“I saw the Roses at International 1 around the time of Sally Cinammon - 87. They played there several times that year but I think it was 26th June - a Friday. I was suprised at the big crowd and the very male...stripped shirt, sitting on shoulders vibe with a gothish-manc crossover which reminded me of Chameleons gigs.
Whichever date it was, we were there again the very next night as an early incarnation of Primal Scream played - Bobby still in his paisley shirt with a psychedelic light show. Ian Brown was back again also - checking them out, sat quietly by the bar unaccosted.
He hadn't yet acquired his dark green flared chords, all wet and trodden down at the back, which he would be wearing every time I saw him knocking around Chorlton - Safeways usually.”
does anyone have any photos of the graffiti the Roses sprayed all up Palatine and Oxford Rd? I meant to take some pics of it myself- a lot of it was still there way after they became famous, but alas i think it's all gone now.
ps. the chameleons... c'mon where's some stuff by them on the site?”
I remember someone threw up at the front right in the middle and the whole venue stank of sick.
All the 'moshers' at the front steered well clear...until the Roses took to the stage with I Wanna Be Adored and then no one cared and everyone piled in.”
“I've posted a review from the NME about the Roses gig at The International that Tony mentioned above, the gig was on 26th June '87. There's also another review for a gig at the International from Feb '87.”
“I was at that Mammoth gig! They had some dancing dwarves onstage sumo-wrestling who threw out sticks of rock with Mammoth written through them. Apart from that it was pretty rubbish!”
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