“This guy did indeed deejay with me, though I have unfortunately lost touch with him now. I was in Pressure with him as was Mark Atherton, who went on to be in the Paris Angels and his brother Steve Atherton, who was the Road Manager for the Stone Roses and I believe is now the Coral's manager.”
“I got Dave his first spot deejaying at Pips when the previous guy who did the downstairs "overflow" alternative room (I seem to remember him being called Tony, but not Tony Court who deejayed with me) got sacked. I put him forward because he was passionate about our music. This was during my second stint at Pips and we later went on to deejay together at Devilles. Just for the record though, I was the first deejay I know of to play "black" music in an alternative environment and that was in the Roxy room at Pips, starting with Sylvester, "Mighty Real" in 1978 when I used to deejay with John Richmond who went on to start his own fashion empire, and then when I returned there in 1981, introducing the likes of "The adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the wheels of steel". Dave will be the first to confirm that and we still have mutual respect for each others talent.
If anyone is interested in putting on a Pips commemorative night, I can offer The Venue as a location for it? Alan Maskell”
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