The Hergs

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Adelaide group the Hergs recorded one 45 before moving to Melbourne to try their luck. Members at the time of this recording were Eddy McPherson on vocals, Mike Williams on guitar, Laurie Lehman guitar, Peter Luckins on bass, and Barry Sincock on drums. Peter Luckins and Eddy McPherson coined the band's name, and if there's a meaning to it, they kept it to themselves. From 1967, "Style of Love" is a great early punk-meets-psychedelia track, written by Eddy McPherson. The explosive version of "Cadillac" on the flip is not the Bo Diddley song covered by the Kinks and myriad of others, but a cover of Vince Taylor's "Brand New Cadillac". To make matters more confusing, the label gives songwriting credit to Chuck Berry, who had no part in either of these songs. Barry Sincock, the original drummer from The Hergs gave me some info about the group and sent me the great clippings and photos presented here: The name The Hergs came from bass player Peter Luckins, who said it was a name for Trolls in Northern England. Not sure if this is true or not. The words of the song "Style Of Love" were written by me, the words came from an article from Life Magazine about the hippies in San Francisco. The song was put together the night before we went into the studio by the whole band. The song "Cadillac" we got from watching Molly Meldrum, miming on Kommotion. We didn't know who wrote it, so we decided Chuck Berry was a good candidate. Mike did the record. John Thorton joined abo

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