at this point the band settled on the name cressida. "none of the band considered charge that wonderful a name. we decided after some discussion on a name taken from the william shakespeare play "troilus and cressida"." their first gigs as cressida were in germany, including the star-club in hamburg sharing the bill with colosseum and east of eden, in the autumn of 1969. their manager at the time, mike rosen, also drove their transit van and, being a trumpet player (he later joined mogul thrash), occasionally joined the band on stage for some of their more extended numbers. but rosen soon fell out with producer ossie byrne (of early bee gees fame), and from that point mel baister assumed managerial duties.