Darryl Hunt

Hunt was born in Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England, on 4 May 1950. He was educated at Allhallows College in Lyme Regis, Devon and went on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he earned a BA in fine art. At university, he made his first musical foray with The Brothel Creepers, a band formed for a student movie in 1973. This group evolved into the five-piece pub rock band Plummet Airlines in 1974, releasing two singles and an album before breaking up in 1977.

By the early 1980s, Hunt was DJing and playing with various groups in London at The Pindar Of Wakefield and elsewhere in London. He produced a one-off music fanzine, “Haywire”, relating to the club nights at The Pindar Of Wakefield.

He was in the punk rock band The Favourites,[2] and a pop band known as The Lemons,[4] who released a single 7 inch on Coventry-based Race Records in 1981.[5][6] He performed in a band, Crazeology, who were at least once supported by Pogue Mahone. Another band, Baby Lotion, morphed into lounge act Pride Of The Cross with the addition of Pogue Cait O’Riordan on vocals. Phil Gaston was a supporter of the band, ultimately writing for and producing their only release, a posthumously-released 7″ single.[7] However, the band came to an end as The Pogues’ popularity increased, leaving O’Riordan unavailable. Hunt & Baby Lotion/Pride of the Cross guitarist Dave Scott then started a new group called The Troubleshooters, which included Debsey Wykes as singer & songwriter. Hunt also performed in a short-lived duo with Gaston called Pearl & Dean, whose material included a song called “The Ballad Of Pogue Mahone”, a satirical overview of the members of Pogue Mahone set to the tune of The Old Orange Flute.