this original lineup (centred around stanshall, slater, wilkes, brown, parkinson, jennings, saxophonist claude abbo and drummer tom hedge) soon imploded, however, after flatmates stanshall, slater and parkinson had seriously overspent their autumn term's grant money on good food, clothing and musical instruments, which led to their unceremonious eviction in december by their landlord for non-payment of rent (and, thanks to stanshall's failed attempt at making scrumpy in the bath, damage to the property).