Rob Kendrick is best known as guitarist for the English band, Trapeze

Trapeze (band)

Trapeze were an English rock band formed in March 1969, by vocalist John Jones and guitarist/keyboardist Terry Rowley , with guitarist Mel Galley, singer/bassist Glenn Hughes, and drummer Dave Holland...

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Trapeze had major musical success in the 1970s and early 1980s with their hit single, "Black Cloud".

The original band, Trapeze, broke up in the 80's. Glenn Hughes, the original bass player left the band to join Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

, and shortly afterwards, Dave Holland, drummer, left the lineup to join forces with Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...

. Mel Galley, the original guitarist, left the band shortly after that and joined the popular band "Whitesnake". Kendrick continued touring the United States, supporting a new Trapeze, including Texas musicians Mike Mikeska on drums and Buck Judkins on bass guitar.

Kendrick and group returned to the studio to work on a new album in 1981, which Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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 was supporting. David Geffen

David Geffen

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 took a personal interest, but the new album was never released. After nearly two years of touring, the new band dis-banded. He was hired along to sing for the NWOBHM band Cloven Hoof

Cloven Hoof (band)

Cloven Hoof are a heavy metal band from Wolverhampton that was active from 1979 to 1990, and again from around 2000 onwards. The band were associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, alongside bands such as Iron Maiden and Diamond Head...

 on their 1986 live album "Fighting Back". But due to the contractual difficulties surrounding the band, bassist Lee Payne

Lee Payne (bassist)

Lee Payne is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the British heavy metal/power metal band Cloven Hoof. Payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of Cloven Hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date.He started playing guitar at age of 17, but eventually switched to bass...

 broke the band up and looked for new recruits.

He has credits on Budgie

Budgie (band)

Budgie is a Welsh Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Cardiff. They are widely considered as one of the first heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day"...

's album The Last Stage.

Rob Kendrick returned to England to work on a solo project and Mikeska and Judkins returned to Texas.