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Steve Harris
Steve Harris
English musician, founder and bassist of Iron Maiden
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Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
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Urchin
Urchin
English hard rock band
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Doug Sampson
Doug Sampson
British musician
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Lee Kerslake
Lee Kerslake
British musician
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The Sweet
The Sweet
British glam-rock band
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Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
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Les Binks
Les Binks
Northern Irish drummer
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Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley
English singer, lyricist, and songwriter
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Rod Smallwood
Rod Smallwood
British music manager
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Nicko McBrain
Nicko McBrain
Musician bio
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Jonathan Mover
Jonathan Mover
American musician
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Phil Mogg
Phil Mogg
British singer
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Clive Burr
Clive Burr
British drummer
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
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Paul Day
Paul Day
Designer and Vocalist
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Nicky Moore
Nicky Moore
English heavy metal singer
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Montrose
Montrose
California-based hard rock band
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Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
British rock band
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Cactus
Cactus
American hard rock band
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
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Neil Murray
Neil Murray
British musician
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Dennis Stratton
Dennis Stratton
English rock musician
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The Deviants
The Deviants
band
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Lauren Harris
Lauren Harris
British singer
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Richie Faulkner
Richie Faulkner
British guitarist
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Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
English singer and songwriter
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Catherine Wheel
Catherine Wheel
English band
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
American hard rock band
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Ian McNabb
Ian McNabb
English recording artist; singer-songwriter and musician
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Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
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Rock Goddess
Rock Goddess
all-female English metal band
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Samson
Samson
British hard rock band Samson
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Colosseum
Colosseum
British band
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Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
American rock group
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Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
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Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
British rock musician; heavy metal guitarist, songwriter
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Lionheart
Lionheart
British hard rock band
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Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Foghat
Foghat
British band
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Deep Machine
Deep Machine
musical artist
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Chris Squire
Chris Squire
British bass guitarist and songwriter
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Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle
British musician
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Tony James
Tony James
English pop musician and producer
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Jameson Raid
Jameson Raid
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Girlschool
Girlschool
British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978
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Kim Simmonds
Kim Simmonds
British musician
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Terrorvision
Terrorvision
British rock band
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Family
Family
English rock band
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Slim Jim Phantom
Slim Jim Phantom
American musician
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Paul Kossoff
Paul Kossoff
English musician
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Stampede
Stampede
British Hard-Rock Band
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Ian Wallace
Ian Wallace
English drummer
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Pink Fairies
Pink Fairies
English psychedelic rock band
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Focus
Focus
Dutch rock band
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Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
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Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster
English band
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Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
band
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Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage
British guitarist
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British Lion
British Lion
British band
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UFO
UFO
English heavy metal and hard rock band
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Jeff Clyne
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
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Tony Moore
Tony Moore
English singer-songwriter, musician, radio presenter and music promoter

Stray is an English hard rock band formed in 1966. Vocalist Steve Gadd (born Stephen Gadd, 27 April 1952, Shepherd's Bush, West London), guitarist Del Bromham (born Derek Roy Bromham, 25 November 1951, Acton, West London), bass player Gary Giles (born Gary Stephen Giles, 23 February 1952, North Kensington, West London) and drummer Steve Crutchley (born 1952) formed the band whilst all were attending the Christopher Wren School in London. Richard "Ritchie" Cole (born 10 November 1951, Shepherd's Bush, West London) replaced Crutchley in 1968. They signed to Transatlantic Records in January 1970.

The group's brand of melodic, hook-laden hard rock proved to be a popular draw on the local club scene during the early 1970s. However the band did not have commercial success with its record releases. At one stage Charlie Kray (brother of the Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie), was their manager. Gadd left the band in 1975 due to artistic differences and was replaced on vocals by Pete Dyer. The group's early musical style consisted of blues rock, acid rock and psychedelic rock. They then went on to join the hard rock and progressive rock movement.

The band served as the rhythm section alongside a string orchestra for the 1975 Jimmy Helms Pye LP, Songs I Sing. The original Stray finally dissolved in 1977, although Bromham later continued to play in various resurrected versions of the project well into the 2000s. By the 2010s the band had a settled lineup again, as well as Del Bromham, Pete Dyer returned and Stuart Uren (bass) and Karl Randall (drums) were regularly gigging as Stray. In November 2016, the band hosted a 50th Anniversary celebration concert (featuring all original members) at a sold-out London Borderline.

In 2019, Colin Kempster replaced Stuart Uren as permanent bassist and, for live gigs, the band was also joined by Simon Rinaldo on keyboards. After successful concerts in late 2019 and an acclaimed set at the annual Giants of Rock Festival in Minehead, Stray set out on a full joint headlining tour with Ken Pustelnik’s Groundhogs in February and March in 2020.

In 2003, Stray were the support band to Iron Maiden on several of their European dates on the Dance of Death World Tour 2003-2004. These included dates in Spain, Portugal, Poland and France. There are two other Iron Maiden connections to Stray. "All in Your Mind" from Stray's 1970 debut album was covered by Iron Maiden and was included on the 1995 reissue of No Prayer for the Dying, and Maiden bassist Steve Harris's daughter Lauren has covered "Come On Over".

From late 2006 until early 2007, the band's back catalogue of eight studio albums issued originally during the 1970s, were re-released by the UK based Sanctuary Records in compact disc format. The new releases were remastered and had bonus tracks culled from single B-sides, studio outtakes and BBC broadcast sessions.