Original members: Kevin Russell, Jim McClarty, Duke McFadden & Phil Bryant began in Hollywood in 1978. The band went on to score a couple of rock radio songs that are still on many classic rock radio play lists today. "I Could Be Good For You" & "Megaforce". 707 went through a few personnel changes in it's brief career. Plagued by poor management ,record label politics and inner struggles the band called in quits in 1983. This is all a too familiar story as told time and again on VH1's "Behind The Music". Four young musicians (Duke McFadden, Kevin Russell, Jim McClarty and Phil Bryant) with a dream started the creative process of writing songs at S.I.R. Studios in Hollywood five days a week with an intense creative work schedule. The boys hammered out song idea after idea. Duke,Kevin & Jim being the main contributing songwriters brought new ideas to rehearsal every chance they could. They finally took their music to the live stage. That stage was The Starwood Club in Hollywood. It became 707's home base in the formative years. It didn't take very long for the buzz to spread around town that 707 was the band to see. Selling out show after show around L.A. the band was eventually signed to Casablanca Records (Kiss, Donna Summer, Angel, Cher). The debut record was released in early 1980 which included "I Could Be Good For You". Sadly though shortly after the release of 707's debut album Jim, Kevin & Phil parted ways with Duke. 707's The Second Album was the three guys with hired keyboard players filling in. That record was a shift in musical direction and was much more of a straight ahead rock record. The record produced no real hit single (again record company politics and too many change overs). 707 headed out on their very first national sell out club tour with a hired keyboard player to round the band out.. It was a thrill for the guys to take their music to the fans! After a long and grueling winter tour the guys returned home and set out to find a new fourth member. That was Tod Howarth. 707 was now a 4 piece band again and ready to move ahead. In 1981 707 was asked by REO Speedwagon to open on the very successful "Hi Infidelity Tour". It was a huge tour. 707 played to arena crowds night after night and were loved by the fans every show! 707 went on to record The Bridge, however it was never released due to yet another change in the record company coupled with more poor decisions from management. The Bridge was shelved (it was finally released in 2005). The guys were very let down, but as always they pushed onward with a positive attitude and wrote and recorded Megaforce. Towards the end of the recording process of the the Megforce record the band was getting outside pressures to get a "front singer". This was the trend at the time in melodic rock and so the record company strongly suggested 707 follow the trend. This never went over very well with the guys back then! 707 agreed and hired Kevin Chalfant to re-record many of the vocals on Megaforce and for the Megaforce Tour. Phil Bryant left 707 at the completion of Megaforce. Once again 707 headed out on tour with REO for their "Good Trouble Tour" in 1982. 707 hired bassist Felix Robinson (Angel) to fill in for the Megaforce Tour. Original co-founding member Kevin (Russell) became very disenchanted upon returning home from the Megaforce tour. Far too many inner struggles had taken place and too many poor decisions being made once again by the bands inexperienced management team. 707 was getting further and further away from the original sound and direction of the band. Kevin (Russell) decided to call it quits and by 1983, 707 was finished! In 2000 Kevin Russell was asked by (the ill-fated Bedrock Records) if he would be interested in recording a rock record using 707 as the moniker. Kevin agreed (against his better judgement) and that record was Trip To Heaven. Bedrock Records went under due to their complete inexperience in the record business. Renaissance Records released 707 The Fourth Decade in 2007. This was a record that Kevin put together using material from the early to mid 80's as well as some outtakes from Trip To Heaven. At present Kevin has turn down all offers to record any new 707 records. In Kevin's latest interview he has stated that; " 707 is in the past and I have left it there. The real 707 will always and forever be Duke, Jim, Phil and Kevin. If you have any doubt just go back and listen to the first 707 record. All the other 707 lineups were us trying to find the magic again. 707 is a precious memory of a time when we were four young struggling musicians just trying to be heard. Thanks for listening."

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