 Later, he briefly managed a club called Revolution No.9, and subsequently was employed as an A&R man for Miles Copeland III's IRS Records label.October was the singer/frontman of the original London retro-rock & roll band Chelsea, which formed in late 1976, also featuring William Broad on guitar and Tony James on bass.The band's repertoire at this time consisted primarily of cover versions of 1960s Beatles and Rolling Stones songs, but they broke up after only a few weeks and a handful of live performances, due to a clash of personalities.