“possibly the worst pic. of the band ever taken ! Saw Kip (Eddy Fisher) at Killing Joke in M/cr last night (top left). Talking to Karl, Harvey and Mick (t'other three) about 2011 reunion. Andy from Billyclub will prob. take up the sticks. I'm credited on the back of 'Blame it on the Youth' sleeve (Greeny). Blame it on Your Teeth tour 2011 a distnct possibility. I went along with the band when they recorded at Cargo and also at Revolution studios in Stockport (for Blame it on the Youth).”
“I went to the matinee also; the Subs were fantastic. It was my second gig, the first being the Fall at Silverwell Street in Bolton a month earlier and the third being Discharge at the Mayflower in May.
When we were queueing in the afternon for the Subs gig at the Poly I remember a mob of Man U fans rushing the line and we ran around the corner towards the Salutation. The police were also all over the place. No big deal in 1981 considering what was to come in the summer...”
“I've just seen the great colour daytime photo of the Mayflower club and all the comments. I went to most of the matinee gigs there throughout 1981, the first one I got to was Discharge (May?) just after the Why?12" had come out and was amazing (wall of sound) and gob. Saw them again at the Gallery a couple of years later by which time they'd gone very metal. Other highlights included being frisked by Beki Bondage on the way in to a Vice Squad gig; she was trying to speed the line up but was probably just bored (my mate just got the bouncer).Talking to Beki at Rebellion in Blackpool last year and she said the thing she remembered about the Mayflower was not being able to get a drink enough of the time. I also got to play drums for Anti Pasti once as we were taking the piss out of the drummer at the the side of the stage when he cocked up an intro; he then said 'think you can do any better' I said 'course' and suddenly found myself being handed the drumsticks and on stage in front of 300 punks and skins. I was rubbish and got thrown into the crowd after one song. The band actually mention this in their interview in Ian Glasper's book 'Burning Britain' but incorrectly refer to it as the 'Mayfair' club. I went to the Pasti gig with Brian Cannon, a mate from school who ended up designing the covers for most of the Oasis singles and is on the cover of the second album; not an Oasis fan myself but at least I knew Brian when he had better taste. Also saw Chron Gen, Blitz and the Upstarts at the Mayflower, amongst others.The Mayflower was really significant for me, as was the underground market eg. buying my first pair of Clash jeans at Roxy for my fourteenth birthday (I made all my other punk clothes by the way). Met my first girlfriend in the Underground market; could go on; Discount Records etc etc. I did stalls at record fairs quite recently with Andy from Huncoat who I think was in the Varicose Veins later on ? I did go to that anti royal wedding gig also. My favourite band was Xtract from Bolton; used to send demo tapes off for them to all the punk labels in '81/'82. Crass put them on BD3, by which time they'd got stuff out on Pax; good gigs supporting Mau Maus, Xpozez and the SubHumans. That'll do for now.......”
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