Free disbanded for the first time in 1971 due to growing friction between members of the band. Three spin off bands were created, Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit by Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke. Toby by Andy Fraser and Peace by Paul Rodgers. Only Kossoff and Kirke's outfit managed to record and release an album though. One Toby track 'Travelling Man' did turn up on a compilation album as did a few Peace tracks which also featured Mick Underwood who would go on to be a member of Gillan on the drum stool. The Free reformation came around quickly and within a year of splitting they had reformed and released a new album Free At Last. The songs for that album were largely ones Fraser and Rodgers had ready for their new bands but in a show of collective togetherness they declared them all Fraser/Kirke/Kossoff/Rodgers compositions. That honeymoon period didn't last long though and before too long Fraser had jumped ship and they brought in Tetsu and Rabbit on bass and keyboards. The one album recorded by that line up aptly entitled 'Heartbreaker' saw Kossoff relegated to a session musician on the album sleeve and not named as part of the band. Things were indeed looking bleak for the man who just a few years earlier had mesmerised Hendrix with his sound.