Nigel Benjamin

ORTH LONDON-BORN, Southend-raised Benjamin is known primarily as the man who replaced Ian Hunter in Mott (the band) in 1975, following and , retain cult status to this day, although in typically contrary form the frontman regrets joining them. Years later, asked whether he might do two things differently in relation to his time with the group, he replied: “I would not return their call. And I would not return their call when they called again.”