tandy was born on 26 march 1948 in birmingham and educated at moseley school, where he first met future bandmate bev bevan. tandy would later be reunited with bevan in 1968 when he played the harpsichord on the move's number one chart-topper "blackberry way" and briefly joined them live playing keyboards, but switched to bass while regular bassist trevor burton was sidelined due to a shoulder injury. when burton was able to play again, tandy left to join the uglys.