When Brussels band Four Of A Kind split-up in august 1969, Wim Hombergen and Roger Wollaert formed Kleptomania. Guitar player / singer Michael Heslop (original from the UK) kept the heavy bluesrock-spirit alive in his new venture called Burning Plague. He got together with Roger Carlier (bass), Alex Capelle (guitar & piano) and Willy Stassen (drums and harmonica).
They soon had crafted some extraordinary blues tunes, so when appearing at the clubs, they made quite impression. A few support slots made their star rise as they supported Pink Floyd and Yes when those two visited Belgium. In June 1970 they played at the then famous Puzzle P. (in the “rue des bouchers”) along Kleptomania, Doctor Downtrip, Jenghiz Khan, Waterloo and Belgian hit-wonder Wallace Collection. And also the prestigious Bilzen Rock & Jazz festival put them on their bill in august 1970 (also with Black Sabbath and The Kinks).
The album, recorded with producer Jean Huysmans (from The Cousins), was released by the end of 1970 and did get really good reviews.
Télémoustic magazine readers voted it to the first place on their “pophot” list. It surely sold reasonable amounts but main composer Heslop was disappointed by the lack of support from the record company and decided to end the band and to join Doctor Downtrip.
