The music is of a whimsical and offbeat nature, a far cry from the outfit's prog-rock roots and therefore of limited appeal. The LP was issued by Shock Records and is now very rare. Based on the musical, an LP of the same name was released, although none of the band members wrote any of the material. In 1977, Cirkus made an unusual move by touring in a somewhat zany theatre production called "Future Shock". As a result the band moved away from their early symphonic style adopting a somewhat more mainstream approach albeit maintaining a certain "Cirkus sound". With Dogg on acoustic and electric guitars, Derek Miller on keyboards, John Taylor on bass and main songwriter Stu McDade providing backing vocals, drums and assorted persussions, this became the new line-up. When in 1975 lead vocalist Paul Robson left the group, his replacement was Alan Roadhouse (ex Halfbreed) who also played the saxophone. In 1973 they recorded their debut album "Cirkus One" at Sound Associates/Emison & Air Studios and just 1000 copies were pressed up. It was felt that the quintet could achieve success on a national scale, provided management handled matters properly and they got the right breaks. 2) Cirkus was formed from the ashes of bands Moonhead and Lucas Tyson, the group's high standard of musicianship was well known in their native north-east where they attracted much attention and had a devoted following.
Their sound is based around programmed yet natural sounding beats, acoustic guitars and the three very distinct voices of ford, moon and cherry. Combining different ages, nationalities and music styles they are hard to categorise. There is more than one artist with this name: 1) cirKus are Karmil, Burt Ford (known for his work under various names with Portishead, Massive Attack etc) their debut album also features Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry.
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