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Randy Bachman left the group following Freeways.

His initial intention was to temporarily disband while he worked on a solo project, " But it was decided by management it wouldn't work ".

He conceded, " We also ran out of common interests ".

Randy was replaced by bassist Jim Clench, formerly of April Wine.

Bassist Turner moved to rhythm guitar with Thornton becoming the primary lead guitarist.

Clench and Turner shared lead vocal duties.

Even though this lineup included drummer Robbie Bachman, the band had to record and tour only as " BTO " because of an agreement with Randy who wanted to retain the rights to his surname for his solo career.

While Randy kept the rights to the full Bachman name, the remaining band members bought the rights to " BTO " and the gear logo.

The re-structured BTO released Street Action in 1978.

The album became a commercial failure, spawning no hit singles.

The band also released Rock n ' Roll Nights in 1979 and disbanded after the supporting tour for that album had finished.

Although the Rock n ' Roll Nights album sold very poorly ( an estimated 250, 000 copies world wide ), it produced a semi-successful single called " Heartaches.

" Written by Turner, it reached number 60 on the U. S. charts, making it the first BTO single in three years to chart in the U. S. BTO played this song live on American Bandstand in 1979, along with another single from the same album called " Jamaica ".

Fred Turner and Jim Clench also appeared on Bryan Adams debut album in 1980 as session musicians.

( Adams had written one song, " Wastin ' Time ", for BTO for the Rock n ' Roll Nights album.