January 2011
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THE FIZZBOMBS Janice Long Session 24th June 1987
Legend has it that various Jessies (JESSE GARON & THE DESPERADOES) got a tad tired & emotional at a birthday party & demanded to play each offers instruments.. With Margarita switching from tub thumping to guitar & Angus from bass to drums.. Add Ann from THE SHOP ASSISTANTS on bass & Katy McCullars taking the lead vocalists & you have the recipe for POP… Thus THE...
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CHAMPION DOUG VEITCH "Lumiere Urban" 7" (1982)
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CROWNS ON THE RATS ORCHESTRA The Prince Albert,...
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CROWNS ON THE RATS ORCHESTRA The Prince Albert,...
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CROWNS ON THE RATS ORCHESTRA The Prince Albert,...
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14 ICED BEARS "Come Get Me" 7" (1988)
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HOLGER HILLER John Peel Session 8th March 1987
Over the holiday break I tend to sit down & listen to loads of old records, some of which I may have not listened to for over decade. I came across an old PALAIS SCHAUMBERG record.. A Hamburg experimental group, that PEEL used to play a lot in the early 1980’s… So one thing leads to another, I know I have an old HOLGER HILLER session somewhere….. & here it is....
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14 ICED BEARS The Buffalo Bar, Highbury 14th...
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OK JIVE "To You" 7" (1981)
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BETTY & THE WEREWOLVES The Buffalo Bar, Highbury...
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BROADCAST John Peel Session 24th July 2003
I was terribly sad on hearing the passing of Trish Keenan from pneumonia, as a result of contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus… I have long been a fan of BROADCAST’s metallic synth other worldliness, to which Trish’s breathy dreamy vocals acted as a perfect counterpoint.
I remember chatting to her after a gig at the Zap Club in Brighton in the mid 90’s & I can genuinely say, in the...
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THE ROOM “Motion” 7” (1980)
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HOUSE OF JOHN PLAYER The South Street Arts Centre,...
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B-MOVIE, SOFT CELL, BLAH BLAH BLAH, DEPECHE MODE...
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GOOD THROB The South Street Arts Centre, Reading...
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PREFAB SPROUT Kings College, London 28th January...
A couple of things that amused me this gig was Ms Smith’s ashen face at the rugger bugger (he did look a bit like Gary Bushall) singing “boring” as question & answers at the start of ‘I Couldn’t Bear To Be Special” at the start, & the start of PREFAB SPROUT’s long standing ‘Spinal Tap’ approach to drummers… Tonight it was...
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LEGEND "Sings The Songs Of Daniel Treacy" 7"...
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A SHORT COMMERICAL BREAK John Peel Session 18th...
I know very little about, in fact next to sweet wotsit about A SHORT COMMERICAL BREAK… I know there was a suggestion that the session should not be aired as it conflicted with the BBC advertising guidelines. I don’t know if the suggestion ever got to the ears of John Peel, I suspect it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. For some time I thought they were DOLLY MIXTURE in disguise, playing nothing...
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BEATNIK FILMSTARS "New Boyfriend & Black Suit" 7"...
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BENNET The West End Centre, Aldershot 15th...
You know you are getting older when a reunion gig is slowly heading towards 10 years ago… So it is with the BENNET reunion gig at the West End Centre… Some years before the emergence of BENNET in the early 90’s I played in a band with erstwhile bass player & all round good egg, one Andy Bennett..A veritable “super-group” of local (to me) bands with assorted members in...
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KLEENEX, THE RAINCOATS, SUBWAY SECT, SPIZZ ENERGI...