SWEGAS were a British 'progressive' brass-rock band that existed between 1969 and 1971. They played all the major venues in the UK and made several tours of Italy and Germany where they were extremely popular. The name of the band is derived from an Anglo Saxon word for music. Swegas began life as a rehearsal band in 1969. They were put together by Brian (Joe) Spibey and Nick Ronai who had been members of the Fulson Stilwell Band before joining the soul band, Cat Road Show. The original Swegas band consisted of Joe Spibey (trumpet), Nick Ronai (trombone), Alan Smith (Tenor Sax), Jonny Toogood (guitar) plus a few pick up players. Mid 1969 they advertised for an Organist and Bass Guitarist and Keith Strachan and Roy Truman applied and got the gig.
People of many nations always had a popular belief in an ox as symbol of good fortune and fertility. They imagined him looking at them from the night sky and asked him to bring happiness to their home. They called him Bronze Ox by bright orange color of stars in a large horn-shaped constellation. It's immense beauty is conveyed in fantastic sound scenes, which change their characters from quiet and slightly dark to harsh, synthetic, with bright rhythm, like sudden dreams, nevertheless linked by the one logic thread… Even if it's just an imagination.