An Irish expatriate, Patrick Campbell-Lyons first came to notice with the short-lived Second Thought, who never managed to make it into the studio (after Campbell-Lyons departed, the band evolved into July, which later splintered, with Jade Warrior being one of the results.) After his separation from the band, he formed Nirvana (UK) with Alex Spyropoulos and several other players, the band eventually becoming just the duo by the time their second album as released.
By the time of Local Anasthetic (1971), Nirvana was just Campbell-Lyons and session players, Spyropoulos leavin...