▁P ink ▁F ai ries ▁and ▁U FO . ▁ ▁Dr um mer ▁John ▁Hin ch ▁left ▁the ▁band ▁for ▁reasons ▁that ▁are ▁disput ed ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁with ▁Alan ▁Moore ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁who ▁had ▁drum med ▁in ▁an ▁early ▁inc arn ation ▁of ▁the ▁band . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁performed ▁the ▁" D ream er ▁De ce iver " – " De ce iver " ▁pair ▁on ▁BBC ▁Two ' s ▁The ▁Old ▁Grey ▁Wh ist le ▁Test ▁the ▁year ▁before ▁the ▁songs ▁appeared ▁on ▁Sad ▁W ings ▁of ▁Dest iny . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁fr ustr ated ▁with ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁volume ▁restrictions , ▁as ▁high ▁volume ▁is ▁a ▁key ▁component ▁in ▁producing ▁a ▁heavy - met al ▁sound . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁had ▁yet ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁stud s - and - le ather ▁image ▁that ▁was ▁to ▁become ▁their ▁tra dem ark ; ▁instead , ▁they ▁wore ▁contemporary ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s ▁f ash ions , ▁including ▁high - he e led ▁bo ots ▁and ▁fr illed ▁sh ir ts , ▁and ▁a ▁long - ha ired ▁Half ord ▁don ned ▁a ▁p ink ▁sat in ▁top ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁said ▁he ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁his ▁sister . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁singer ▁Rob ▁Half ord ▁j oked ▁that ▁fans ▁should ▁burn ▁their ▁copies ▁of ▁Rock a ▁Rol la . ▁ ▁Fin ances ▁were ▁tight : ▁the ▁record ▁label ▁G ull