“First gig I ever went to, & a fucking corker it was 'n all........a Gothic cathedral backdrop to the stage, Captain more or less played the gig stark bollock naked save for his boots & beret, & them nuns were a right tease for us hormone-driven teenage lads! I'd love to hear a bootleg of that one....”
“I thought Spitting Dummies played the GBH gig at the Witchwood with us, not the Subs one...? Banjo was 3 sheets to the wind at that 1...!
Al - you designed this poster to look like the Subs were supporting us.......bit cheeky, that ;-)”
No doubt that's a bottle of stout in the picture....? It would account for your slightly portlier than usual appearance ;-)
I don't know if Rob mentioned it, but there's a FC United fund raising night at Gullivers next Saturday night (10th Dec'), a 'Sandinista' 30th anniversary tribute do, with a Clash covers band, DJ's, & Atilla the Stockbroker's doing a set 'n all.......Rob said he's more than likely coming down for it......don't know if me & Gill can make it though (unless a shift change can be arranged...).
“According to the late/great Dave Goodman, he seemed to recollect that the Pistols played that Didsbury gig.......must've been all them drugs befuddling his old hippy napper, leading to false memory syndrome!”
“Discount Records......where I bought my very 1st single - 'Silly Thing' by the Sex Pistols (still got it, too :-)
Does anyone remember Kermit who worked there before getting a job in the (then) new Virgin Records Shop.....? He opened his own shop on High Street (Vinyl Underground) in about 87, when he managed to buy a job-lot of bankrupt stock that had been in storage from the late 70's......loads of rare 10 year old punk records, but still brand new and cheap as chips.....Wonder what he's up to these days....?”
“Looks like an indecent act is being applied to unmentionable parts of your anatomy, Foz, courtesy of the headless fella in the middle of the crowd........by the look on your face, I think the 'vinegar stroke' is imminent! ;-)”
“Nah, Al, the Birkenhead one was the Dee Dee Ramone tribute gig (June 2002)......'Dry Wretch' were on the bill that day, I remember cos they were a top band......REAL punk, not a studded leather in sight! The singer spoke in an Australian accent (but turned out to be English!?), they spent most of their set ripping the piss out of the few macho, homophobic numpties at the front of the crowd who were giving him stick for being a little bit on the camp side of things. He kept shoving his finger up his bum, and then went into the crowd to 'skiff' the chief dickhead giving him stick - right up his nose......soon shut the clown up!
I remember him telling us we sounded like The Stooges - "That's alright, then. You can come again, mate!" I told him......talk about compliments!”
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