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I was the lead guitarist in F104.We rehearsed and played regularly at the Spread Eagle Hotel and were the first band in the area to use special effects and pyrotechnics in our stage act,which meant of course that other local bands just had to copy us.Billy the landlord used to dread booking bands that used pyro's because the smoke drifted through the pub and up to the living quarters upstairs."Crazy"Colin Rowe our resident pyromaniac can now be seen on BBC 2's "Top Gear" sending rocket powered Mini's down ski slopes and Reliant Robins into outer space.
Billy used to pay us £15 a night which did'nt go far between six of us,but we rehearsed in the cellar for free so it were'nt too bad(if you did'nt mind mushrooms growing out of your speaker cabs because it was that damp and getting a bollocking every time you blew the fuses).If we were on on a Saturday night and could'nt be arsed packing up we played Sunday afternoon for free.Although the Spread had a somewhat bad reputation,it was a good pub with good people and there were'nt many others in the area that could match it.
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