A tough R&B-influenced rock band from the Southwest of England, the Betterdays were heroes in their hometown and seemed on the verge of bigger success before a lack of proper management and poor promotion led them to break up in 1966. However, among fans of U.K. rock of the 1960s, the Betterdays have a reputation that rivals the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things as one of the wildest and most powerful R&B acts of the day. The Betterdays released just one single in their original incarnation, but reunited in the 1990s to cut studio sessions that would be released in 2017 on the album Backlash. The definitive 2022 collection Hush Your Mouth: The Betterdays Anthology features their lone 1965 single and unreleased demos and live material from the '60s, as well as the reunion sessions issued on Backlash.