CAHN & CAHN

BIOGRAPHY:

Cahn & Cahn were a Grangemouth band formed by ex-Blue Ruin members Paul Johnson (drums), Scott MacKenzie (vocals / guitar) & Les Makin (keyboards) in summer 1988. They brought with them a management contract for MacKenzie with John McLennan (later manager of Utah Saints), and spent a couple of years seemingly on the verge of signing a recording contract. First recruits to the band were Alan Burns (bass, ex-Lesson One) & Cameron Nisbet (guitar, ex-Hearts & Minds). Soon after forming, Johnson was replaced by Kenny McInnes on drums, and subsequently turned up in Stacatto Hat. MacKenzie's girlfriend (and later wife) Sharyn Cook joined on second vocals in October, at around the same time as Nisbet left (later forming Throb), completing the line-up who supported The Big Dish at the end of the year. January 1989 saw Burns & McInnes leave the band, which did not hold them back from recording a summer session for Radio Clyde with members of The Big Dish helping out. Burns joined The Cotton Train later that year, whilst McInnes ended up in Wedgewood Line. Makin later joined Johnson in Stacatto Hat, whilst Cook & MacKenzie formed The Concorde Jams.