The illustrious LEAFHOUND, cited by some Hard Rock experts as one of the greatest bands ever, offered up only one now highly sought after sophisticated Hard Rock album in the LED ZEPPELIN / FREE mould. Collectors can expect to pay in excess of £1'000 for a mint copy.

The band was founded in London during 1969 under their original title of BLACK CAT BONES. Vocalist PETER FRENCH had previously been with the BRUNNING SUNFLOWER BLUES BAND, recording the 'Bullen St. Blues' album and had been enlisted post BLACK CAT BONES 'Barbed Wire Sandwich' album replacing BRIAN SHORT. In the band's earliest incarnation were guitarist Paul Kossof and drummer Simon Kirke; although both were to leave to form FREE before recording.

As BLACK CAT BONES the band issued one album for Decca Records titled 'Barbed Wire Sandwich'. The line-up for this record beingShort, guitarists Rod Price, Derek Brooks and Bob Weston, bassist Stuart Brooks and drummer Phil Lenoir.

Following the album release Price departed to form the successful FOGHAT in America and French pulled in his cousin and ex-SWITCH member Mick Halls.

BLACK CAT BONES evolved into LEAFHOUND, comprising of French, Halls, the Brooks brothers and drummer Keith Young. The band toured Europe and Scandinavia, prompting the release of the German issued 'Drowned My Life In Fear' single, but by the time the 'Growers Of Mushroom' album saw a release French had already bailed out to join ATOMIC ROOSTER, performing on their 'In Hearing Of' album.

French was later to travel to America joining CACTUS for their 'Ot n' Sweaty' record and, upon returning to Britain, French was to unsuccessfully audition for both URIAH HEEP and DEEP PURPLE. By 1977 French was fronting German outfit RANDY PIE on their 'Fast Forward' album before, quite bizarrely, becoming Jospeh Goebbels for the Rock-Opera 'Der Fuhrer'.

The singer began working with THIN LIZZY guitarist Brian Robertson and ex-FACES and THE WHO drummer Kenny Jones and a solo album, 'Ducks In Flight', emerged in 1978. This prior to an appearance even stranger than that of the Nazi propoganda minister when French mimicked STATUS QUO's Francis Rossi for the hit spoof single 'Status Rock' by THE HEADBANGERS!

In 1997 Stuart Brooks returned on the scene putting together a band titled WISHING WELL with ex-QUIET RIOT, DOKKEN and GREG LEON INVASION guitarist Greg Leon and former SURVIVOR drummer Mark Droubay.

The LEAFHOUND album was re-issued on CD in 1994 on the See For Miles label.

British Retro Doomsters KHANG would record a rendition of 'Stagnant Pools' on their 1999 'Premediated' album. The famed ORANGE GOBLIN also cut a cover version of a track from LEAFHOUND for a split 7" single with ALABAMA THUNDER PUSSY in 2000. Further LEAFHOUND product surfaced in 2006 as Rise Above Records issued a limited edition live single, restricted to 500 copies of 'Freelance Fiend' / 'Too Many Rock n' Roll Times', recorded in London the previous year.