set. The first song that they wrote was "Big Brother". Then John suddenly quit to join John DuCann so the sound guy got pressganged into playing bass. He was none other than Chris Aylmer. At the time he was playing guitar with a pub rock band called Maya which featured Clive Burr on drums and when the drummer left Chris suggested they'd bring in Clive to fill the drum-stool vacancy. Within two rehearsals, everything had gelled to the point that they decided to become a permanent band. Chris suggested that as Paul was singing lead, and the band was doing his songs, the name should be changed to Samson, something that Paul had never thought of. They played their first gig on September 24th 1...