I remember Eggs Over Easy from the pub rock days, but I never saw them live at the time.

I did see Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, though, headlining at Hove Town Hall in August 1974, when Ian Dury's Kilburn & The High Roads were supporting them.

The Willis' front man Philip Lithman later became "Snakefinger" Lithman and joined US cult band The Residents. They (CW&TRHPs) were managed by Jake Rivera, soon to become the founder of Stiff Records, and had The Monkees' Mike Nesmith as a producer for some sessions. Pete Thomas, the Willis' drummer, went on to join Elvis Costello's band The Attractions.   

Wikipedia has more info on this excellent little band. To hear them play Desert Island Woman click this YouTube link.

Incidentally, Ian Dury once remarked that, if everyone who later claimed to have seen Kilburn & The High Roads live had really done so, they's have had to be playing the Royal Albert Hall every night instead of a string of tiny pubs. Believe me, though, if I was making up my own claim to have seen them, I'd also make up a far hipper venue than Hove Town Hall.