The Wishing Stones

The Wishing Stones were a mid/late '80's indie-rock band formed from the ashes of early Creation band The Loft. The band, led by Bill Prince, backed up by John F. Niven, Stuart 'The Bull' Garden and Andy Kerr, played an ahead-of-its-time blend of early '70s classic US rock (The Band, Creedence) and late '70's New York No Wave (Television, The Voidoids). They released 3 singles via Jeff Barrett's pre-Heavenly label, Sub Aqua. 'Wildwood', their only album, was recorded for Sub Aqua but remained unreleased for several years after the label had folded. By the time Heavenly were up and running and 'Wildwood' was released, the band had split. Bill Prince moved into journalism (GQ, Q), Andy Kerr joined the much tipped Spirea X and Stewart 'The Bull' Garden worked at Truck Festival. John Niven ran Southpaw Recordings, home of Mogwai and The Zephyrs. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]