“I was the lead singer of The Daze. Our manager was Colin Sinclair (later owner of the Boardwalk and, I think, sometime manager of the Railway Children) who set up a management/promotions company called Section D.
He/we organised a series of half-a-dozen gigs with us playing at the first one, supporting the Inca Babies.
“The Squat was on Devas Street, which doesn't really exist now.
Stand on Oxford Road looking at the front of Mcr Academy 1, and look about 100 yards to the left. You'll see a barrier-entry for the carpark (which is to the left of the barrier itself) - that's roughly where The Squat used to be.”
“I went to this gig with my then-girlfriend of four weeks, as a reciprocation for her taking me to see Devendra Banhart a couple of weeks before.
I particularly wanted to watch Nine Black Alps but inevitably we arrived late, just in time for me to hear "We've been Nine Black Alps, thank you & goodnight". Bugger.
Elbow, however, played a good one. I'd been banging on to her about how great they were live and I'm glad they didn't let me down! This was not long after "Leaders of the free world"; she later said her abiding memory of their set was me singing along rather too loudly, in her ear.
Badly Drawn Boy was headlining. This was his "Born In The UK" phase, not playing much of the first album stuff and to be honest, he put in a fairly lacklustre performance. Apologies to Damon Gough if he's reading this, but I've seen you do better gigs, sir. We wandered off for a bit to watch The Longcut who were good at what they were doing but suffering from a very small crowd while DBD was on.
I have very fond memories of this gig, because she & I are still together and often recall it as one of our best memories together.”
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