Banjax was a folk band based, mainly active during the 1990s.
Albums
In the early 1990s Banjax travelled with their own sound engineer, Dave Lock (another dancer from Mad Jacks Morris) and as a sign of their increasing self-confidence they felt the time was right to make a proper full-length album, which was released in 1992 on Compact Disc and cassette under the name "Chaos in One" (this time a quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche) The album, produced by Neil Cartwright, received favourable reviews at home and abroad, in the premier British folk magazine "Folk Roots"[1] and also in "Dirty Linen" published in Maryland, USA.[2]
Decline
In April 1994, Gilly Linn, who had a heart condition, suffered a stroke and died within a few days at the age of 43.[3] Diane Moody, an accomplished fiddler from The Committee Band, stepped in to help, but it was not an entirely satisfactory arrangement as she lived in London and was in any case committed to play with The Committee Band as her first priority. Nevertheless, Banjax continued to play and to tour, especially in the west country where they seemed to be much more in demand than on their home patch. On 24 February 1996, Dave Roberts, who suffered from a heart condition, was taken ill and died at the age of 48.[4]