This article is about British band. For Australian band of similar name, see Runners (band).
Runner were a short-lived British rock band, formed in 1978 out of a friendship between Steve Gould of the band Rare Bird and Alan Merrill of the band Arrows.
Steve Gould had been touring with Merrill's live band Arrows after his band Rare Bird broke up in 1976. When the Arrows broke up in 1978 both singers were looking for new projects. They went into the studio to do a rough demo with bass player Mick Feat, who was playing with Van Morrison[1] at the time, and drummer Dave Dowle who was playing with the band Whitesnake.[2]
The Runner album charted in the US, spending four weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaking at #167,[3] but due to musical differences the band broke up whilst recording their second album with Alex Sadkin producing.
After the band split, Mick Feat and Steve Gould went on to record with Alvin Lee, Dave Dowle with the Maggie Bell band Nightflyer, and Alan Merrill joined Rick Derringer's band Derringer.[citation needed]
The band Runner never toured, in spite of their making the American charts.
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