In 1967, four members of the band—Murty Quinn, Tommy O’Rourke, Denis Murray and Martin Phelan—split away to form their own group, The Sands. They were replaced by songwriter and singer Fran O’Toole, Paul Ashford, Pat McCarthy, Des Lee (born Des McAlea) and Brian McCoy.
Line-up changes continued, and by 1975 the last remaining member of the original line-up, Clem Quinn, had left. The group then comprised Des Lee, Brian McCoy, Tony Geraghty, Fran O’Toole, Steve Travers and Ray Millar
