Peter Marsh (or sometimes also known as Pete Marsh) started out in the British music-scene together with his brother-in-law, Ken Nicol. First as "Nicol and Marsh", but later changing names to "Easy Street" they released three albums together. After that Peter mainly played with short-lived bands and projects such as Twist (1979), Mannfred Mann's "Chance" (1980), Blanket of Secrecy (1982) and Nick Lowe's "The Abominable Showman" (1983).