The Mindbenders [SEP] location of formation
The Mindbenders
The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester, England. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with "Game of Love" (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1966.
Career.
Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The group was later
- Major-General H.R. Briggs (May 1942 – Jul 1944)
- Major-General Geoffrey Evans (Jul 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Brigadier Robert Mansergh (Sep 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Major-General Cameron Nicholson (Sep 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Major-General Dermot Warren (Sep 1944 – Feb 1945)
- Brigadier Joseph A Salomons (Feb 1945 – Feb 1945)
- Major-General Robert Mansergh (Feb 1945 – Aug 1945)
Formation during World War II Headquarters