{"id":419,"date":"2015-05-17T14:46:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T14:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2015-05-17T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T15:13:50","slug":"colin-carter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/bands\/flash\/colin-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"COLIN CARTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with Peter Banks, Colin Carter formed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/bands\/flash\/\">Flash<\/a> at the end of 1971. After reading an article on Peter in the Melody Maker, he contacted Peter and on their second meeting together, they wrote &#8220;Small Beginnings&#8221; which is essentially what kick started Flash. With Colin\u2019s enthusiasm and Peter\u2019s connections, the two landed a deal with the newly formed Sovereign Records on the strength of that one song, before even having a name or band members! Small Beginnings would be the only song the two worked on together in that way. Colin would still get a few more songs into the group; however his pop sensibilities weren\u2019t always easily welcomed into the group.<\/p>\n<p>PRE-FLASH BAND: <strong>MUSHROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-419 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Coconut-mushroom-tricorn\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-mushroom-tricorn.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-mushroom-tricorn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-mushroom-tricorn-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-mushroom-tricorn-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Coconut-Mushroom\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-Mushroom.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-Mushroom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-Mushroom-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Coconut-Mushroom-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Colin Pre Flash 2\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-2-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Colin Pre Flash\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Colin-Pre-Flash.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Mushroom promo\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-promo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-promo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-promo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-promo-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Mushroom-contract-decca\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-contract-decca.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-contract-decca-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-contract-decca-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-contract-decca-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Mushroom-feat\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-feat.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-feat-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-feat-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-feat-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Mushroom-lyceum-2\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-lyceum-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-lyceum-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-lyceum-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mushroom-lyceum-2-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>with FLASH<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-419 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"colinonmidnightspecial\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/colinonmidnightspecial.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/colinonmidnightspecial-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/colinonmidnightspecial-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/colinonmidnightspecial-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"band_colin1\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin11-e1431875534424-150x139.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-436\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-436'>\n\t\t\t\tOn Stage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"band_colin2\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin21-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin21-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-437'>\n\t\t\t\tOn Stage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"band_colin3\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin31.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin31-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin31-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-438'>\n\t\t\t\tOn Stage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"ColinCarter Indy Dec 72\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ColinCarter_Indy_Dec72.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ColinCarter_Indy_Dec72-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ColinCarter_Indy_Dec72-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ColinCarter_Indy_Dec72-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-453'>\n\t\t\t\tIndiana 1972\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"band_colin5\" href='http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/band_colin51.jpg'><img 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After reading an article on Peter in the Melody Maker, he contacted Peter and on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":420,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/456"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterbanks.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}