Mike Hart - guitar/vocals

Dave Percy - guitar/vocals

Pete Mackey - bass guitar/vocals

John Peacock - keyboards

Dave Boyce - drums

Originally called The Tenabeats, the band formed in Liverpool in 1962. After establishing themselves on the local club circuit, including many appearances at the legendary Cavern Club, they appeared on the bill at the Town Hall in Birmingham supporting Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds alongside Long John Baldry and The Spencer Davis Rhythm & Blues Quartet. This gig was recorded and subsequently released as an album which features two songs by The Roadrunners, "You Can Make It If You Try" and "Mary Ann".

Like many of the Liverpool groups, they spent a good deal of their time in Germany, where they recorded two albums (sharing the second one with a Newcastle group called Shorty and Them). When Percy left the band in mid '64, they replaced him not with another guitarist, but with two saxophonists, Nick Carver (a.k.a Nick La Grec) and Johnny Phillips, and changed their musical style from blues-oriented rock to more of a "soul" sound.

There were further changes in personnel with Hart and Boyce both departing in '65, their places being taken by Mike Kontzle (guitar), Mike Byrne (vocals) and Terry McCusker (drums).

Having turned their backs on a major record company (Decca) in '64, declining to submit to the forces of commercialisation, The Roadrunners eventually called it a day in 1966.