Singer and percussionist John Mars was working with a jazz group called Broomer, Mars & Smith in the late '70s, when he decided to form his own band on the side, a rock band he named Brian's Children. Other members of his little rock excursion included guitarist and bassist Dave M. Templeton, drummer Todd "Teddy" Fury, and one late-joiner, bassist Eddy Scuffle. The group was an unsteady one at best, making a number of erroneous starts and goes and few recordings. Brian's Children even seemed finished in the early '80s, but Mars breathed fresh life into the group in 1986 with a totally new band. The new lineup consisted of bassist Mark Sinkowski, drummer Richard Tremblay, and guitarist Aurelio Lanzalone. Brian's Children recorded its first single in 1979, a two-sided offering released under the Ugly Dog Records label. The single carried "Cut Her Hair" and "Oh Yeah" on the flip side. The tunes earned mostly good press, even crossing from the group's home ground of Canada, into the United States. Without explaining, Mars turned his attention back to his jazz trio, and the rock group was put on the back burner. There were no more recordings form Brian's Children for seven long years. Then suddenly in 1986, working with new musicians, the band finally finished a second single with two tracks "(This Time) Take Me All the Way" and "Sixty Seconds." Three years later, Brian's Children popped up again and recorded its one and only album, Electric Playground. After that last gasp for the group, Mars went solo. His debut album, Hay Waggon Inn, hit the market in 1992. ~ Charlotte Dillon, All Music Guide