Alchemist

Alchemist began as a three piece band formed c.1988 featuring Ross Holloway (guitar, vocals), Patrick Bellamy (bass) and Sarah Oliver (drums). Holloway had previously been in Two White Eyes, Bellamy was briefly in Cygnet Committee and Primer One.

In 1989 Sarah Oliver was replaced on drums by Hugh McGill, and Stan Jagger joined on second guitar. Jagger had previously played with Mudpeople and Frybrain. This lineup became known as The Alchemist and released a song, Schizophrenic Blues, on the 1989 compilation Surf Music.

In 1990 McGill and Bellamy left, and the band became Pregnant Hippies, who played and recorded Holloway's material previously written and performed with both The Alchemist and Two White Eyes.