Chris Parfitt was the voice and face of The Hi-Revving Tongues, although the founder and band leader was guitarist Mike Balcombe, who was a few years older than the predominantly teenage line-up. Parfitt was 16 when his family shifted from Lower Hutt to Auckland in 1964. A career in rock and roll hadn’t really appealed but he attended Claude Papesch’s music school and decided to take up bass guitar, receiving lessons from Bill Belton.
Chris Parfitt - vocals
Mike Balcombe - guitar
John Walmsley - bass
Bruce Coleman - keyboards
Rob Noad - drums
Richard Sinclair - drums
Graeme Thompson - bass