American melodic rockers St. VALENTINE operated in the Californian scene all over the ’80s. St. Valentine was in fact a variant of the infamous Hollywood band London when a name change was adopted circa 1983. They were initially led by Dessi Valentine.
After Dessi’s departure to Diamond Rexx and D’Molls (and a name change to Dessi Rexx), Englishman John ‘Wardie’ Ward was employed as vocalist (he later went on to Madam X, Shame and Hurricane) before relocating back to Britain where he sang with SHY. Other members of the band’s early