Editing Dragon

''Dragon'' was a popular New Zealand/Australian band through the 1970s and 1980s, who had strong links to Hamilton in their early years. The initial 1972 lineup comprised of [[Todd Hunter]] (bass, vocals), ''Graeme Collins'' (piano, vocals), ''Neil Reynolds'' (drums) and [[Ray Goodwin]] (guitar, keyboards, vocals). Todd Hunter had lived in Hamilton and attended ''Waikato Teachers College'' in 1970, where he played with ''Goodwin'' in [[OK Dinghy]]. Within a year it was decided ''Colins'' did not fit the style of the band, and was replaced by [[Ivan Thompson]], formerly of Hamilton band [[Mandrake]]. Todd Hunter'''s brother ''Marc'' then also joined to take on vocal duties. ''Reynolds'' also left soon after, to be replaced by [[Neil Storey]], also formerly of [[Mandrake]]. This lineup was stable for approximately two years, and saw them gain residency at ''Levi's Saloon'' and several other Auckland pubs. This lineup also released the bands first album, [[Universal Radio]].

Of the ex-Hamilton members, ''Reynolds'' and ''Thompson'' left the band in 1974. The remaining members moved with the band to Sydney, although ''Reynolds'' left soon after to join ''John Paul Young and his All Stars''. ''Neil Storey'' remained with the band until he died of a heroin overdose in 1976.

''Dragon'' went on to become extremely popular in Australia and NEw Zealand with songs such as ''April Sun in Cuba'' and ''Are you Old Enough?".

==External Links==
*[http://www.dragon-the-band.com/ Dragon the Band website]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(band) Dragon Wikipedia page]
*[http://www.sergent.com.au/dragon.html Dragon website]

[[category:Hamilton Related Bands]]